Becoming a dive professional is a transformative journey that takes you from a passionate recreational diver to a certified leader in the underwater realm. A career path worth walking for a lifetime of unforgettable moments.
Are You Prepared to Respond?
An accident can happen anytime, anywhere. Whether it’s a serious situation or a burn, scrape, broken bone, or anything else, it’s important for us all to know how to react.
In a serious medical emergency, every second is precious and there’s no time to consult Google. In becoming an emergency first responder you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to help someone in need and become an essential link in the chain of survival.
Earn your CPR certification and learn basic first aid & secondary care in a fun, non-stressful learning environment.
What you’ll learn:
- CPR
- Shock treatment
- Serious bleeding management
- Spinal injury management
- Choking response
- How to apply splits & bandages
- Recognise & respond to a variety of illnesses & injuries
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Prerequisites:
None
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Time:
One Day
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Cost:
$175
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SCHEDULE TODAY
Separate yourself from the crowd
The PADI Rescue Diver course will change the way you dive, for the better. Gain more confidence in yourself and how to help others. You will learn to identify and fix minor issues before they become big problems.
Discover why countless divers say Rescue Diver is their favourite scuba course.
What you’ll learn:
- Keep yourself away from potential issues
- Assist tired & panicking divers
- Plan, navigate & execute search patterns
- Help divers underwater and on the surface
- Manage dive emergency situations
- Fix minor gear issues
- Use emergency oxygen equipment
- Prerequisites:
- 12 years old / CPR & First Aid Training PADI Adventure Diver/AOW
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Time:
3 Days
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Cost:
$550
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SAVE A LIFE - LEARN TODAY
Turn your passion into your career
If you have ever thought that you would like to be paid to enjoy your hobby, becoming a PADI Divemaster allows you to begin guiding and taking others diving. Hone your skills and be the diver everyone admires and wants to join underwater.
PADI Divemaster is the most popular and most recognised professional scuba certification in the world. PADI Divemasters enjoy abundant career opportunities, get paid to scuba dive and share their love for the ocean.
All professional training at San José Divers is supervised by our in house PADI Course Director and all instructors involved in training are IDC Staff instructors at minimum.
What you’ll learn:
- Take divers on guided dives
- Refresh divers’ skills and give them more confidence
- Conduct training dives
- Guide divers’ as they discover the underwater world for the first time
- Gain deeper understanding of dive theory
- Assist instructors in training programs
- Prerequisites:
- 18 years old CPR & First Aid Training PADI Rescue diver (or equivalent) 40 logged dives to start
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Time:
4-6 Weeks
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2-Week:
$1300
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4-Week:
$1500
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START THE PROFESSION
Continue your professional development
The next step along your professional journey is to become a PADI Assistant Instructor. You learn more in depth about how and why people learn, get a deeper appreciation for how and why courses are structured the way they are, all the while gaining more autonomy to conduct courses and part of courses independently.
All professional training at San Jos Divers is supervised by our in house PADI Course Director and all instructors involved in training are IDC Staff instructors at minimum.
What you’ll learn:
- Demonstrate and evaluate diver skills
- Conduct confined water sessions
- Conduct open water sessions
- Conduct specialty courses
- Gain deeper understanding of dive theory
- Assist instructors in training programs
- Prerequisites:
- 18 years old CPR & First Aid Training PADI Divemaster (or equivalent) 60 logged dives to start
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Time:
10 Days
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Cost:
Custom Packages Available
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ASSIST! TRAIN TODAY
Stand out as a professional
The PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating sets you apart as a dive instructor who takes continuing education seriously and is committed to teaching a variety of courses. (Potential employers like this.) Being an MSDT signifies that you've got the experience and certifications to offer all the training a diver needs to become a Master Scuba Diver - the ultimate recreational diver rating.
All PADI Instructors who have certified at least 25 PADI Divers and have earned at least five PADI Specialty Instructor certifications can be Master Scuba Diver Trainers. This rating is the next step up the professional ladder and is a prerequisite for IDC Staff Instructor as well as for many TecRec Instructor ratings.
All instructor level training at San José Divers is conducted by our in house PADI Course Director.
Choose between:
- Nitrox
- Deep
- Dry suit
- Wreck
- Emergency oxygen provider
- Sidemount
- Self-reliant
- Night
- Gas blender
- Search & recovery
- Underwater navigation
- Equipment
- Drift
- Fish ID
- Adaptive techniques
- Prerequisites:
- 18 years old CPR & First Aid Training PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
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Time:
Varies
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Cost:
Priced per speciality
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MASTER THE PROFESSION
Teach people how to react and help others
CPR and first aid are key skills that are important to everyone, not just scuba divers. As an Emergency First Response Instructor, you teach skills based on internationally recognised emergency care guidelines, and you can offer courses to anyone, anywhere.
What you’ll learn:
- Hone your CPR & first aid skills to demonstration quality
- How to conduct a fun but worthwhile course
- Evaluate skills and help other develop
- Marketing tips for teaching your own courses
- Prerequisites:
- 18 years old CPR & First Aid Training
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Time:
2 Days
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Cost:
TBD