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 expertise 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.
Each year a selected few candidates are accepted into the Programme.
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 processes focused on guest orientated diving services: ensuring professionalism, efficiency and safety.
Meridian Adventure Dive covers the costs of the trainee’s education, which will set up graduates for a successful start in the diving industry.
The Trainees will earn the following qualifications during the 6-month programme:
You’ll experience an in-depth training programme and practical applications of PADI Dive Professional Standards and Procedures, which 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 guided and taught safe dive tender practices and procedures, which 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.
Meridian Adventure Dive centres its practices around conservation and community. You’ll be collaborating in a proactive approach towards conservation and community projects, which 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.
We’ll teach you the fundamentals of Dive Operation Management in a working PADI 5 Star resort environment. The day-to-day operation procedures and plannings are vital towards running a thriving 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, giving them Incredible, Amazing, Unbelievable diving and water sports 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 vital 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.
After completing the Meridian Adventure Dive Professional Training Programme, we’ll have you prepared to start a career as a Dive Professional. Becoming a Dive Master is the first step in the dive professional career ladder and a requirement for all dive instructor courses. We select trainees and present them with an opportunity to earn commission by joining our team as a channel manager and work with in collaboration with our Meridian Adventure Dive team that delivers the Incredible, Amazing and Unbelievable diving experiences at Raja Ampat.
