This is happening at Mermaids Dive Center Jomtien at 18:00

Being an Master Scuba Diver allows the young interns to reach a high and safe standard of diving whilst waiting to become old enough to “go pro”. For those wishing to achieve this training certification for satisfaction it affords them the maximum amount of safety in the water as they are now Rescue diver level with specialty diving skills under their belts.

The intern training will take place along side the professional internships also allowing for the candidate to see and learn a lot more than in an ordinary, everyday dive course. The training is at Pattaya, Jomtien, Sattahip and Samesan, Chonburi in Thailand.

The Package includes:

• ALL Dive Courses:
  • PADI Open Water Diver Course
  • PADI National Geographic Diver
  • PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
  • PADI EFR (Emergency First Response)
  • *NEW* – PADI CFC – Care For Children
  • PADI Rescue Diver Course
  • MSD Master Scuba Diver Certification
  • *NEW* – DAN O2 – Oxygen First Aid for Diving Incidents

• FULL set of scuba diving equipment (yours to keep) – complete set Including Suunto Gecko Computer.
• 10 PADI of your choice (from 23) making you a “Master Scuba Diver”. (A list of diver specs to choose from including the Dry Suit Diver Course).
• 3 months accommodation. (Comfortable Hotel Style).
• ALL Manuals and training aids to Master Scuba Diver rating.
• ALL Fees to PADI.
• Minimum of 60 dives (Un-limited diving).
• International Dive Job Placement Service – The most successful diver jobs assistance available. Mermaids 4 year exclusive partnership with Diversjobs.com has been highly successful in assisting divers to work.
• Transfer from Bangkok Airport to Mermaids.
• Internships guarantee you the adventure of a life time.

This course is held in Pattaya (Jomtien), Chonburi, Thailand. Once qualified as a dive master you will be eligible to assist instructors with student training, conduct open ocean dive tours for certified divers and assist with the day to day operation of a functional dive shop.

This is the first professional “internationally recognized” rating on the PADI ladder but can be used as a passport to work in most countries world wide.

The Mermaids Diving Life Dive Master Internship is the original, most comprehensive and complete package available.

The Package includes:

• ALL dive courses:
  • PADI Open Water Diver Course
  • The PADI National Geographic diver
  • PADI Advanced O/W Diver Course
  • EFR Emergency First Response
  • *NEW* – EFR CFC – Care for Children (Including all manuals and fees)
  • PADI Rescue Diver Course
  • 10 PADI Specialty courses:
    • PADI Enriched Air Diver
    • PADI Deep Diver
    • PADI Wreck Diver
    • PADI underwater Photography Specialty
    • PADI Drift Diver
    • PADI Night Diver
    • PADI Multi-level Diver
    • PADI Search And Recovery Diver
    • PADI Navigation Diver
    • PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver
  • MSD – Master Scuba Diver Certification
  • PADI Divemaster Course
• PADI EFRI (Emergency First Response Instructor) rating – (Including Instructor manual and fees).
• DAN (Divers Alert Network) – 02 Oxygen First Aid for Diving Accidents
• PADI Full-Face Mask Divers Course
• FULL set of scuba diving equipment (yours to keep) – complete set.
• 4 months accommodation. (Very comfortable Hotel style accommodation).
• ALL Manuals, tables and training aids to Dive Master rating.
• ALL Fees to PADI and other agencies (DAN).
• Minimum of 80 dives. (Most complete the training with around 100 dives but UN-limited diving is offered).
• International Dive Job Placement Service – Exclusive membership to Mermaids dive jobs partnership with Diversjobs.com – the most complete scuba diving jobs service available only through Mermaids. Train and find dive work – enter the scuba diving industry a very employable diver.
• Transfer from Bangkok Airport to Mermaids.
• Visa Assistance (Paperwork to support a student visa application).
• Internships guarantee you the adventure of a life time.

Congratulations on being a PADI dive professional already at the PADI dive master level. If you have come this far you’ll know the sense of achievement you get from this level and if you have worked in the dive industry already then you’ll know how rewarding this is also.

As a divemaster (from any dive certifying agency) you’ll know that you can be of assistance to dive instructors, lead tours, assist in the shop and help with diving academics etc. The next stage to make you very employable is obviously the OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor) level – allowing you to perform many additional dive duties and hence being more desirable to a dive employer.

You can take an IDC anywhere that is an IDC center – you’ll be trained over a 2 week period in instruction and then let loose to find work. You’ll be able to find dive centers aplenty that will offer this. We however do not like to work this way. We have gained through hard work and dedication to the dive training that our internship academy gives a great reputation for producing highly employable dive professionals. Attending Mermaids (LIA – Jomtien – Thailand) dive training academy is like attending Harvard, Cambridge or Oxford within the dive industry – we have earned this reputation very well indeed through our PADI CDC (Career Development Center) status and special internships.

If you are a divemaster and wish to upgrade to instructor then we have a great pro-dive package that interns you as a DM through to instructor over a 3 month period. (This time can be reduced on request). The training will allow you to be the very best instructor with all of the following included within the package:

• 3 months accommodation – Comfortable hotel style accommodation
• Unlimited diving. (Usually netting 80+ dives).
• ALL Manuals for the IDC i.e. the Instructor Manual, work books and business of diving material – to keep.
• ALL Fees to PADI paid for the IDC and the IE.
• IDC Preparation course.
• AI (Assistant Instructor) course.
• IE – Instructor Examination and OWSI certification.
• 5 PADI Instructor Specialty Courses:
  • PADI Enriched Air Instructor
  • PADI Night Dive Instructor
  • PADI Deep Dive Instructor
  • PADI Wreck Diver Instructor
  • PADI Multi-Level Diver Instructor
• PADI EFRI (Emergency First Response Instructor) rating. (Including Instructor manual and fees)
• EFR CFC – Care for Children (Including manual – As standard with all Mermaids Pro-packages).
• DAN (Divers Alert Network) – 02 Oxygen First Aid for Diving Accidents. (As standard with all Mermaids Pro-packages)
• International Dive Job placements service. Mermaids 4 year exclusive Partnership with Diversjobs.com allows the strongest and most successful diver job program on the market. Allow yourself the very best opportunity to enter the scuba diving industry. (After all you are training to become scuba employable right?).
• Visa assistance.
• Transfer from Bangkok Airport to Mermaids.
• The most fun and adventure that you have in a lifetime! Check the photos for a little of our history, trips and experience – we are not a fly by night stating that we have great experience – we REALLY do!

If you’re a scuba diver, you obviously already have a passion for the adventurous lifestyle – if you’re not, you must be looking to change and start living life to the fullest…

PADI scuba dive instructors spend their work days scuba diving. We lead dive trips, teach diving courses and see things most people can only be envious and dream about! Make the picture here an everyday waking sight for you. Make a career scuba diving!

Mermaid’s CDC Pattaya, Thailand, offers you our “Diving Life” internship training course program (operated since 1999 – the longest in it’s field by 5 years). From open water diver to open water scuba instructor in approximately 6 months (experience dependant). The diver internships include all the PADI dive courses required, PADI Course Fees, unlimited scuba dives, your own full set of BRAND NEW professional scuba dive equipment and lodgings (accommodation) for up to 7 months in one of the most exciting cities in the world – Pattaya, (Jomtien) Thailand.

Sound like a lot of money? Let me spell that out for you again!!! Mermaids OWSI (Dive Instructor) is the original, longest running and most complete Dive Career Development Program for dive jobs available – you get:

Full course training from beginner to instructor (Full dive education)…

• PADI Open Water Course
• PADI National Geographic Diver
• PADI Advanced Course
• PADI EFR Course
• EFR CFC – Care for Children
• PADI EFRI (Emergency First Response Instructor) rating. (Including Instructor manual and fees) – (As standard with all Mermaids Pro-packages)
• PADI Rescue Diver
• 5 PADI Diver Specialty Courses:
  • PADI Enriched Air Diver
  • PADI Deep Diver
  • PADI Wreck Diver
  • PADI Multilevel Diver
  • PADI Underwater Photography certification
• PADI MSD (Master Scuba Diver) certification
• PADI Dive Master Course
• PADI IDC Preparation course
• PADI IDC (PADI Instructor Development Course)
• PADI I E (PADI Instructor Examination) – ALL fees paid
• DAN (Divers Alert Network) – 02 Oxygen First Aid
• PADI Full-Face Mask Divers Course
• 5 PADI Instructor Specialty Ratings:
  • PADI Enriched Air Instructor
  • PADI Deep Dive Instructor
  • PADI Wreck Dive Instructor
  • PADI Multilevel Dive Instructor
  • PADI Underwater Photography Instructor
• ALL Fees to PADI and DAN paid. (VALUE almost – $1500)
• ALL Course manuals and materials to keep. (VALUE – over $1100)
• UN-limited Diving. (Usually 200++ Dives) – All air paid for and included. (VALUE – $10,000++ based on daily diving as a regular diver)
• FULL set of Brand NEW Scuba diving equipment from Regulators to diving knife and fins and Suunto Computer to BCD. Everything (yours to keep after training). We kit you up with your very OWN dive gear on the first day that you start. This dive equipment is yours forever! (Value – over $1500). The equipment is all branded and good quality – mainly Apeks, Scubapro, Seacsub and Suunto
• Accommodation (Comfortable Hotel Style) – fully included for up to 7 months. (VALUE – 40,000 Thai baht)
• Membership to our Exclusive Diver Job Assistance Program. Mermaids holds the strongest and most successful diving jobs placement program. Train at Mermaids and receive exclusive access to Mermaids partnership with Diversjobs.com
• Transfer from Bangkok Airport to Mermaids
• Visa assistance for your training period
• The most fun and adventure that you have in a lifetime!

Specialty courses offered can be exchanged for other PADI specialty courses that are of interest to the diver – there are plenty to choose from.

Mermaids Dive Career Development Center (the original Dive Internship programs since 1999) will give you the experience of a lifetime for 6 months, AND scuba training that will be useful for the rest of your life. At the end of the dive trainee program the best dive job placement service in existence will help the successful “Diving Lifers” find their first scuba job in the rapidly growing dive industry! Life really can be a beach! Get a scuba diving career by joining our dive training placements!

Mermaid’s CDC Dive Center Pattaya, was operated since the late 80′s to 2006 by the late Stephen Blumenthal – once the worlds’ youngest PADI Course Director. Steve knew the importance of continued education to be successful. With an IDC (Instructor Development Course) and IE (instructor Examination) monthly it is a great place to further qualifications conveniently.

To be trained as a PADI diving instructor is superb and if your training was through a dive internship, certainly one of ours then you will find your dive skills and knowledge very well honed ready for a dive career.

Some new dive professionals would rather have some experience behind them for confidence prior to approaching possible dive employers for scuba work. They have the scuba diving instructor license but now they feel that they are at the bottom of the list of instructors out there as have yet to teach a dive course. This is not always the case as many of the new diving instructors can be more focused on everything in front of them that they need to teach. Many new dive instructors with no experience will blow you away as their control and knowledge is all 100% fresh and they are really trying to prove something to both themselves and the dive students.

Whilst it is true that you can get to work directly from the internship with confidence some do prefer to have real life dive teaching experience under their belts. Please note that the Resort Operations Specialist (ROS) can be added to either the MSDT or the STAFF packages.

Mermaid’s use the superb PADI system and have the PADI MSDT (Master Scuba Diver Trainer) Starter program, the MSDT Diving Life Internship and the Staff instructor programs as internships – please see below:

All of the programs can be upgraded to the next level at no additional charge.

The “Diving Life” Specialty Instructor (MSDT Starter) Package

PADI Instructors enrolling in this option will receive a CD-ROM including 23 PADI Specialty Instructor outlines. Instructors will present lectures to a PADI Specialty Instructor Trainer and field questions pertaining to those Specialties. The course is designed to prepare you to teach at least 5 PADI Specialty Courses of your choice (extra specialty ratings may be available on request for a small fee).

Some goals you will accomplish:

• Present Specialty Course lectures to a PADI Course Director (Specialty IT), and discuss standards and marketing for 5 PADI Specialty Diver Courses.
• Achieve 5 PADI Specialty Instructor ratings of your choice.

Includes: PADI Fees for 5 Specialty Instructor Courses and 5 Specialty Instructor Course Outlines.

The PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer Certification

The PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating is awarded to a PADI diving instructor that can teach a minimum of 5 PADI specialty courses and has experience in teaching 25 students dive courses. To hold this diver qualification demonstrates to a dive employer that you have good experience in teaching diving and also can teach a range of specialty diver courses. This makes a dive center more likely to offer you a dive job.

If you are looking at entering the realm of technical dive instruction then the MSDT will be useful. Many technical agencies require the certification level for MSDT to be achieved prior to a technical instructor level being held. DSAT require you to be an MSDT if looking at becoming an instructor in DSAT Tec Deep or the DSAT Tri-mix courses. Technical dive jobs require the MSDT rating.

The “Diving Life” MSDT Internship – PADI Instructors enrolling in this option will be taken on as part of the Mermaids Dive Center staff for a period of 2 months after the IE and post-IE courses have been completed. During this time you will have access to all the benefits of a member of Mermaid’s instructor team. Some goals you will be able to accomplish:

• Record at least 25 PADI teaching certifications.
• Achieve 5 PADI Specialty Instructor ratings.
• MSDT or Master Scuba Diver Trainer certification in FULL.
• 80++ dives for experience and pleasure (un-limited).
• Add 2 month’s diving work experience at a PADI Five Star CDC to your CV.

Includes: 2 month lodgings, 5 PADI Specialty Instructor Outlines and ALL PADI Fees.

The PADI Staff Instructor Certification

PADI IDC Staff Instructors are PADI Instructors moving towards instructor-level training or teaching the Instructor Development Course (IDC). IDC Staff Instructors can independently train and certify PADI Assistant Instructors as well as help train PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors. At this level you are beginning to direct instructors how to instruct.

The “Diving Life” IDC Staff Internship / Traineeship. PADI Instructors enrolling in this program will be taken on as part of the Mermaid’s Staff for a period of 3 months after the IE and post-IE courses have been completed. During this time you will have access to all the benefits of a member Mermaid’s instructor team. Some goals you will be able to accomplish:

• Record at least 25 PADI Certifications.
• Achieve 5 PADI Specialty Instructor ratings.
• Achieve the PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) rating. (as above).
• Achieve the PADI IDC Staff rating.
• 120++ dives for experience and pleasure (un-limited).
• Add 3 month’s scuba work experience at a PADI Five Star CDC to your diving CV.

Includes: 3 months lodgings, 5 PADI Specialty Instructor Outlines, PADI C/W and O/W Evaluation Slates and all PADI Fees for Specialties, MSDT and IDC Staff ratings.

Notes:

• Internship Fees must be paid in full before the start of the PADI IDC.
• Interns are working on a non-salaried, work for experience, basis ONLY.
• The next Professional diver level is the PADI Master Instructor rating.

Gold & Platinum Packages

The “Diving Life” internships that we offer from PADI Master Scuba Diver (MSD), PADI Divemaster (DM) or the FULL Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor (OWSI) have proven to be extremely popular and great value for money. After the professional education traineeships, interns go off to work or stay on for additional dives and experience. Some interns stay for the MSDT and/or STAFF dive internships after. This is not imperative but many feel that the additional experience will set them apart from the rest.

Due to this very reason, Learn-in-Asia Scuba Diving Academy is now pleased to introduce two value added packages that are a “bolt-on” to any of the internships. Both packages can be added to any of the “diving life” internships. Only the Platinum package requires some additional time and hence an additional months accommodation is included within the price. The Platinum Scuba Dive Professional Traineeship Program coupled with the Scuba Diving Professional Instructor Internship is the most comprehensive recreational and technical dive education package on the market offered by any scuba diving training facility.

Choose between the 2 Special and Unique Packages below:

Gold Package

The Gold Package simply ADD 99,000 Thai baht to any diving life Internship:

INCLUDES:

• PADI – Full-face mask  (RRP 10,000 Thai baht)
• PADI Nitrox Diver Course (RRP 8,000 Thai baht)
• DSAT Gas Blender Training (Nitrox) – (RRP 12,000 Thai baht)
• 25 Dives on Nitrox – (RRP 30,000 Thai baht)
• PADI Deep Diver Specialty Course (RRP 8,000 Thai baht)
• DSAT Deep Tec Diver Course (Diving to 50 Meters) (RRP 50,000 Thai baht)
• ALL required Manuals and Slates for the courses – (RRP 12,000 Thai baht)

Value – 130,000 Thai baht – Gold Package Price – 99,000 Thai baht (You save 31,000 Thai baht)

Approx 18 days of training.

Platinum Package

The Platinum Package simply ADD 285,000 Thai baht to any diving life Internship:

INCLUDES:

• All of the Diving Life “Gold” Courses (As above) – (RRP 130,000)
• ASSET (Association of Scuba Service Engineers and Technicians) Course (RRP 124,000 Thai baht)
• PSAI Advanced Tri-Mix Diver Course (Diving to 75 Meters) RRP 40,000 Thai baht)
• Draeger Dolphin Re-breather Diver Course (RRP 20,000 Thai baht)
• ALL required Manuals and Slates for the courses – (RRP 12,000 Thai baht)
• 1 month additional accommodation -  (RRP 7,500 Thai baht)

Value 333,500 Thai baht – Platinum Package Price – 285,000 Thai baht (You save 48,500 Thai baht)

Approx 40 days of training.

The Full-Face Mask Diving Course – (Diver to diver and diver to surface communications)

Used as common practice by the military, safety divers and commercial divers underwater communication devices are now spilling over into recreational diving. The coms. equipment is still not cheap by any stretch of the imagination but is becoming more common place.

The AGA Divator mask manufactured by Inperspiro as used in the FFM course. This mask is the same item of equipment used by the military / fire / police / search & rescue teams world wide, and features built in 2 way single sideband radio communication gear operated by a simple ‘push to talk’ button located on the front of the mouthpiece. Communication with both another diver and the surface can be established.

The course is 2 days in length and the successful student will receive the PADI Full Face Mask diver certification.

DSAT Tec Deep Diver Course

Diving deep has it’s rewards in seeing things that few people see. Wrecks and fantastic marine creatures lie below the usual confine of recreational divers’ depths and by being trained to safely dive to these levels will expose all of these to you.

Having the training to be secure, responsible and safe at those depths increases your confidence and skills at shallower limits.

Scuba diving deep to 50 Meters does not allow you to exit the water by direct means to the surface. There are structured procedures that need to be adhered to in order to “off-gas” safely. Safety procedures include “staged” decompression stops and “gas switches” as you near the surface. The DSAT Tec Deep diver course will arm you with the skills and knowledge to perform all of the required procedures safely and maturely.

Course Objective:

The Deep Tec Diver course is intended for those divers with the prerequisite experience and training needed to dive outside of the usual recreational scuba limits.

Successful completion of the Deep Tech Training will allow the diver to:

• Conduct a gas-switch, extended no-stop dives; decompression stop dives and accelerated decompression stop dives using air, enriched air (nitrox) and 100% oxygen, to 50 Meters using technical diving equipment and procedures to manage the risks involved.
• Use learned motor skills required for technical diving.
• Understand the hazards and risks involved with the above types of technical diving, as well as the limits of training received in the course. Never dived beyond the limits of the training.
• Prepare for and respond to reasonably foreseeable emergencies that may occur in this type of technical diving. Being prepared is 99% of the solution to a dive problem.
• To provide the foundational skills for further training in technical diving.

Course Prerequisites:

• Minimum age: 18 years.
• Certified as a PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent).
• Certified as a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or equivalent).
• Certified as a PADI Deep Diver (or equivalent).
• Have a minimum of 100 logged dives including:
• 20 Dives made with Nitrox.
• 25 Dives below 18 meters/60 feet.
• 15 Dives below 30 meters/100ft.

The Course includes:

The Tec Deep Diver manual, ALL instruction, equipment and gasses, and 12 training dives.

Advanced TRI-MIX Diver Course

The Advanced Tri-Mix course provides the training required to competently and safely breathe gases containing helium for dives that require staged decompression. You’ll become skilled in use of Nitrox and oxygen mixtures in decompression dives to a maximum depth of 75 Meters.

The objective of the Advanced trimix diver course is to train divers in the benefits, hazards and proper procedures of utilizing custom oxygen / helium / nitrogen mixtures as breathing gases.

Course Pre-Requisites:

Minimum age of 18 years Minimum certification as Extended Range Diver or Entry Level Tri-Mix Diver (or equivalent). Minimum of 150 logged dives. 35 logged dives must be deeper than 30 Meters or equivalent at the discretion of the participating instructor.

Course Requirements:

One full day of academics learning the dive planning and gas theory. 4 Open water decompression dives with an accumulated dive bottom time of 100 minutes. 2 of the class dives must be to a depth greater that 40 Meters.

The Dive Course includes:

All manuals, certification fees, gas, boat fees and required equipment and instruction is included within the cost of the internship.

Draeger Dolphin Re-breather Diver Course

The Re-breather is unlike open circuit scuba where the diver breathes out and his bubbles float directly to the surface betraying his position. Using a rebreather, the expired air is ‘scrubbed’ of carbon dioxide waste gas from the body, new oxygen is added, and the diver breathes his own air again, with little or no bubbles leaving the unit.

The ‘no bubbles’ aspect of the rebreather has made it the diving equipment of choice for military and special forces divers for decades. Current military models offer multi-hour durations and have performance specified to as deep as 300meters/1000ft depth.

The ‘no bubbles’ aspect is also extremely appealing and popular with underwater photographers that try to get as close to their intended subject as possible. A re-breather makes this much more possible as you can approach soundless. Additionally gas use in rebreather is extremely efficient allowing these very long dives to be accomplished using tiny tanks.

The Draeger dolphin rebreather was the first rebreather to be released for civilian use and has been around for about 10 years. It’s popular with photographers, or any divers who want to get right up close to fish without their own bubbles scaring the fish away.

Re-breather training dives are conducted to a maximum depth of 30 meters. Dive students are taught the theory behind rebreather design, usage and essential pre-dive checks, before going on to complete 3 Open Water dives.

Cost 120,000 Thai baht (approx £1750) – The package includes:

• Five PADI Specialty Diver Courses (your choice out of over 23 available specialties).
• Technical diving courses including:
  • Nitrox (Enriched Air) Diver, (Basic Nitrox).
  • DSAT Tec Deep Diver, full deco up to 100% O2 with 4 tanks on Nitrox air, qualifies to 50 meters.
• Qualification to do staged decompression diving to a depth of 45 meters using Air/Nitrox.
• All required books, manuals, tables and slates needed for the courses.
• All required training agency fees.
• Rental of all necessary technical and/or recreational scuba diving gear / equipment for the duration of the program (This is incredible as to rent alone would cost almost 30,000 Thai baht for the courses).
• 1 months accommodation.
• Additional dives for experience and pleasure – unlimited diving!

To join our Technical Diver traineeship 1 program all you need to do is contact usfor a consultation.

Please NOTE: In order to join the technical internship you need to be a certified diver of Rescue Diver or higher. If you do not possess any diving license then we can still accept you as an intern and train you to Open Water first. The additional cost for this is 12,000 Thai baht, 12,000 Thai baht for the Advanced and 12,000 Thai baht for the Rescue if required).

Tec Deep Diver Prerequisites:

• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
• PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
• PADI Enriched Air Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
• PADI Deep Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
• Have a minimum of 100 logged dives of which 20 must be enriched air dives, 25 dives must be deeper than 18 metres/60 feet and at least 15 dives must be deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
• Minimum age: 18 years old

Cost 240,000 Thai baht – (approx £3450) – -The package includes:

• 2 months accommodation. (Thai Style Condo – fully self contained).
• Five PADI Specialty Diver Courses (Including Deep diver for pre-requisites of the later courses).
• PADI Master Scuba Diver Rating.
• Technical diving courses including:
  • Nitrox Diver, (Basic Nirox).
  • Extended Range.
  • DSAT Tec Deep Diver, full deco up to 100% O2 with 4 tanks on Nitrox air, qualifies to 50 meters.
  • DSAT Tri-mix Diver Program

• Rental of all necessary technical and/or recreational scuba diving equipment for the duration of the dive program.

• Qualification to do staged decompression diving to a depth of 50 meters using Air/Nitrox.
• Qualification to do staged decompression diving to a depth of 75 meters using Trimix.
• All required books, manuals, tables and slates needed for the courses.
• All required training agency fees.
• Additional dives for experience and pleasure.

To join our Technical Diver internships program all you need to do is contact us for a consultation.

Please NOTE: In order to join the technical internship you need to be a certified diver of Rescue or higher. If you do not possess any diving license then we can still accept you as an intern and train you to Rescue Diver first. Each course that is required from Open Water to Rescue is just 12,000 Thai baht each.

During the dive center management training, divided into eight unique and informative modules, we introduce you to every aspect of the scuba dive industry. All modules are conducted in real life settings with real staff, divers and clients.

As the busiest dive centre in central Thailand, Mermaid’s is in a unique position to increase your knowledge and skills and make you vastly more organized, ready and employable. Our dive resort business management training prepares the diver to enter the diving industry and work in dive centers and resorts at management level worldwide.

Module 1 – Organization: How do I keep it all running?

This is an overview conducted with Mermaid’s senior management on how we keep the dive center operational and profitable. Topics include:

• Organizing Scuba Dive Trips – You will schedule the scuba diving and snorkeling trips on our 4 dive boats as well as arrange the diving for our in-house clients and those from our agents.
• Organizing Scuba Dive Courses / Dive Training schedules – You will arrange and organize courses including the full PADI slate as well as Divers Alert Network, Technical Diving and Public Safety Diving. This will include organizing instructor scheduling, manuals, slates, equipment requirements and swimming pool logistics etc and all other aspects of actual diving courses and organization.

Module 2 – Marketing: – Have you heard about me yet?

This is a detailed description of dive business marketing techniques used to promote a diving business, including print, visual and electronic media. Topics include:

• The Internet – You will help design a new website as well as make some changes and updates to our actual Mermaid Dive diving website. You will have a chance to correspond with and deal with real clients by e-mail. We’ll show you how to be professional on the web without having to resort to plagiarism and terribly bad practices to gain custom.
• Print and Visual Media – You will have a chance to update our advertising program and help create catchy new ads and logos for Mermaid’s. We will also conduct a workshop on marketing a new diving venture.

Module 3 – Sales: Who’s going to buy my stuff?

This module will concentrate on the retail side of the scuba industry including ordering, presentation and sales techniques. Topics include:

• Ordering and Inventory – You will help with stock check and order actual equipment and manuals from our suppliers. We will conduct a workshop on predicting future stock levels and ordering needs.
• Sales Techniques – We’ll conduct various scenarios from PADI’s very successful “Positive Approach Selling” program designed to expand and test your sales abilities. You will have the opportunity to make sales involving our actual clients.

Module 4 – Accounting: Where has all my money gone?

This module will teach you the principles of bookkeeping and accounting. We’ll show you how to mange cash flow as well and also how to price various courses and dive trips for maximum profitability. Topics include:

• Accounting techniques – You will run the daily and computerized accounts for Mermaid’s and see how we track funds and make sure that it all ends up accounted for and in the right hands. We will work with computerized and pen and paper accounting systems.
• Pricing and costing – We will conduct a workshop on how we price our dive courses and trips and the rationale behind our pricing scheme. You will price actual new courses here at Mermaid’s, and also open a simulated dive center with a logical price structure.

Module 5 – PADI and Company: How do I work with the Diver Training Agencies?

This module will familiarize you with the tricks and techniques of getting the most from PADI and the various training agencies such as Divers Alert Network that you will deal with as the owner/operator of a dive business. Topics include:

• Agency Standards – You will have a chance to confront a variety of staged and real situations regarding compliance with the Standards of PADI and other diver training agencies. Morals and ethics as well as sound business practices will be on the agenda here.
• Paperwork – You will organize the actual student paperwork for a variety of diver training programs. We will have you deal with actual correspondence from students with certification issues as well as agency related paperwork problems. Maybe the least “sexy” but most important part of our course!

Module 6 – Customer Complaints: What do I do if it all goes wrong?

This module will train you in the skills and temperament needed to deal with those difficult situations and/or difficult customers that can make or break any dive business. We will train you in the methods of turning your loudest detractors into your biggest fans. Topics include:

• Dealing with Complaints – You will handle a series of simulated and real customer complaints designed to improve your people skills as well as keep our own clients happy.
• Dealing with logistical problems – Here you will handle boats breaking down, compressors going bad, instructors disappearing, clients on the wrong boat, etc… We will set you up with numerous staged and real life situations that will stretch you to the limits of your abilities, and then increase those limits.

Module 7 – Staff: How do I handle all those people?

This module will train you in the realities and techniques of dealing with your shop staff. Training will include the handling of instructors, shop personnel, boat captains and crew and the myriad of other folks who keep a dive business together. Topics include:

• Instructional Dive Staff – You will work out schedules, salaries and riles and regulations for Mermaid’s actual dive center staff Members. We will conduct a workshop on hiring staff for a newly created dive center.
• Everyone else – You will work on the training and organization of new Mermaid’s staff members. We will also have you dealing with all the “other” members of Mermaid’s team from taxi drivers to boat boys. You’ll learn how to keep everyone happy and productive.

Module 8 – Marketing yourself: I am over here!

Module 8 covers getting your foot through the door to your first dive job. Essential to start your dive career is knowing how to present your credentials professionally and effectively. You will be skilled in many areas of dive resort management and this needs to be showcased.

We create a very professional scuba diving CV (resume) and discuss important dive resort interview techniques. Focusing on the main selling points for yourself and promoting strengths will kick start you scuba dive career.

Mermaid’s Dive Business Manager Special Project

Opening your own Dive Center – All throughout your training you will be working with an experienced PADI Course Director.

Notes:

• Accommodation included
• ALL manuals and diver certification fees included.
• Pre-requisite for Resort Operations program – The diver must be 18 years of age and certified to Dive Master or above.