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| Originally Posted by duncan1958 I am serving an internship for the divemaster qualification,this is lasting sometime around 4 to 6 months.I personally dont have a problem with that.
I am in the fortunate position to be able to support myself ,well the Spanish dole office really are doing that for me.Anyway in order for you to appeal to a perspective dive centre employer you are going to need experiance and how can you attain this ,do as you were advised and do the course in 4 weeks lovely ok fine but what chance do you have of work realistically,slim is what I would expect the answer to be to that,look at it from an employers point of view.
Also serving an internship is a very good way of actually finding out what the job entails,sure enough it is frustraighting at times and belive me I have felt like throwing the towel in at times this of course you can do at any time.
Duncan |
You're quite right each to their own, short course or long.
I
choose short because of a time limit I had, others at the same dive centre took 3 months to do the DM course. The course included and encouraged unlimited diving, invaluable IMO. Whilst being a DM trainee you gain experience taking other divers around sites that you have become very familiar with. So that when you complete the course and are a bona fide DM then any employer will know what they are taking on, and believe me there are the jobs in the far east for even relatively novice DMs.
As for the IDC and IE, the course and exam are relatively short and when you qualify, you are a qualified instructor. IMHO at this point you are better off working for a school for nothing to gain experience, than you are paying to gain that same experience through an internship.
I will pm you with more info, but any search for Koh Tao will give plenty of results. With over 30 dive schools and many IDC centres it realy is the hub of Thailands dive industry and it is a beautiful island to boot, with great night life if you want it or realy quite places if that suits.
Jason