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PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer Internship
Join our PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) internship as you seek to gain that extra teaching experience. The PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) internship is designed to help you get your first certifications in search of the PADI MSDT instructor rating. Becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer is a critical step in any instructor’s career. Let us help you reach your goals in diving with the PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) internship.
At Diving Academy we have put together the Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) Internship so that it develops your teaching skills, making it easier to jump start your dream diving career. Depending on your skills, languages and attitude, getting your first job can be difficult; by increasing your skills and teaching experience give yourself more chance of finding employment.
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The PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) Internship is made up of two parts:
- Part 1 – ‘Prep’ course – consisting of 5 PADI Specialty Instructor courses
- Part 2 – the Instructor Internship program – a team teaching Internship allowing you to earn your first 25 PADI Diver level certifications as a PADI Instructor.
Part 1 – ‘Prep’ course – consisting of up to 5 PADI Specialty Instructor courses.
- The purpose of PADI Speciality Diver courses.
- Review the philosophy of PADI Speciality Diver courses.
- We will over the list of standardised Speciality Course Instructor Guides currently available and highlight corresponding manuals/eLearning and videos.
- Review the PADI Instructor Manual – General Standards and Procedures Guide – highlighting considerations for open water training dives and other general standards as they apply to PADI speciality courses.
- Review required diver and instructor equipment and any equipment suggestions appropriate for the local environment.
- Go over Master Scuba Diver Trainer and Master Scuba Diver requirements.
- Discuss the relationship between the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course and PADI Speciality Diver courses.
- Explore opportunities available to Junior Divers.
You Will Complete The Following Workshops
- Speciality Course Instructor Outline Review
- Knowledge Development Workshop
- Speciality Course Marketing and Promotion
- Establishing Costs Workshop
- Open Water Dives Workshop
Part 2 – The Instructor Internship – a team teaching Internship allowing you to earn your first 25 PADI Diver level certifications as a PADI Instructor.
Once the Prep is completed its time for you to start Part 2 – the ‘team teaching’ Instructor Internship. Teaching all levels of the PADI System of diver education you build on the knowledge and skills gained during the PADI IDC. Team teaching alongside our team of experienced PADI Course Directors, Master Instructors and IDC Staff Instructors, you slowly build confidence and all round teaching abilities dealing with REAL life students participating in REAL life PADI courses. Step by step, we allow you to teach more as you progress through each course, building confidence and competence teaching medium sized groups of diver level students. Our ultimate goal is for you to become a confident and competent dive educator, organised and timely, able to teach the entire PADI system with the necessary experience that prospective employers are looking for. This program is sure to make you a more employable PADI Instructor!
Prerequisites
Master Scuba Diver Trainer Internship Prerequisites:
- A PADI Scuba Instructor
- Minimum 18 yrs of age
If you do not meet these requirements then we can help you get to that level by taking part in one of our PADI Divemaster or PADI Instructor Internships.
Course Medical Requirements:
Under the Diving at Work Regulations 1997, all divers at work must have a valid certificate of HSE fitness to dive issued by an Approved Medical Examiner of Divers (AMED), please Contact Us for more information.
Speciality Courses
Please see our list of Speciality Courses on offer at Diving Academy, more information can be found here for each course.
- PADI Adaptive Techniques Instructor
- PADI Boat Diver Instructor
- PADI Boat Handler Instructor
- PADI Compressor Operator Awareness Instructor
- PADI Deep Diver Instructor
- PADI Delayed Surface Marker Buoy Instructor
- PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle Instructor
- PADI Drift Diver Instructor
- PADI Dry Suit Diver Instructor
- PADI Emergency 02 Provider Instructor
- PADI Enriched Air Diver Instructor
- PADI Equipment Specialist Instructor
- PADI Fish Identification Diver Instructor
- PADI Full Face Mask Instructor
- PADI Night Diver Instructor
- PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor
- PADI Search & Recovery Diver Instructor
- PADI Self-Reliant Diver Instructor
- PADI Sidemount Diver Instructor
- PADI Twinset Diver Instructor
- PADI Wreck Diver Instructor
- PADI Underwater Digital Photography Instructor
- PADI Underwater Naturalist Instructor
- PADI Underwater Videographer Instructor
Next Steps
Step 1 – PADI eLearning
PADI eLearning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Complete the independent study part of your course whenever, wherever it’s convenient for you.
Work at your own pace, online or offline, using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor for inwater training, or whenever you have a question.
- eLearning time commitment: 10-16 hours
Step 2 – With Your Instructor
Teaching all levels of the PADI System of diver education you build on the knowledge and skills gained during the PADI IDC. Team teaching alongside our team of experienced PADI Course Directors, Master Instructors and IDC Staff Instructors,
Costs
The Diving Academy Internship costs are as follows:
The cost of your internship will be calculated based on your own bespoke training plan, once this has been designed the team will design a custom commitment and payment plan.
By making a time commitment to the Diving Academy we are able accredit these hours towards your internship costs.
Additional Costs
- Speciality Application Fees To PADI
- Air fills during any open water training and site entry fees
- Equipment Hire*
*We recommend all candidates have their own equipment as familiarity with equipment will help you be more effective during your training. If required however, we hire equipment at a rate of £250 for the duration of your Divemaster training. Please note – It is a PADI standard that all certified Dive Professionals (Divemaster & above) are expected to own all their own equipment by the time they qualify. Diving Academy has various bespoke equipment packages available. To make up a package to suit your requirement and budget please Contact Us for more information.
Course Locations
Dive Centre
Diving Academy – Dive Centre, Sunfield Business Park, New Mill Road, Wokingham, RG40 4QT
Pool Training Sites
Wokingham – The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, RG41 5NE
Yateley – Yateley School, School Lane, GU46 6NW
Hagbourne – Hagbourne School Pool, Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LR
Swindon – Halo Highworth Recreation Centre, The Elms, Highworth, Swindon SN6 7DD
Open Water Training Sites:
London – Wraysbury Diving Lake, Station Road, Wraysbury, Berkshire, TW19 5ND
Radstock – Vobster Quay, Upper Vobster, Radstock, BA3 5SD
Leicester – Stoney Cove, Sapcote Road, Stoney Stanton, Leicester, LE9 4DW
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