Professional Ratings
Whether you're hanging up your suit and tie and reaching for your
wetsuit, sunscreen and towel, or you're graduating from high school
or college eager
to leap into the excitement and adventure of the underwater world - you
will find that diving is not just a sport - it can be a way of
life - a career!
If your interests lie
in working as a land based Instructor or Divemaster, or as a Instructor
on a luxury class liveaboard vessel diving world famous sites, gaining
your professional rating is the first step. Or if you're simply
interested in making your hobby a part-time profession and earning
income while you enjoy diving and sharing your passion for the sport
with others, a professional rating may be your next big step.
If you want to learn more about the
professional ratings so you can become more involved in underwater
photography, marine biology or conservation, underwater videography,
marine journalism, or new technologies such as rebreather diving,
technical diving, scientific and research diving, there's no better
starting point than Divemaster, which leads to Assistant Instructor
and Open Water Scuba Instructor!
Click on any of these professional ratings to learn more about how
YOU can become a professional!
Divemaster --
first professional rating (lead trips, assist instructors)
Special Course Fee of $595
Assistant Instructor
-- teach portions of OW classes, certain specialties
Special Course Fee of $595
Open Water SCUBA Instructor
-- teach all SCUBA courses
Special
Course Fee $1195
All students enrolled in a course with Abyss-Scuba receive a
10% discount on purchases of equipment during their term as a student.
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