Have you ever dreamt of making of scuba diving your career? Are you looking for Life’s next challenge? Well look no further than Go Pro Cayman; we have the PADI Diving Internship for you. You already know how much fun diving is as you are already a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver. Turn your dream into a realistic goal by joining our PADI Rescue to Instructor Internship and make Scuba diving your career.
Completing this program will prepare you for day one of your new profession; Scuba Diving!
Think about it! Living 2 months surrounded by azure blue seas in one of the best diving playgrounds on the planet. The Cayman Islands truly are a jewel nestled away for you to come and explore. The diving here is first rate, couple that with first class Instruction, state of the art facilities and excellent job prospects upon graduation make Go Pro Cayman one of the leaders in diving education.
This all Inclusive PADI Internship is very popular because of the high level of training in a real life environment. There will be no role playing throughout your Internship; you will gain first hand experience working with real paying customers in our busy PADI Dive Centre.
On completion of this internship at Go Pro Cayman we will assist you to find a job in the diving industry. You will be able to transform this 2 month dream into a long term way of life!
This program is the most effective way to gain the certifications in order to fulfil your dream
During a 2 month internship, you will begin with the PADI Rescue Diver and EFR courses. Challenging and rewarding best describe the PADI Rescue Diver course. Building upon what you’ve already learned, this course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur. The fun part about this course is rising to challenges and mastering them. Most divers find this course both demanding and rewarding, and at the end, say it’s the best course they’ve ever taken. Skills you will learn on the Rescue Diver Course include self rescue, Recognizing and managing stress in other divers, Emergency management and equipment, Rescuing panicked divers, Rescuing unresponsive divers. During your EFR Course you will realise that First aid and CPR are good skills for anyone involved in adventure sports. You will need these skills for the PADI Rescue Diver course. The fun part about Emergency First Response training is learning serious medical emergency response skills in an upbeat, positive environment. You gain the confidence that you are prepared to help in an emergency.
The next step on the Internship will be to join the Tribe! When you Join the Tribe by becoming a PADI Divemaster, you align yourself with the largest and most respected dive tribe in the world—that of PADI Professionals. These are PADI Divemasters and Instructors sharing a passion for diving and an active concern for the health of the world’s underwater habitats. During the PADI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems as well as help others improve their scuba. You put this knowledge into action through a structured internship or series of practical training exercises.
As you progress through your Divemaster course, you’ll expand your diving knowledge, hone you skills and increase your confidence. Then, as a PADI Divemaster, you’ll use these attributes to lead, mentor and motivate other divers and experience the joy of seeing them transformed by the majesty of the aquatic realm.
The Internship progresses onto the PADI Instructor Development Course. Upon certification as an Instructor you will be able to do something others can only dream of. To help people transform their lives and perhaps open new doors they didn’t even know existed. All of this, and more, awaits you as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.
The Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program is one of two distinct components of PADI’s Instructor Development Course (IDC)—the core of PADI Instructor training. The first portion is the Assistant Instructor course followed by the Open Water Scuba Instructor program.
The OWSI program is a minimum of four days. It introduces you to the entire PADI System of diver education and concentrates on further developing your abilities as a professional dive educator.
It’s about life transformations—both yours and those around you.
The fun part of instructor training is interacting with course participants while creating friendships that continue long after the course concludes.
You’ll begin networking with other professionals and begin to explore PADI Pro Diving Jobs worldwide. You’ll also have the opportunity to continue your professional education by participating in specialty instructor courses, which train you to teach specialties after instructor certification.
The challenging part of this course is your personal commitment to the training. The course requires you to complete all the self-study Knowledge Reviews before the course begins and to prepare daily assignments for teaching presentations daily. Organization and dedication are key.
We will also train you to be an Emergency First Response Instructor, CPR and first aid are important skills that are in high demand. As an Emergency First Response Instructor, you can teach these skills to anyone – even non divers.
Gain experience in how to structure learning, the requirements of performance-based training and your role as the instructor in the learning environment for teaching CPR and first aid.
You also learn how to motivate students, evaluate student knowledge, present course content effectively, become proficient in developing students' hands-on skills practice sessions, and are taught how to present an effective scenario-based learning experience.
Come and join us to complete your Rescue to Instructor Internship and move toward a career in the diving industry.
You wont look back!
Package price to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor: US$ 3630.00 (plus the extra fees to PADI, see below) for a Duration of 2 months.
Contact us at: ash@goprocayman.com
It is advisable to have your own dive equipment (new or used is fine) including:
If you do not have your own Scuba diving equipment don’t worry, you can rent it from us for only $500US.
Rescue eLearning registration fees (payable to Go Pro Diving) | $239 |
Divemaster e-Learning registration fees and crew pack (payable to Go Pro Diving) | $543 |
Dive theory e-Learning registration fees (payable to Go Pro Diving) | $185 |
Divemaster application fees (payable to PADI) | $162 |
IDC e-Learning registration fees and crew pack | $1406 |
IDC Processing fees (payable to PADI) | $235 |
Instructors Exam fees (payable to PADI) | $825 |
EFR Instructors application fees (payable to PADI) | $146 |
Specialty Instructor application fees (payable to PADI) | $92 each |
Start | Finish |
March 28th | May 28th |
June 6th | August 6th |
September 7th | November 7th |