Diving instructors teach people to dive. Not only do they teach beginner and entry level courses, but they are there to assist the progression and continued education of already certified Scuba divers.
There are lots of different subcategories within the dive industry ranging from technical divers right through to military divers. However, I am going to focus mainly on recreational diving in this blog.
Working as a dive instructor can be quite a challenge. But with the challenge comes huge amounts of rewards. The days are long, with early mornings and late finishes and depending on where in the world you choose to work, can often be in hot climates.
There is a lot of manual labour involved too with a large part of your time spent planning the logistics of the training course that you may be teaching. It is an equipment intensive sport, and part of our jobs is to maintain the tools we use! There is lots of cleaning, carrying and tidying. Afterall, these are our underwater life support machines!