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    Career In SCUBA: How to Become a Dive Instructor and be Successful

    LeeBy LeeOctober 3, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Career in Scuba

    If you are ready to get serious about SCUBA diving as a career choice, let this book be a fast-pass through some of the mental, motivational and administrative obstacles that many of us have had to overcome when becoming a diving professional.

    This book covers everything you need to know to turn your life around and to start teaching SCUBA diving professionally. Some of the chapters include:

    1. 7 Habits of a Successful Dive Instructor
    2. Getting Your Life Sorted
    3. Training Agencies, Dive Centers and Equipment
    4. Setting Expectations
    5. Writing a Good Scuba Resume and Social Media
    6. How to Land Your Dream Job
    7. Common Mistakes on the Job
    8. When Things Go Wrong
    9. Safeguard Your Future – Visa, Insurance and Retirement
    10. Finding Your Niche
    11. Becoming an Industry Leader
    12. The 20% Club
    13. Advice and Stories from the Pros

    Nick Derutter is a multi award winning PADI™ Platinum Course Director. He has trained hundreds of diving instructors and thousands of recreational divers worldwide.

    He runs Instructor Development programs in The Americas and Europe, is a Tec Trimix instructor, hyperbaric chamber operator and Diveheart™ Adaptive SCUBA Instructor Trainer. Besides teaching SCUBA divers and instructors, he runs a successful online dive store called Dive SAGA™ , an online diving magazine and a diving media business.

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