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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Dive Master to Instructor Gap Year Program
At Underwater Explorers, we guide and train future Scuba Diving Professionals to identify, preserve and interact with marine life in a safe manner. We take our trainees from being novice entry level divers to professional PADI Dive Master or Instructor.
Being a Dive Professional will give you the knowledge and tools in maintaining safety and environmental standards. We believe in the longevity of Marine and Reef Life, thus the basis of all our training programs.
By joining our Program and Dive Team, we will give you the opportunity to learn how to professionally operate in the scuba diving, tourism and hospitality industry in both Mozambique and South Africa to ensure greater knowledge in diverse areas to gain an enriched experience.
DMT: Career starter: Hands on skills training, camp/lodge management skills etc
You will learn the day-to-day operations of a Dive Centre such as dive planning, assisting novice divers and certified divers, including boat safety, cylinder fills, etc. You will also learn how to manage accommodation, which includes bookings, check-ins, paperwork management and public relations. By moving to other regions and dive centers you will also experience different types of skills such as equipment service and retail. All the skills you will learn in your time in this program will make you a fully competent Dive Professional with the ability to confidently work within the dive industry.
This Internship includes your licenses to diving levels achieved, basic accommodation and if required at an additional cost, meals can also be included. Report card and progress reports. Please note, it is your responsibility to sort out the required documents to cross the border, we will assist in explaining what is required and giving you a letter of confirmation of your booking.
Course length varies on which courses to you intend to do, it can be as little as a 4-day course, or a 4 month course to qualify at Dive Master level or 7 months to Instructor level– if you put the work in. ☺ We have built our reputation using the PADI Methodology and Standards over the years to train our divers at all levels.
In summary:
- Learn how to be an Advanced and Professional Diver
- Achieve a Professional PADI Dive Master Qualification
- Become an Ocean Ambassador and protect our beautiful oceans around the world
- Explore Southern Africa while gaining your diving experience on our beautiful reefs
- Use this platform as your stepping stone to your professional diving career locally and internationally
- Gain experience from multiple PADI centers around Southern Mozambique and South Africa for a more diverse skill set
- Gain work references for your work ethic and standards you portray
We do hope you will be interested in joining us at Underwater Explorer for your Dive Master or Instructor Qualified Gap Year
You will be both a guest and a host to our guest divers, learning tourism & hospitality skills & the diving industry
This will give you excellent experience in all areas of operating a dive camp and will stand you in good stead for your future working in the industry.
Your time with us at Underwater Explorer will qualify you to the diving level of your choice – you must be invited to each new phase once you have passed all requirements in the previous phase.
We promote Marine Conservation and play an active role in our partial marine reserve, we hope to equip our divers with the tools to become Ocean Ambassadors in the preservation of our reefs worldwide.
Our camp has a magic ambience and team spirit, we are not a fancy hotel, but we are clean and neat and offer that social vibe where everyone gets together and hangs out, brining different cultures and languages together.
Many a friendship has grown amongst our divers, something we treasure and intend to continue. Our shared student accommodation includes comfy beds, bed linen, fans and mosquito nets, pots & pans, fridges, freezers and cleaning fairies, BUT NO MUM’s, just bring your own towels and any special pillows… and we share communal bathrooms.
You will receive a reference of your work ethic and performance of your duties whilst you were with us as well as your international qualifications.