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City/State: Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras, Western Caribbean |
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Country: CARIBBEAN, HONDURAS
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| Utila Dive Centre |
Barrio La Punta
Bay Islands
HONDURAS
30142
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Program description: |
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The dive industry is a dynamic, rewarding and exciting recreational sport to be professionally involved in and has countless career opportunities all over the world for people from all different cultures and backgrounds, here´s how we can help you be a part of this amazing sport and lifestyle.
As a dive professional you want to make sure that you get off to the best start with you dive career and that means looking for the right dive facility and staff to undertake your PADI ´Instructor Development Course´ (PADI IDC) and continuing education programs with. We´d like to help you decide if ´Utila Dive Centre´ is the place where you would like to be trained as a PADI Instructor and if our team, of dive professionals, are the people you want to learn from. We don´t claim or boast to be the best or the biggest, there are other much more commercial, bigger and more business orientated dive schools where you can undertake your course. We prefer a more personalized, real world approach to instructor training and we hope to give you an idea of what you receive when you take your training with us in regards to our staff, experience, facility, reputation, attitude, ambience, and atmosphere and training philosophies. Once you´ve met our staff and facility your you´ll be inspired and motivated to undertake your professional training with us.
From complete beginner or seasoned diver we have deisgned and developed internship based programs that can take you to the esteemed rating of a PADI Instructor in 2-8 weeks.
2007 sees UDC entering its 7th year of training instructors and 15th year of training PADI dive professionals. In 2004 four times as many PADI professionals, particularly those living on Utila, chose to conduct their ´IDC´ with us than any other facility in the Bay Islands, and all candidates passed the IE the 1st time. The fact that in 2004 over 80% of our Instructor candidates chose us through word of mouth recommendation, not advertising or marketing, is a recognition of the quality, professionalism, knowledge, expertise and fun that our Instructor Development team put into every ´Instructor Development Course´. We ensure that in addition to professionalism, safety and high standards, all the Instructors we´ve trained leave UDC, having had a rewarding, exciting, educational and fun experience with an open door to returning in the future. After our February IDC we were so impressed with the attiude and caliber of our PADI Instructors that we hired all 6 of them to work with us at Utila Dive Centre as dive Instructors.
Our PADI IDC training facility is modern, air-conditioned and lessons are given using the latest multimedia ´Microsoft PowerPoint´ presentations. Every IDC candidate has their own ´work station´ and access to the Internet (also wireless), a reference library and all PADI course materials. Our ´Open Water´ training site is a shallow protected clear body of water lined with palm trees, white sands and will prepare you best for when you yourself come to teach this amazing sport of diving. We conduct our IDC in the ´Mango Inn Hotel´ conference facility, set in it´s own landscaped gardens and away from noise and distractions, we even have an on-site swimming pool that allows us to spend more time in the water with you on individual skill development and no matter what the weather conditions are, you get the best training and learning environment. The time that we can save on logistical trips is passed over to you for one on one counselling and training practice in our pool. Our IDC is 4 days longer than the industry standard of 7 days, that´s 11 days of quality instructor training. We´ve extended our IDC program to cover more effective teaching techniques, discuss instructing in different worldwide environments, children´s dive programs, beyond recreational diving - ´Tec-Rec´, resort management, hold practical in-water sessions on re-breathers (the future of diving) and look at greater career opportunities in diving including ´diver safety´ and ´technical diving´, resume preparation and what gives you the best chance of success as a professional in today´s dive industry.
Our team that runs UDC´s professional programs have received recognition from PADI for their teaching efforts and many ´certificates of excellence´, and between them have to date issued over 5000 PADI certifications. Our team has varied backgrounds from stock broking in London to engineering in Germany, from wine growing in Spain to computer engineering in the Far East, but the one thing we all have in common is our love for diving and our passion for the wonderful lifestyle that this industry bestows upon its professional dive Instructors. Our motivation varies from giving beginner divers their first underwater experience, to showing ´pro´s in training´ just what it takes to be a success in the modern dive industry and how to unleash your potential as a dive guide/instructor in some of the most exotic dive destinations on Earth.
We´ve all worked as dive professionals for many years and have certified 1000´s of divers at all levels and still enjoy teaching at all levels and training future instructors how to be safe, professional, successful and fun. Our IDC Staff assistants are also qualified to teach both recreational and technical trimix diving, including DSAT Gas Blending and the full range of ´Divers Alert Network´ programs such as DAN O2 provider or ´First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries´ and between our staff we can also teach in German/French/English/Spanish, working with you for closer supervision and attention.
Our commitment to you doesn´t end at the Instructor Examination´s. After the Instructor Examinations we have a full range of Instructor level continuing education programs designed to give you a head start to your dive career. We have also designed post IE programs that mentor you with one of our resorts experienced Instructors and you can follow, observe and shadow them as they teach their courses (Open Water to Divemaster), so now what we taught you during the IDC about real world teaching you get to put into practice, at no extra charge. This gives you valuable experience and a work reference from our PADI ´Career Development Centre´ Gold Palm Resort and will make it easier for you to find your own Instructor position, our goal is to get you employed as an Instructor, not just pass the IE, and we will work closely with you to help you achieve this, after all your success is also our success. As part of our commitment to you we send regular newsletters keeping you informed of changes in the Latin America/Caribbean dive industry but most importantly you become part of a professional network of divers (Divemasters/Assistant Instructors/Instructors) that have all trained at Utila Dive Centre. In addition to having our Staff who have worldwide contacts and teaching experience we can use this network to place you in touch with other professionals who are working all around the world to help you find employment or simply seek advice from.
At Utila Dive Centre we prefer to keep our AI/IDC class sizes smaller and more personal by offering up to 10 IDC´s a year and by giving you more choice over your path to becoming a professional, our average group sizes are 6:1 which is less than the maximum set by PADI of 8:1. If you compare this to other dive resorts you´ll probably find few other facilities give as many scheduling options, personal attention or flexibility.
The one thing we cannot give you an idea of is the great ambience and atmosphere that exists at Utila Dive Centre and probably one of our biggest assets is intangible, no matter how well equipped our facility is, no building, boats, classrooms, equipments can match the care, attention, service and quality that we put into every PADI Instructor Development Program and all the staff at our resort who works so hard to achieve this. Whilst many other facilities often try to imitate our training and philosophies we can assure you that we are never surpassed, as a dynamic team our IDC´s improve on a course by course basis just as we also train you to constantly evolve and raise the standard of your own dive courses, for an impartial report please look at an independent PADI search engine to find out how we compare to other facilites and if you´d like to undertake your pro training with us.
As PADI Instructor Examiner ´Arch Archibald´ recently wrote; "Andy; Finally got home - Just a quick note and a BIG THANK YOU to you and the entire staff at UDC for a job well done during the IE - Accomodations were great, neat pool and classroom combination, wonderful weather, and a great group of folks to work with. Regards; Arch"
We hope you now have a better insight into how we, at Utila Dive Centre, can help you get off to the best start in your professional dive career so please if there´s anything specific we can help you with then feel free to contact us and we´ll get back to you ASAP.
What more are you waiting for, GoPro in Paradise with the most rated team in the Western Hemisphere!!!!
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General program information: |
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Program open to: Everyone
Age range: 18 years old
Travel to site: Independent Travel
Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Group
No. in group: 4
Living arrangements on the program: Apartment
How long does the program last?: 2-4 weeks
What are the dates of this program: On a monthly basis all year around
Please see specific Instructor course dates
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Benefits and advantages of the program: |
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Live the dream lifestyle, as a PADI Instructor travel the world, work the most exotic locations in Earth and get paid for it! Just think no more rush hour commutes to work but travel dive boats with Dolphin encounters, no more 'fast lunches' but relaxed siestas in hammock debriefing your students and logging dives, the only problem is which dive destination will you travel to next, well we'll let you decide that one.
If your serious about the dive industry then you'll find there are countless opportunites for professionals, from resort management, boat handling, managerial, sales/marketing to travel, the world is your oyster!
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Cost or price of this program: |
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$995-$2200, depends on program
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Qualifications required: |
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18 years old
Full health fitness, no injuries, illnesses or ailments
No previous qualifications necessary
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Salary/pay/benefits description: |
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Employed PADI Instructors can earn up to $3000 per month, average $1500 per month.
Experienced dive professionals have unlimited lifestyle/earnings potential!
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