Become a Certified Scuba Diving Instructor and Change your Life

If you love the water and are an avid scuba enthusiast, the path is open to becoming a certified instructor and teaching others how to enjoy the stunning marine environment. If you are unhappy at your current employment, this might be the perfect time to follow your passion and take the PADI beginners course.

Take a holiday

Why not combine a holiday with a scuba diving course in Dubai? The PADI beginners course gives you a foundation to go on to take the PADI Advanced course the following year. If you have never been to the UAE, you are in for a treat as there is so much to see and do in this stunning land.

PADI Skin Diving

The very first course to take, the PADI skin diving course teaches you basic buoyancy and how to use a snorkel and fins. You learn the safety processes while enjoying the marine world underwater; your instructor puts you through certain practices and ensures that you can work with another diver and communicate.

PADI Adventure Diver (Advanced)

You have to complete 3 adventure dives to gain this certification and you learn fish ID and underwater photography. This certificate is part of the PADI Advanced Open Water Diving Course, which you need to proceed to the instructor level.

PADI Divemaster (Professional)

This is the first step to becoming a certified scuba instructor, when you learn how to control groups of divers and assist the instructor as they deliver their training.

The course requirements are as follows:

• Minimum age 18 years
• Pass the medical questionnaire and sign the liability release
• Minimum of 10 open water dives
• Correct snorkel equipment and fins

There is an element of theory that can be done online via Zoom and with the right school in Dubai, you are in very capable hands.

If you are committed, you can go from raw beginner to instructor in 3-4 years, which is a significant investment that leads to you diving for a living, and what could be better than that?

Create a plan, work out your finances and to spark your interest, start looking at potential job openings when you are a certified instructor.