Career Courses

Study part-time while you work

Love your adventurous life

Train from beginner to PADI Rescue Diver and set yourself up for an exciting career in the dive industry!

The New Zealand Certificate in Diving - Level 3 (Rescue) is an awesome way to learn to dive, gain confidence as a recreational diver and develop skills to assist other divers, going through three main parts:

Learn to scuba dive by completing your PADI Open Water Diver Certification.
Undertake adventure based dives such as deep, boat, night and search as part of the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Certification.
Learn how to deal with a number of surface and underwater situations as you complete your PADI Rescue Diver Certification.
The programme meets the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Service’s Limited Certificate of Competence, which allows entry into dive sectors such as Aquaculture, Film and Photographic. They also allow entry to further training for underwater professional activities, such as Scientific or Dive Tourism sectors. It is also the prerequisite qualification for the National Certificate in Diving (Leadership) and PADI Divemaster qualification - the first professional level certification in the PADI System.

NZ Certificate students must 16yrs old to undertake this programme.

What Experience will you gain  

·         40+ Dives

·         Deep Diving

·         Wreck Diving

·         Night Diving

·         Boat Diving

·         Search and Recovery Diving

·         Diver Rescues

Timetable options

Full-Time
12 Weeks
Start in February or August
Four week days  

Part-Time
1 Year
Start in February or August
Scheduled on weekends

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