Professional Courses
This course suits experienced Freedivers already holding a Master Freediver or Level 3 Freediving certification who are wanting to start a career as a Freediving Instructor.
Schedule a call with our Instructor Trainer to begin your journey.
Freediving Instructor
Is it time to make a career out of your passion or your favourite hobby? Adventure Freedivers offers an instructor course like no other in the country with a highly experienced team and an Instructor development program that is proven to give new instructors more knowledge then any other instructor course. Not only will you learn how to teach and certify freedivers, but you will also leave with knew knowledge about the ocean, safety and managing groups of all abilities in the water. Our course will open up a world of opportunity and possibility for you in the fast growing sport of freediving.
Learn how to create safe and comfortable freedivers and spearfishers, allowing them to leave your courses with an internationally recognised freediving certification. Enrol and begin anytime that suits you after chatting with our team here at Adventure Freedivers!
Freediving Assistant Instructor
We are excited to see the freediving industry grow safely through helping those aspiring to become instructors an opportunity rarely seen. Our Freediving Assistant Instructor program can be taken by freedivers of any agency across any stage of their journey to becoming an Instructor! Learn hands on and gain the tools you need to supervise others in a highly dynamic environment. With engaging and realistic case studies and practical scenarios you are sure to be leaving feeling confident in your knowledge and ability to lead a group, assist on courses as well as select and set up sites based off environmental conditions.
The highlight of this course is the ongoing assitance and guidance. We will continue to share our knowledge and experience with the next generation of freedivers beyond the courses final day.
This course suits Freedivers of any level who are planning to become Freediving Instructors in the near future.This course suits Freedivers of any level who are planning to become Freediving Instructors in the near future.
Schedule a call with our Instructors to discuss your plan!
This course suits experienced Mermaid divers that are wanting to start a career as a Mermaiding Instructor
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mermaiding instructor
Would you like to be able to share your favourite activity with your family, friends and the rest of the world? Bring fun into your job and joy into the lives of those that you teach. Our high-quality standards and personalized training make it easy to become a professional PADI Mermaid Instructor. Learn how to create safe and comfortable mermaid students allowing them to leave your courses with a mermaiding certification.
Learn how to create safe and comfortable mermaiding students allowing them to leave your courses with an internationally recognised mermaiding certification. Enrol and begin anytime that suits you after chatting with our team here at Adventure Freedivers!
Your role as an EFR Instructor is to be a coach that creates a positive learning environment. Along with learning how to structure and organize EFR courses, you practice:
- Encouraging self-discovery in students.
- Evaluating student understanding and skill mastery during hands-on skills practice.
- Managing effective scenario-based learning experiences.
You may be able to get college credit for the Emergency First Response Instructor course.
Emergency First Response Instructor (EFRI)
CPR and first aid are key skills that are important to everyone, not just divers. As an Emergency First Response Instructor, you teach skills based on internationally recognized emergency care guidelines, and you can offer courses to anyone. The great thing about EFR courses is they make learning easy by providing a comfortable environment to practice emergency care skills. Your students finish the course feeling confident with their new skills and ready to help someone in need.
Required as a pre-requisite for the Freediver Instructor program. To teach EFR Courses will mean that you are continuously refreshing your own CPR & First Aid knowledge allowing you to deal with any situation that may arise.
Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor
Knowing how and when to administer emergency oxygen is a valuable skill to have in a dive emergency. As an Emergency Oxygen provider Instructor you will prepare your students to offer aid and recognize diving injuries and illnesses requiring emergency oxygen. This is an excellent course for freedivers, mermaids and anyone who spends time in and around water. It is highly recommended No age restrictions or water sessions required.
A really great addition to both your Emergency First Response training as well as an option to teach it to your students. The Emergency Oxygen Provider student level course should we taken by advanced divers and any divers who plan to train without an instructor present.
Your role as an Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor is to be a coach that creates a positive learning environment. Along with learning how to structure and organize Emergency Oxygen provider courses, you practice:
- Encouraging self-discovery in students.
- Evaluating student understanding and skill mastery during hands-on skills practice.
- Managing effective scenario-based learning experiences.
Instructor Trainer
Maxine McLaughlin
Growing up on the water in Shelharbour, NSW, she thought she knew all there was about the water and water sports. After a spinal injury left her doing aqua aerobics in the pool with ladies who had 50+years on her, she stumbled across the world of freediving which completely changed her life. She moved overseas and eventually found herself in the Caribbean with great mentor's, learning how to share and teach this amazing sport.
Maxine has experienced the world of freediving from many angles, from training herself, training with athletes, working on underwater shoots and multiple other events where underwater safety is needed. She continuously keeps up to date with new understandings and research involving freediving and hopes to contribute to the overall safety and knowledge of the freediving community.
With a breath hold of over 5 minutes and the ability to dive to over 50m deep on a single breath, she is happiest while in the water sharing her knowledge and passion with student's across the world.
Notes From Max:
It's easy to look online and see training plans, courses and workshops which push numbers depths and times without considering the needs of the individual person. This allows us to forget how unique everyones experience is. Your fears, your thoughts, your experiences and your physiology all impact what your journey will be like.
I have spent years on my own professional and diving development and this is something that I hope will never end!
It is an extremely interesting sport, but these experiences have shown me how important the individual learning experience really is. We don't all fit into the one box, one size does not fit all and everyone learns and adapts in different ways!
I aspire to be the coach that I wish I had from the start. The one who could accelerate learning and adapt to needs as they arise. Someone who is versatile and able to efficiently share knowledge and experiences.
Everyday, I am so excited to be able to share freediving with people around the world, to help to unlock the potential of others. To show them how to use the tools they already have, then add a few more into their toolbox.
I hope to see you in the water soon!
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