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job topics 1 year, 8 months ago #2876

  • frosty
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i would love to see job topics ie wages. hours. what is expected of you .there must be loads of dms.instructures please give us some insight

Re:job topics 1 year, 8 months ago #2878

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You have asked that question before www.thescubasite.com/Scuba-Forum/Scuba-Diving-Chat/2486-advice-wanted-please#2503

It depends on where you are and what you do. DM's get paid very little, even in the UK. Minimum wage doesn't exist when it comes to diving. A DM locally may earn a max of £50 a day, which when you work out as an hourly rate underwater is quite good but it'll take all day to do an hour or 2 underwater.

Instructors will either be freelance, earning what they charge or on a fixed rate from a centre, maybe £100 a day, a long day. If you're working for a dive centre you will get a retainer, usually minimum wage to work in the shop, and so much per course you teach.

If you work abroad somewhere like Thailand as a DM you may be lucky and earn enough for food & drink. £2 per person on an escorted dive, 4 people max, 2 dives a day so £16 a day but that be every day. As an instructor you may earn a living.

The only way to get rich is to become a commercial Saturation diver. Once qualified and experienced, you can get £1000 per day but work is scarce as there are so many people trying to do it.

Diving is not a career - it is a lifestyle.
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