Also called: Dive Instructor
Teaches people to scuba dive, from first breaths in a pool to open-water certification.
Instructors teach classes, lead dives at local reefs or quarries, and keep nervous students calm. Many work at resorts, on liveaboard boats, or at dive shops.
Pay is modest; many combine it with travel or other jobs.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. PADI, NAUI, or SSI instructor certification after earning divemaster.
Ways in: Certification, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Recreation Management, Marine Science.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Online e-learning covers the theory, but teaching skills in the water and calming nervous students stays human.
Classes: Physical education and swimming, Biology, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 39-9032.
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