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| Title | Dive Master Internship and Marine Conservation Training Course in Mexico |
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Starting with a 10 week marine conservation expedition to develop your understanding of marine conservation and to further or establish your scuba diving skills this 20 week internship provides applicants with practical experience and professional qualifications. You will learn how to live and work with a research team in a remote environment and attain base skills essential for your work placement for the following 10 weeks. During this phase you will be based at a PADI dive centre where you will undertake your rescue diver and PADI dive master courses, further advanced training courses, shadow Dive centre staff and help the dive centre with all its commercial operations including; taking clients diving, equipment maintenance and marine conservation lectures. These internships are a fantastic way to enter the world of professional diving or for just a real life changing experience. LocationGVI run a number of research bases on the Yucatan Peninsula ranging from remote jungle bases in the heart of the Sian Ka’an (Mayan for ‘Where the Sky is Born’) Biosphere Reserve at Boca Paila to the tranquil Mayan village of Mahahual just north of the Belize border. Your internship will see you based at one of the two locations depending upon research requirements. The second ten weeks is spent with a local dive centre on the Mexican Caribbean coast. In between your expedition and work placement is an optional 2 or 4 week break giving you time to explore this beautiful part of the world.
Qualifications/Experience Required
Participants need to be certified to PADI open water or equivalent
Cost
Please see our website for up-to-date prices; cost includes all food (for the first ten weeks) and accommodation; airport transfers; PADI Coral Reef Research Diver Distinctive Specialty; PADI Advanced Open Water, PADI Rescue Diver and PADI Dive Master certifications (excluding PADI professional fees), First Aid & CPR training (Emergency First Response Certification), DAN O2 delivery course; all training materials, technical dive equipment (whilst on the GVI base) and science equipment; 24-hour in-country support and a 24-hour emergency phone line.
For upcoming start dates, visit our website. |