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Free Scuba Diving Courses Free PADI Divemaster courses, free PADI
diving instructor courses, free scuba career job development, free
scuba dive education in general… …sorry but there is no
such thing NO MATTER what the advertising says! Unfortunately we have some
unscrupulous companies in the scuba diving industry that offer PADI courses for
FREE but we all know that you get very little if not nothing in life for FREE. It’s a shame as it’s easy to get sucked into this trap and it is damaging the dive industry reputation by having companies continually take advantage of certain people’s naivety. There is simply no way that any dive company can give you a good dive education to work towards a career in scuba unless it is paid for - it's as simple as that. If you want me to tell you
that the courses are Free then I will do so but then I shall raise the price of
the accommodation or the dive education materials to cover these. You will have to pay
inflated material expenses, pay your fees and buy all of your own scuba dive equipment. That’s
how it works. So often I am approached by
people either asking for free courses in exchange for work or people that have
been burned by this type of advertising. We can label the cost of the courses as
NOTHING or FREE if you wish but really it is just advertising (and words) for a
business but in unethical means. We prefer to give you the cost of the scuba program
up front in order for you to know EXACTLY where you stand and know that there
are no hidden costs at all. Companies that tell you the
instruction is free are not deceiving you 100%. Sure, the instruction is Free
but then you will need to pay $500 - $700 PER MONTH for accommodation and
expenses, $800 (minimum) for equipment, $500 for materials (ONLY up to dive
master level), then $1500 at least for materials and fees to become an
instructor. After this you will be bound working for the company for FREE for 3
– 6 months to pay for the courses (That were apparently FREE). That's great
but bear in mind that whilst working for FREE as you had the instruction for
FREE you are still paying for your accommodation and expenses at $500 - $700 per
month with no pay. Now this actually works out more expensive than if you had
actually paid the course fees in advance; and believe me it’s an awfully
expensive loan percentage rate if you look at it as paying in stages. We work in the way where
all looks expensive but when you break it down for all of the accommodation INCLUDED, equipment INCLUDED (to keep), PADI fees PAID,
materials INCLUDED, etc...It’s a great deal. We prefer the business ethics of
giving you the price at the beginning and promise you that you will NOT pay any
more unless stated and mutually agreed. Learn-in-Asia and Mermaids have a very successful proactive dive job placement scheme where we have been sending dive instructors to work in Koh Chang, Phi Phi, Koh Tao, Samui, Khao Lak and Bangkok. Why would any one want a dive instructor trained by us to work for them - because they appreciate that we give them first class training and experience for their diving work. To have to pay for training might hurt at first but you only get out what you put in and in this case it'll pay for itself time and time again.
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