Career Development Program

In partnership with Just Africa Scuba

This program offers a young person the opportunity to develop their Scuba Diving career, doing various courses including our special Life Skills Courses, and gaining practical work experience.

This program is about becoming a well rounded PADI instructor by expanding the skill set and competencies of students, improving their prospects of work and employment dramatically.

The PADI accredited course is recognized worldwide, after successfully completing these tertiary studies you will receive all the certificates you need to become a PADI Scuba Dive Instructor. This course will enable you to work in any scuba dive shop, dive centre or dive resort worldwide.

SCUBA Courses / PADI DM Course / PADI Instructors Development Course

EFR Instructors Course / Skippers License / Videography / Photography

Travel & Tourism / Retail / Customer Service / Marketing

Computer Literacy / Accounting Program

Various Life Skills Courses 

This Program

Includes:

• All courses mentioned below
• All theory course material
• 100 Dives
• Certification fees for all courses

PADI SCUBA DIVING

You will learn all the scuba dive courses, first aid and rescue skills, gear maintenance, retail and customer service, how to manage a dive centre and how to market your store. All of this is integrated with our special Life Skills Courses, promoting personal development.

PADI Dive Courses

• PADI Specialty Courses
  - Deep diving
  - Underwater Navigation
  - Enriched Air (Nitrox)
  - Wreck diving
  - Night & Limited Visibility
  - Peak Performance Buoyancy
  
  
• PADI Rescue Diver Course
  
  
• PADI Dive Professional Courses
  - PADI Dive Master Course
  - PADI IDC (Instructors Development Course)
  - PADI IE (Instructors Examination)

EFR (Emergency First Response)

• Emergency First Response Instructor
• PADI O2 Provider

SKIPPERS LICENSE

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY

• Underwater photography and video skills
• Editing of images and footage

LIFE SKILLS COURSES FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Language
• Time Management & Productivity
• Stress Management
• Self-Awareness
• Personal Growth
• Communication
• Emotional Intelligence
• Growth Mindset

WORK SKILLS

• Gear maintenance
• Travel & Tourism
• Retail Experience
• Customer Service
• Basic Marketing
• Online & Social Media Marketing
• Computer Literacy
• Accounting Program
• Language & Communication

CONSERVATION & VOLUNTEER WORK

We do conservation work with the following organizations:

• Shark Life
• Shark Safe Barrier
• Project Aware

DIVE TOURS

Every year we create a new dive tour to a different dive destination. Here are some of the possibilities:

• Indonesia
• Red Sea
• Sardine Run
• Sodwana Bay
• Aliwal Shoal
  
  

Contact us for more info and enrolments

More Development Programs:

Life Skills Preparation Year
Skills Development Program

Details

Category: Development Programs

• life skills
• scuba diving
• training
• career development

Skills Development Program

This program is a great add-on to our Gap Year or a stand-alone program and gives young people the opportunity to get work experience in a safe environment while expanding their skills and emotional intelligence.

This Skills Development Program is a one-year commitment that aims to expand the knowledge and competencies of students, improving their prospects of work and employment.

This year is about gaining practical work experience and personal development while holding a part-time job and/or part-time studies and being involved in various internships.

The Skills Development students are involved in internship programs that provide them with much-needed work experience to add to their resume and help them get permanent employment.

Learning emotional Life Skills such as emotional intelligence, time management, productivity communication, and much more, and then having to implement these skills in daily activities in the work environment. Students will also be learning hands-on Work Skills such as marketing, various software packages, customer service, and more, which will be beneficial to them in future careers as their skills improve.

BREAKDOWN OF THE LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

INTERNSHIPS

• Just Africa Scuba

  - Customer Service
  - Retail Experience
  - Marketing
  - Social Media Management
  - Travel & Tourism

• Just Africa Life Skills

  - Teambuilding Events
  - Business Management
  - Marketing
  - People Management
  - Writing articles
  - Presentations

LIFE SKILLS COURSES

EMOTIONAL LIFE SKILLS - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Emotional Intelligence
• Self-Awareness
• Time Management & Productivity
• Stress Management
• Language & Communication
• Personal Growth
• Leadership
• Personal image & neatness
• Appropriate conduct in the workplace
• Finding your passion

PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS - WORK SKILLS COURSES

• Computer Literacy
• Accounting Program
• Marketing
• Social Media & Online Marketing
• Customer Service
• Retail
• Travel & Tourism
• Photography
• Administration

CONSERVATION & VOLUNTEER WORK

Students will do conservation and volunteer work with the following organizations:

• Shark Life
• Project Aware (PADI)
• Two Oceans Aquarium
• Just Africa Mission NPC

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

WORK EXPERIENCE	LIFE SKILLS	WORK SKILLS	MENTORING
You will gain valuable work experience doing a variety of jobs with internships and part-time jobs.	Learn life skills for your personal development, which will put you ahead of other job applicants.	Learn hands-on work skills to ensure your development and add to your skill set.	You will be learning and growing within a mentoring relationship.

Prerequisites

• You must be between the ages of 18 - 23 years old
• Matric Certificate
• Drivers license
• Cell phone in good working order

Contact us for more information or to arrange a meet & greet. In-person or via Zoom.

More Development Programs:

Life Skills Gap Year
Career Development Program

Details

Category: Development Programs

• life skills
• prep year
• training
• courses