PADI Freediver Instructors are a fairly new breed of PADI Pro. With many pairing freediving skills with scuba diving skills, instructors are in high demand in the industry. Travel is beginning to boom following the pandemic, and it’s no surprise many are looking to escape the corporate world. A PADI Freediver Instructor qualification is quite literally your passport to freedom!
If your passion alone has not yet convinced you, take a look below at why you should absolutely take the freediver instructor course.
Expand Your Underwater Skills Portfolio
Not only are the PADI Freediver courses an excellent way to expand your skillset, but becoming an instructor takes it to a whole new level. High-level instructor qualifications (especially having several) can make you far more desirable to a dive shop. As a PADI Freediver Instructor, you can take beginners right through to advanced apnea levels, increasing the services that a dive shop can provide.
There are 3 additional levels of PADI Freediver Instructor training past the PADI Freediver Instructor certification:
Learn new skills
Learning new skills is said to be a path to happiness! The PADI Freediver Instructor course focuses on both your underwater and above-water skillset. Not only will you understand the course standards and procedures but also teaching skills and risk management. Furthermore, you’ll learn in-depth about freediving physiology and psychology. Lastly, your PADI Freediver Instructor trainer will cover organization and marketing freediving.
Turn Your Passion into a Career
Freediving is unarguably one of the most peaceful experiences in the world – just you, the blue, and an open mind. Apnea is certainly a skill that far more should experience, and you can make this accessible for others. Your weekend passion or holiday hobby can be turned into a payable qualification by undertaking the instructor course.
Plus, work from anywhere in the world
Some of the best freediving locations in the world include Egypt, Thailand, and Mexico – just to name a few. After becoming certified, you could quite literally travel between countries living your passion, totally off-grid. Many only dream of this kind of lifestyle, but the instructor course could make it possible for you in just 4 days of training.
Stay Up To Date
As underwater enthusiasts, certified divers and freedivers, as well as PADI Pros, it’s important to stay up to date with available instructor qualifications. As a result, your skillset is current, and your knowledge is in-depth. Just like a “regular” job (whatever that is anyway), you want to keep adding exciting new skills to your capabilities to stay up-to-date with the industry. In this case, you’ll want to swap out a corporate-relevant diploma or training course for a hands-on Freediver Instructor course to keep your PADI Pro career fresh.
Be a Part of Something Bigger
The instructor course doesn’t stop once you receive your qualification. PADI’s Torchbearer movement aims to create over one billion Torchbearers. Becoming one of those carrying a “torch” for the ocean means you become an advocate both above and below the surface. As an instructor, your students will look and listen to your guidance and knowledge on the ways in which we can properly explore and protect our oceans. You’ll be able to pass on knowledge to students of conservation movements, like PADI AWARE, and give something back to our planet with your voice.
Hear From PADI Freediver Instructor Pros
There are so many individuals around the world living this lifestyle already! Check out interviews and stories from those who have taken the instructor course, and crafted their careers:
Are You Ready to Take the First Step?
Differing from the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course, the PADI Freediver Instructor course takes just 4 days of classroom and in-water training. It’s intense but highly rewarding. The first step is to get in touch with a PADI Dive Shop.
Become a PADI Freediver Instructor
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