Pattaya, Thailand Scuba Diving Career Development Internships
Divemaster and EFR Instructor application fees now included free!
Turn your love of diving into a truly rewarding career by becoming an Emergency Response Diver. Whether jumping out of helicopters to rescue the crew of a sinking vessel, freeing trapped cavern divers or recovering key police evidence, public safety divers enjoy excitement and challenges few recreational divers ever see.
Now you can train for a fulfilling career as a public safety diver at Aquanauts through the Professional Emergency Response Training Standard Internship. organization. When you graduate, you'll not only be qualified to join a professional public safety dive team, where you'll save lives and solve crime, but you'll also be a fully certified PADI Divemaster! That's an unbeatable combination in the job market.
The PERT Standard Internship is for anyone. No prior experience is required. And you can start at any time. The program is also 100% all-inclusive. We provide accommodations, a premium, PERT-enhanced set of dive equipment that's yours to keep, unlimited diving, all testing & certification fees, job placement, free bonus courses, and more! Keep reading for full details on what is included.
Aquanauts PERT / PADI Professional Internship is unlike any other internship you might have seen. It's the only one in the world that offers both complete training as a PADI Divemaster and as a Professional Emergency Response DIver. This gives you a huge advantage in the job market, as you'll have a broader range of training and experience than other applicants.
PADI Instructor Training
Aquanauts offers all-inclusive internship packages that will take you from novice to Divemaster in two months or less. Your one-time enrollment fee includes everything you need to go from a land-loin'’ non-diver to accomplished PADI professional: Courses, books & study aids, equipment, accommodations and more. Here’s the specifics:
Aquanauts gives its interns all the PADI-required manuals and teaching aids below:
Includes PADI Open Water Manual, National Geographic Almanac, National Geographic Diver DVD, Logbook & Training Record, Certificate and Student Record File all in a large leatherette binder with PADI & National Geographic logos. 
Divemaster Course -- New 2010 Materials!
PERT Emergency Response Diver Training
The second part of the training will take you from the world of recreational diving to that of the professional public safety / rescue diver. Also known as emergency response divers, these highly-trained professionals are often the only hope for people involved in water-involved accidents. Their training far exceeds what’s expected of a recreational diving professional because, in their line of work, lives depend upon the success of every dive.
You'll be certified as a public safety diver through the Professional Emergency Response Training organization. Aquanauts is the only private-sector PERT training center in all of Asia and, worldwide, only Aquanauts offers this combined PERT / PADI internship.
You'll complete your PERT courses as your progress through your PADI internship. Each course has higher and higher prerequisites, so you'll need take full advantage of the unlimited diving offered to build up the required number of dives and experience. The entire program includes:
Encapsulated Diver - Be dive-ready for any environment with PERT Encapsulated Diver. It integrates two previously separate courses – Dry Suit and Full-Face Mask w/Surface Communications – to provide a student training that’s as close to real-world conditions as possible.
The Rest of the Package
Courses and materials are only part of the package. The PERT / PADI Professional Internship also includes all of the following:
A full set of upgraded, PERT-enhanced scuba diving equipment. Upgraded from the standard equipment package offered in the non-PERT internships, this special set of equipment includes the incredible Scubapro T-Force BCD, a Suunto Vytec DS dive computer, two Scubapro MK17 regulators, additional signaling and cutting instruments, a top-shelf 3W LED underwater light and, of course, all of the rest of the gear you need as a PADI professional. See here for full specs and photos of the standard and PERT equipment packages. (If you have your own gear we'll give you a $750 discount.)
Unlimited Diving! -- (a $5,600 value in itself!)So, How Much Does It Cost?
The Aquanauts Diving Instructor Training Internship is not just for uncertified divers. Anyone can enroll in the program and we'll reduce the price based on your certification level. We'll also lower the price if you already own your own equipment or have your own accommodations. See the chart below. Sale prices reflected in prices below.
| Certification |
Length | Base Price Thai Baht |
Base Price US$* |
No Equip. | No Accom. | No Equip. or Accom. |
| None (Non-Diver) | 3 months | 301,464 | $8,999 | $8,249 | $8,354 | $7,604 |
| Open Water Diver | 3 months | 278,004 | $8,299 | $7,549 | $7,654 | $6,904 |
| Adv. Open Water Diver | 3 months | 262,939 | $7,849 | $7,099 | $7,204 | $6,454 |
| Rescue Diver | 2 Months | 239,497 | $7,149 | $6,399 | $6,719 | $5,969 |
| Prices effective Nov. 1, 2008 | ||||||
Prices are quoted in US Dollars for comparison purposes only and are based on a fixed exchange rate of 33.5 Thai Baht to the 1 US dollar. Your actual price will vary depending on the exchange rate of your choice of currency against the Thai baht at the time of booking. Do not use currency exchange sites such as XE.com to check rates. For today's correct rates, click here.
Prices & Durations
Price and length of internship depend upon your current certification and whether you need equipment, accommodaitons or neither. See the price matrix at the bottom of this page.
What's Included?
All Aquanauts Complete internships include all your courses, books, testing & certification fees, private accommodations, a full set of new equipment that's yours to keep, unlimited diving, job placement, visa assistance and more. See below left for full details.
8 Free Bonus Courses Offer
Go beyond the basics of diving to become a truly well-rounded professional with with Aquanauts' exclusive Eco-Diver 2010 Training Pack. The special package -- worth more than $1,500 -- is included free if you pay a 100% deposit at least 30 days in advance (or upon enrollment if you plan to arrive in Thailand within 30 days.
The Eco-Tec suite focuses on the fastest growing area of the dive industry: environmental awareness and takes you to the Master Scuba Diver level with 8 PADI Specialty courses.
You can go beyond this free course and get more PADI specialties, dive medic and technical diving courses, course materials and equipment with Aquanauts' new Enhanced Learning Packs. More info...
Enhance Your Dive Skills
At up to 6 months long, Aquanauts' internship offer plenty of time to do additional courses. So, if you're serious about getting the most certifications, learning the most skills and making yourself the most marketable job candidate you can, you can purchase any or all of our new Enhanced Learning Packs!
Each Enhanced Learning Pack includes as many as five additional courses, all the required and optional manuals for all courses -- including optional manuals for the free Skills Enhancement Course -- plus additional equipment, DVDs, exam booklets and official PADI clothing!
All the Enhanced Learning Packs are deeply discounted -- as much as 30% off regular prices! And they are only available online during your initial enrollment. So click here to read more about each package. You can choose which one(s) you want on the Enrollment Form.
Payment Terms
A minimum 40% non-refundable deposit is required within two weeks of enrollment with the full balance due upon arrival. We do offer the Eco-Diver 2010 Training Pack (a $1,500 value) for 100% deposits made no later than 30 days before arrival (or upon enrollment if starting in fewer than 30 days). Deposits must paid via bank transfer. Balance payments can be made via bank transfer, cash payment or via credit card (a 5% surcharge applies). Click Here to make a reservation for this internship online!
Prices are quoted in U.S. Dollars for comparison purposes only and are based on a fixed exchange rate of 33.5 Thai Baht to the 1 US dollar. Your actual price will vary depending on the exchange rate of your choice of currency against the Thai baht at the time of booking. Do not use currency exchange sites such as XE.com to check rates. For today's correct rates, click here.
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