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Phuket Thailand's best scuba diving
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Phuket Thailand's best scuba diving
(+66) 080 696 1461
No matter how hard we try to put all the information into our IDC pages and Package Information we know there are always going to be questions. So we have built this Frequently Asked Questions section to answer some of the more commonly asked questions about doing your IDC in Phuket and what happens after you graduate. So please read the FAQ section to see if your question has already been answered and if not you are always welcome to contact us via phone or email.
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Aussie Divers Phuket are Thailand's only Scubapro Display Centre. We have a [...]
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Phuket is actually quiet a large island, with over 2,000 licensed hotels aro [...]
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A: Yes. To put it simply, Phuket is a great place to work from, easy div [...]
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A: No. But it helps. The fitter you are the easier you will be able to d [...]
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Here is a list of questions about what you can do after the IDC. A: It [...]
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A: The weather in Phuket is warm all year round. Temperatures range betw [...]
Find Out More... Book NowFinding work after becoming a Scuba Diving Instructor can sometimes be a daunting task, you are competing against people with much more experience who have been working in the industry longer. The best thing about doing your Instructor Course in Phuket is that there is almost always work for new instructors and Aussie Divers will help you to get it. We have awesome and varied post graduation programs, ranging from 'Ride Alongs' with our elite instructors to instructor internships where experience & responsibility can be had in real world environments with real customers, getting you the qualifications & certifications you need to be attractive to employers.
The absolute best way to ensure employability after you graduate to a fully fledged (OWSI) Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor is to continue your training with PADI, especially when it comes to the PADI instructor specialties we teach here at Aussie Divers. Once you have five Instructor specialties under your belt you will become an M.S.D.T or Master Scuba Diver Trainer, which looks much better on your diving resume'. Specialties include being able to teach the PADI Deep Diver (40m), Enriched Air Nitrox, PADI Wreck Diver, Sidemount Diver, Digital Underwater Photographer courses, plus many many more!
Instructor Specialty CoursesHere at Aussie Divers IDC Phuket we do not worry about the number of divers or IDC candidates we have, we worry exclusively about the quality of your education, be it one person or many, you'll never feel abandoned or bored when training, working or diving with us. Maintaining relationships before during and after any courses done with us is what Aussie Divers is all about. To help manage such a huge base of divers & industry professionals we built this diver network, connecting on every social media platform we can think of coupled with extremely helpful blog articles, to keep you engaged & to keep you engaged with us for the entirety of your diving career!
Instructor Pro IDC Tips
Do I Need to Know How To Swim to be a Scuba Diving Instructor? The short answer is YES, yes you do. This is simply because as a PADI scuba diving instructor you are an ambassador for the oceans and scuba diving as a sport, which also means promoting safety and comfort in the water for your customers and students when you are teaching. Without quality swimming skills and your own personal in-water comfort being of an extremely high level, you will simply never be a ' great scuba diving instructor' if the medium in which you teach is always frightening to you because you know you can't swim effectively without a flotation device that wil [...]
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Instructor Pro Diving Tips
In 2008 I quit a perfectly good and well paying job to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor here in Phuket. It was a decision that was made with some apprehension however it is a choice that I have never regretted. I have been fortunate enough to progress through the PADI ranks and now made it to the highest PADI instructor rating, the PADI Master Instructor. Being a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor or PADI Master Instructor opens up a world of different job opportunities in a vast range of countries and environments and gives you the opportunity to meet people from a vast range of nationalities. I can teach a wide number o [...]
Read The StoryAussie Divers Phuket - Instructor Development Course Simplifying Your PADI IDC Choices · Be a certified diver for at least 6 months · Be at least 18 years of age · Be a PADI Divemaster or equivalent from other agency · 60 logged dives to start 100 to be certified (let us know if you do not have 100 logged dives) · Experience in Navigation dives, night dives and deep dives · Have Emergency First Response Training or equivalent with CPR Training completed in the last 24 months · Have a medical certificate not older than 12 month and must be signed by a doctor Dates for [...]
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