Best Attributes to Have as a Diving Instructor - 6 Tips!
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- With the right training becoming a scuba diving instructor is not very hard, but becoming a successful instructor can be challenging, especially in places where the dive industry can be quite competitive. In this video we give the best Best Attributes to Have as a Diving Instructor.
The most popular places in the world to learn scuba diving also attract the most amounts of instructors looking to find work. Being able to stand out is the best way to not only get but also to keep a successful job as an instructor.
Here are my top tips to help you to become a truly successful scuba diving instructor.
Tip 1: Have a Positive Attitude
Nearly all the successful scuba diving instructors in the world have one main thing in common. They have a fantastic, positive attitude. Successful dive instructors are usually very nice people that truly care about their students. However, some instructors are only just nice to their students, while others are just passionate about scuba diving and others are just very good liars and pretend they have a great attitude.
Tip 2: Be Passionate
Some people say: “Wow look at that scuba instructor, he teaches so naturally; I love to listen to them” - This usually means that this instructor is totally passionate about what he or she is teaching. Anyone can teach a subject very well if they are passionate about it.
Tip 3: A Great Sense Of Humor
Throwing in a joke now and again can really help you on the road to becoming a more successful dive instructor. Scuba diving is a safe sport but accidents can happen if the activity is not taken seriously. However, some instructors take it all too far and treat their students like they are army cadets.
Tip 4: Caring About Your Students
This is really where I see a difference in the quality of scuba instructors. A successful instructor truly cares about his or her students. Some scuba diving instructors try to fake caring about their students, but this does not make them successful. People feel it instinctively if you care about them or not.
Tip 5: Have A Lot Of Patience
Teaching scuba diving sometimes takes a lot of patience, especially with students who don’t have a lot of previous in-water experience. As we know, some people find scuba diving to be stressful at the beginning. And of course, we humans are not supposed to be underwater anyway. For some people it can be quite hard to even get their breathing under control, never mind performing all the necessary skills.
Tip 6: Be A Safe Diving Instructor
I believe that the most important part of an instructor’s job is to keep their students safe. There are risks involved in scuba diving and accidents have happened in the past. Risk Management should be the number one most important concern of scuba diving instructors
A Final Word
There are a lot of instructors in the dive industry and there are more and more interested in dive instructing every day. This sadly enough can sometimes create a bit of jealousy between instructors, and complaints that there is not enough work in the dive industry. Well, I’m sorry but this is just not true. There are so many dive centers, resort schools, and shops that are begging for good instructors and who pay a good salary. But they want to hire good instructors and not people that complain all the time, show up to work late, don’t promote more business or care about the environment or have a bad attitude.
I truly hope that these tips will make you a more successful instructor. During the PADI IDC course, I teach at Sairee Cottage Diving on Koh Tao, Thailand I give extra lectures and go into much more detail about how you become one of the most successful instructors out there. Please contact me if you would like to join our IDC course and please leave your comments below and share your opinions about becoming a more successful scuba diving instructor.
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Marcel van den Berg
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thanks Marcel as a fellow CD I appreciate your videos to assist all divers in becoming a professional and advancing. This video is a welcome addition to your extensive array of material. Well done
Thank you, this means a lot to me! :)
Hi Marcel thanks for the video and for your encouragement a few months ago I was able to pass IE at the beginning of June thankyou for all the great videos they have helped me visually a lot during this last year , looking forward to joining the dive industry
Hi Timothy and great to hear that the videos helped you in passing your IE!! :)
Please share them with others and give them a like that would help a lot.
Best of success in your new career! :)
Dankjewel,Marcel!
Graag gedaan! Kan je de video sharen op je social media?
Thanks for this amazing video! Super inspiring and helpful! 🙏🏼
Hi Deborah that is awesome to hear!
More coming soon :)
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I find the video really helpfull great to hear your experiences. I am quiet introvert so its difficult for me to be everybodies friend. Even though I have a special kind of humor, very patient, love diving and I love people in a certain way. This introvertness is one of my biggest worries to do the instructor course or work as a DM. Did my DM in Dahab during Covid but never really registered with PADI because the rest of the world was closed at that time and life goes on. Now I would love to continue my career change. Still looking for a diving centre to help me on my way. Build confidence.... Thanks for your videos really enjoyed them especially to refresh my memory.
Good to hear you liked my video! If you want to do your IDC you can always send me an email to: gopro@saireecottagediving.com and I will then send you more information :)
@@MarcelVanDenBerg1 thanks for your reply. I allready send an email on the website. Really want to get back to diving again. Cant wait to hear your thoughts....
@@ferrynice1976 Great to hear!
I am traveling right now, but I will answer your email tomorrow :)
Would be great thanks!!
@@ferrynice1976 how it came out? you did your IDC with marcel? :)
Haha Tip 3: A Great Sense Of Humor is duplicated in the description because we haven't practiced this enough.
Thanks for letting me know! I just removed it :)