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City/State: Huatulco |
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Country: MEXICO (Oaxaca)
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| Hurricane Divers |
Playa Santa Cruz
www.hurricanedivers.com
Oaxaca
MEXICO
70989
Phone: +52-958-587-1107
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Program description: |
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Work with us for three months in return for receiving training as a PADI Divemaster. This gives you the opportunity not only to do your course without paying for it, but also to work in a professional dive center and gain hands-on experience under the guidance of a PADI Course Director and DAN Instructor Trainer. You will leave as a PADI Professional with experience, which will help you a lot if you are planning to get a job in the dive industry and if you want to become a PADI Instructor.
You must speak reasonable English and Spanish.
Hurricane Divers is a small dive operation which allows us to give personal and "made to measure" service to all our customers, with safety always the first priority. We usually go out with small groups of people and are definitely not a "mass production" Dive Center. This creates a very enjoyable working environment in which you will really learn how to provide customer service in a fun and save way. We offer everything that has to do with diving and snorkeling, from simple dive & snorkel trips to full-day excursions, from introductions in diving & snorkeling to PADI & DAN Instructor Courses, from dive packages to packages with accommodation and other adventure activities, from changing a mouthpiece to full equipment repair and from selling a PADI Manual to selling a full equipment set.
What can you expect:
We work six days a week, from 09.00 to 19.00 hrs. with a two hour break (if work allows it) and if it is busy we work in the evening filling tanks or taking people on a night dive. It also happens regularly that we have diving on a Sunday in which case we work seven days. Obviously we try to compensate for those extra hours by taking time off when it is not so busy. On average we go out four times a week but it varies a lot with the high and low seasons. In 2000 we had approximately 600 customers and did over 200 courses & programs. There is always something to do, equipment repair or maintenance or other odd jobs, when we are not out diving and one person is always needed to man the shop. Your duties (as for all of us) include: providing personal and professional customer service, giving potential customers (honest) information and advise, selling our services and retail products, cleaning the shop, the toilets, the car, the equipment, etc., assisting with the diving activities, dive guiding, maintaining equipment, filling tanks, running errands, etc., etc. Basically doing anything that needs to be done, which does not mean you are going to be a slave; we all work together as a team.
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General program information: |
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Program open to: Everyone
Age range: Minimum 18
Travel to site: Independent Travel
Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Independant
Living arrangements on the program: Not applicable
How long does the program last?: 3-6 months
What are the dates of this program: Open
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Benefits and advantages of the program: |
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Doing your Divemaster Course in a professional manner while gathering experience.
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Cost or price of this program: |
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Free. You pay your own living costs.
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Languages required besides English: |
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Spanish
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Qualifications required: |
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To qualify to enter the PADI Divemaster course, an individual must:
1. Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or have an equivalent rating. "Equivalent" is defined as proof of certification beyond entry level, and proof of 20 or more logged dives documenting experience in deep diving and underwater navigation.
2. Be certified as a PADI Rescue Diver or have an equivalent rating. "Equivalent" is defined as proof of certification in diving rescue from a training organization other than PADI. If the candidate enters with an equivalent certification, then the candidate must submit proof of first aid training within the past 24 months. If a candidate with an equivalent certification demonstrates poor or inadequate performance during the diver rescue assessment, then the candidate must complete a PADI Rescue Diver course.
3. Have completed and logged at least 20 dives as documented by the individual’s personal log book.
Note: Proof of 60 dives showing experience in night diving, deep diving and underwater navigation is a certification requirement.
4. Show succesfull completion of a CPR and a Medic First Aid Course within 24 months prior to the certification date.
5. Be at least 18 years old at the start of PADI Divemaster training.
6. Submit, to the instructor, medical clearance for diving signed by a physician, attesting to fitness to dive. The medical clearance must be current within the previous 12 months. The physician signing the form cannot be the individual.
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