Courses and schedules
Want to build a career in diving? Dive Otago provides a wide range of professional diving courses.
Diploma in Professional Scuba Instruction >
Do you want to enter the diving industry with a headstart on the competition?
Do you want to teach others to dive?
Become a give guide?
Crew dive charter operations?
Work in over 183 countries world-wide?
Then the Diploma in Professional Scuba Instruction is for you. This groundbreaking course has been designed by industry experts to produce graduates with the qualifications required in this dynamic & exciting industry.
During the Diploma programme you will begin by learning to dive & then progress through the PADI system of diver education to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor with 5 Specialty Instructor ratings. We start Diploma programmes in February & August.
"I'm working at La Manga Club, Spain. Thanks again for making me a dive instructor."
Andy Stewart, graduate 2006
National Certificate in Diving (Foundation) Level 3 >
From Open Water Diver to Rescue divers this certificate is your first step in career dive training. Complete on part time or full time basis. We can design a programme around your work, study or other commitments. Intakes are year round with the largest part time group starting each March.
Especially designed for University/Polytech students SUMMER SCUBA SCHOOL fits around your studies enabling you to combine your degree and scuba qualifications at the same time. Intakes coincide with the end of your exams in November & after Xmas in early January.
National Certificate in Diving (Leadership) Level 4 >
Flowing on from the Foundation Certificate students enter the world of Professional divers and become Divemasters. Able to work as dive guides and assist instructors all over the world.
National Certificate in Diving (Instruct) Level 6 >
Once you are a Divemaster you may decide that Dive Instructing is for you. Join this National Certificate. A perfect qualification for those wishing to become a Dive Instructor on a part time basis.
For more information on the professional courses offered by Dive Otago, just contact us!






