This is the first time I've posted to rec.scuba (and the first time to use a newsgroup at all...).
I am finished with my studies (mathmatics and sports, beeing a teacher) and I would love to get in the diving-business now. I took some classes at university but only three open-water-dives and no certificate.
I wonder if it is possible to find a diving school, where I could get an diving-education and work there in return.
Can you tell me, if something like that is possible or is that an illusion?
This is the first time I've posted to rec.scuba (and the first time > to use a newsgroup at all...).
Welcome aboard.
I am finished with my studies (mathmatics and sports, beeing a> teacher) and I would love to get in the diving-business now. I took> some classes at university but only three open-water-dives and no> certificate.>
I wonder if it is possible to find a diving school, where I could> get an diving-education and work there in return.>
Can you tell me, if something like that is possible or is that an> illusion?
It is possible to get a job in the dive industry.
Getting a job that pays well...not so easy.
Your first step really is to get your diving certificate and to do some more diving, to see if you really truly enjoy it, or if it is merely a fun novelty. Your teacher's job will be how you pay for this. After a few years, you can then decide if you want to keep diving as a recreational hobby, or if you want to get more into the "business" side. If you do, expect that a lot of your work will be standard "retail shop" types of stuff...especially since you'll be the new guy, for every hour of diving, expect to work 5-10 hours behind a counter.
This is the first time I've posted to rec.scuba (and the first time to>use a newsgroup at all...).>
I am finished with my studies (mathmatics and sports, beeing a>teacher) and I would love to get in the diving-business now. I took>some classes at university but only three open-water-dives and no>certificate.>
I wonder if it is possible to find a diving school, where I could get>an diving-education and work there in return.>
Can you tell me, if something like that is possible or is that an>illusion?>
I am so clueless!>
Greetings!
Diving as a profession is either a fun way to starve to death (instructor or DM, or both) or a miserable way to die (welder, etc).
I'd just get certified and go enjoy some great diving.
-- dillon
"When the French are against it, you know we can't be far wrong." - Adm. Bobbie Ray Inman
