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Dive Instructor Basic Traineeship

This is a comprehensive package of professional dive training at Sydney's Pro Dive Academy, leading to qualification as PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, the passport to worldwide dive jobs. The traineeship follows PADI's well-established modular programme, starting with Advanced Open Water Diver. It includes a list of specialty courses to ensure you are competent in all areas of dive operation. You spend your first six weeks at Sydney's Pro Dive Academy, staying at Manly near one of Sydney's most spectacular beaches. After qualifying as a Divemaster we fly you to Queensland for a week based at Cairns, diving on the Great Barrier Reef. Airfare is included. Here you enjoy a three-day Liveaboard, logging dives and discovering the wonders of the tropical Barrier Reef.

You return to Sydney for a week of Divemaster work experience, to take your first steps as a dive professional wearing the Pro Dive uniform. Next you join your Instructor Development Course (IDC). This is designed to teach you all you need to know about dive training within the PADI scheme, as well as preparing you for the specific job of teaching the sport. This is followed by Pro Dive's IDC Plus, where you recap the essential skills, practise your teaching techniques and undertake a mock exam. A short period of revision and practical rehearsal ensures you are ready to pass your Instructor Evaluation with flying colours. The course is designed for divers holding PADI Open Water or an equivalent, entry-level qualification. If you are already qualified as an Advanced or Rescue Diver you can either log extra dives or recap those early courses.