DPANZ offers several courses that may be of interest to travellers who would like to tour the world as a Dive Professional, Dive Leader, or Dive Instructor:

Our Curriculum

Learning Levels:
We're all about choice. We'll let you decide when you're ready to turn your diving into a career. Until then, we can still offer you continuing education through the two major training systems - PADI & NAUI.

When you are ready to Go, Go, Go! you can meet with our on-site training manager to find out the best possible pathway to a new and brighter future - in dive tourism! We have three distinct levels to choose from:

1. Rescue Diver
2. Dive Leader
3. Dive Instructor

Compulsory Core Dive Professional Base Training:

• Care and Maintenance of a Dive Vessel - 1 day practical training
• First Aid / CPR - half day practical training
• Environmental Awareness & Responsibility - 1 day seminar
• Administration of Oxygen in Emergencies - half day practical training
• Scuba Tank Fillers Certification - half day practical training
• Hazard Identification and Risk Management - self-directed
• Retail Assistance - 2 day practical training
• Adventure Tour Planning and Management - self-directed
• Working with Children and Young People - 1 day seminar
• Underwater Site Mapping - self-directed

Chosen Electives:

View the Training Intake for dive Professional elective courses

* NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver to Divemaster
* NAUI ITC (Instructor Training course - ITP+IQP) / ICC (Instructor Crossover course - ICP+IQP)
* PADI Advanced Open Water to Divemaster

Unless you are a NZ resident, you may only be able to undertake one of these elective courses. Think carefully about where you want to go from here, and what your dive professional plans are before you complete these courses. Check out our simple guides to what all of these courses involve, and what they offer before applying.