Meridian Adventure Dive provides trainees with the skills and experience to become a successful and conscientious Dive Professional. The Meridian Adventure Dive Professional Training Programme is a 6-month hands-on-training programme that gives trainees all the experience and tools both in and out of the water. This intensive practical programme will set you up with the needed skills to change the way the world dives – for the better.
The Meridian Adventure Dive Professional Training Programme provides you with a complete education in both PADI standards and procedures along with our Meridian Adventure Dive tried and tested procedures focused on guest orientated diving services: ensuring professionalism, efficiency and safety.
Each year a selected few candidates are accepted into the Programme.
The Trainees will earn the following qualifications during the 6-month programme:
In depth training and practical applications of PADI Dive Professional Standards and Procedures. This includes PADI Divemaster specific courses and programmes, Professional level dive skills training and real-life applications in a working PADI 5 Star Resort.
Trainees are introduced to safe dive tender practices and procedures. This includes dive specific boat handling and safety. We also train you in deck and engineering procedures used in the Superyacht industry. Our dive tenders are set apart from the rest of the world with their custom design and preventative maintenance programme.
All Meridian Adventure Dive practices are centred around Conservation and Community. You will be involved in proactive conservation and community projects. This includes community upliftment and education, data collection, environmental clean-up projects, invasive species removal and coral planting. Our Trainees also receive training in PADI and Project Aware Conservation courses.
You will be trained in Dive Operation Management in a working PADI 5 Star resort environment. Day-to-day operation procedures and planning are key to running a successful diving resort. Meridian Adventure Dive has perfected this, and trainees will be involved in every aspect of Operations. We deliver our divers to the right site at the right time every time to give them Incredible, Amazing, Unbelievable diving and water sport experiences. You will be part of the team making this happen learning how to plan itineraries and logistics for every trip.
Marketing and Administration plays a key role in the diving industry. We provide trainees with a platform to learn essential skills to build a successful diving marketing and administration plan and successfully take all they have learnt in the programme and positively influence the rest of the diving world.