Why Choose Us? The Aquanauts Advantage
Top 10 Reasons to Choose Our Instructor & Divemaster Internships
There was a time when, if you wanted to learn how to scuba dive, you opened the telephone directory and looked for someone in town offering training. If you were lucky, you had more than one choice. Today you have millions. Do an Internet search for “scuba diving training” and you’ll get about 1.4 MILLION results. So how do you choose?
First, an internship is your best choice when looking to train as a scuba instructor or divemaster. Paying for courses, dives, books, accommodations, equipment, certification fees and all the other bits and pieces individually is just too expensive. For example, if you paid individually for all the items offered in the Aquanauts Instructor Training program, you’d pay more than US $18,000! But if you enroll in the internship, it costs you less than $8,000. And we arrange everything for you!
Location is important too. With its palm tree-lined beaches, warm blue waters and year-round temperatures of 28-35 C (82-95 F), Aquanauts’ home of Pattaya Beach, Thailand can’t be beat. We not only have great weather, but Pattaya one of the cheapest places in the world to live with nightlife and entertainment that is has been famous worldwide for 40 years.
Why Choose Aquanauts Instructor Training?
In the end, however, what matters most is the quality and value of your dive training package. Here at Aquanauts, we’ve been training divers from around the world for 12 years and our 6-year-old internship program has turned out world-class instructors who have gone on to do more than just teach:. The real-world experience they gained on their internships allowed them to become successful diving entrepreneurs! For more on some of our grads, read the Aquanauts Success Story.
Over the past two years we’ve been making huge investments in the company to ensure our interns get the best possible training. As Pattaya’s only British- and American-owned dive center, we already were the region’s largest PADI 5-Star Career Development Center. With three locations in Pattaya, we offer daily dive trips, every PADI course from novice to instructor and a full menu of recreational and technical diving courses.
We realize you have many choices when choosing a dive-training program. That’s why we’ve compiled the “Top 10″ list of the most-important things that make Aquanauts unique.
- Very small class sizes and Personalized Training The Aquanauts Diving Instructor Training program is built around the Personalized Training System. This means in most cases you will get one-on-one dive education from a fully certified instructor. At most, you will have 4 people in any class that you take. This ensures that you get the highest quality training and the personal attention from your instructor.
- An experienced staff led by two in-house course directors Aquanauts’ staff has more than 50 years of professional diving experience and is led by two in-house Course Directors. They, and our in-house Master Instructors and IDC Staff Instructors,
work personally with each and every intern to make sure they not only pass their instructor courses, but excel on the PADI Instructor Exam. - Great Value Who says personalized, quality training need be expensive? If you purchased all of of the same courses, books, and equipment as we offer as well as pay for accommodations, 200+ dives, and PADI testing & certification fees you’d pay more than $17,000! Aquanauts six-month package, by comparison, is only $8,795! Our program is also hundreds of dollars less than similar programs around the world.
- We guarantee you’ll pass your PADI Instructor ExamPassing the Instructor Exam is perhaps the No. 1 thing prospective interns worry about most. That’s why, at Aquanauts, we’re so confident in our Personalized Training System that we put our money where our mouths are and make this pledge to you: We guarantee you’ll pass the PADI Instructor Exam on your first attempt or we’ll pay for you to take the exam again.
- Our job placement service goes out and find jobs for you Our new Jobs4Divers Job Placement Service combines our new, state-of-the-art network of diving job-search websites with a full-time staff that actually goes out and finds jobs for you. All Aquanauts interns are assigned a personal employment counselor who helps get your resume and cover letters online, then contacts employers around the world to find your perfect job. Read more…
- Your choice of 3 packages of Truly Free bonus courses Aquanauts Dive Centre was the first to offer TRULY Free Bonus Courses and these packages are no different. There are no additional out-of-pocket costs for any of these programs. All required manuals and certification fees are included. Choose from a set of five PADI Specialty courses, a EFR / DAN Dive Medic package or “Go Tech” and choose the Introduction to Tech Diving package. Read more…
- A choice of equipment packages Your dive equipment are the tools of the trade for your new career. So why not get the best quality gear you can for the money. Aquanauts’ equipment package offers brand-new gear from two of the world’s most-respected brands: Mares and Scubapro. We also include essential accessories, such as a CPR/rescue pocket mask, weightbelt and gear bag.
- The Aquanauts Dive BoatsOur 26m, double-deck boat is big, fast, quiet and modern. It features an onboard galley, sun deck, freshwater showers, comfortable seating and free soft drinks, The dive deck boasts 100 tanks, an on-board compressor, a full selection of weights and belts, oxygen and safety gear, and a dual-ladder dive platform to easy access to the water. We also operate a second large boat about 45 minutes south of Pattaya to dive the Hardeep wreck and islands near Samae San.
- New, safe, conveniently located accommodationsWhen choosing the best scuba diving internship package, where you live arguably is as important where you train. After a tiring day diving, it’s great to come home to a cool room and hot shower. Aquanauts’ offers its interns brand-new, private condos on a quiet downtown Pattaya street. You’ll have easy, walking-distance access to a supermarket, shopping, cinemas, hospital, bars, restaurants, a bowling alley and, of course, the beach and the Aquanauts Training Center. Our condos are fully furnished with air conditioning, cable TV, Internet access, kitchenette and more. Click here to read more and see pictures of the accommodations.
- Real-world experience working with real-world customersAquanauts professional trainees share the same boat, work with and assist our tourist customers. That means they face real-world situations, both in and out of the water, on a daily basis. This ensures that once they graduate, they have actual real-world experience to list on their resumes.
These are but a few of the reasons to choose Aquanauts. Feel free to contact us via phone or e-mail with questions or to learn more about The Aquanauts Advantage.