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OUR GRADUATES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FOUND EMPLOYMENT IN THESE LOCATIONS
Start your career as a SCUBA instructor under the guidance of experienced instructors and our two PADI PLATINUM Course Directors. Train in one of the world’s leading facilities where staff regularly save the day in the local hyperbaric chamber. In addition, they conduct marine research, and technical divers are prepping for their next expedition while the professional underwater photography interns are testing their equipment. You’ve found it. Welcome home!
The College of Diving is the defining Professional SCUBA facility . This includes, for example, a high-end designated conference room for IDCs. In addition we host the only hyperbaric chamber and trauma center on the island and we have large and comfortable dive boats. On top of that, we host an on-site NGO Marine research center (www.wsorc.org) and well-maintained equipment. additionally, we also have a great team of experienced dive professionals that you will be mingling with and observe in action. Moreover, all our staff has been trained in-house and hired from within!
Bay Islands College of Diving has over 15 years of experience with Instructor Development and has trained hundreds of Professional divers who now enjoy successful careers all over the world in dive centers, resorts, liveaboards etc. Having done your training with us, will tell potential employers that you mean business! The College of Diving also holds the prestigious PADI Five Star Career Development Center rating. This is awarded only to those dive centers who truly engage in professional training of dive instructors and beyond.
Besides, next to recognition for excellence and exceeding expectations for many consecutive years, we were also Utila’s first 100% AWARE Dive Center and won the PADI Green Star award for our environmental practices. We are also affiliated with the Whale Shark and Oceanic Research Center. Marine Conservation internships are available. We have also engineered our IDC to go above and beyond any other facility in the Americas.
Your PADI IDC in Utila with College of Diving is the way to go pro. Our Course Director Nick Derutter is the author of the book “Career in SCUBA: How to Become a Dive Instructor and be Successful”, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and over 50 other quality book stores. It’s worth reading if you’re serious abour building a career in SCUBA diving.
We are a PADI 5 Star Career Development Center, which means we certainly go out of our way to offer the very best in professional training. Above all, it show best in our Instructor Development Course. We’re a team of young and passionate dive instructors and Course Directors and it shows! For example, besides the prescribed PADI curriculum, during your IDC you will also have access to:
In addition, we’ve implemented all of PADI’s latest cutting edge technologies into our IDC and have created our own support materials. For example, extra demonstration videos, dive theory study cheats, presentation examples, resume samples and skills videos. These materials were made by us and are available to you for free on laptop or tablet!
Your Instructor training in Utila will be a mixture of classroom presentations, confined water training as well as boat dives and shore dives and counseling for your future career. In conclusion, you won’t just be ready to pass the Instructor Exam. You’ll be 200% prepared to work in the REAL world.
Our two PADI Course Directors have been awarded the PADI PLATINUM Course Director award. In other words, they are actively and continuously involved in high-end PADI Instructor training and have been recognized for it. Therefore, you’ll be in extremely good hands. Beware of dive centers claiming to be the “only ones” to hold these titles. Prevent being scammed by reaching out directly and taking the time to talk to your potential trainers. Use the contact form below and one of our trainers will take the time to speak with you directly about your plans.
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NICK DERUTTER
PADI PLATINUM Course Director, TecRec Instructor Trainer, Diveheart Adaptive SCUBA Trainer, Hyperbaric Chamber Operator.
Nick is from Belgium but his home base is in Honduras where he runs PADI Instructor courses regularly, as well as Technical Diving Instructor courses. In the meantime he is also on stand-by as an operator for the local Hyperbaric Chamber. When he’s not active in Utila, he also runs PADI Instructor Development Courses abroad, making him a very versatile SCUBA Instructor Trainer.
Nick is also the founder of Dive SAGA, an online equipment store and dive travel company that organizes bucket list dive travel adventures.
STEPHEN J. AYNSLEY
PADI PLATINUM Course Director, TecRec Instructor Trainer
Stephen got into SCUBA Instruction after serving his country in the Royal Marines. He has dived the seas of Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cyprus and England and decided to pass on his knowledge of diving instruction through the College of Diving.
His graduates love his relentless dedication and with his 100% pass rate, we’re very proud to have him on the team!
