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Choose Your Career Path

Choose your starting point

Your professional diving journey starts here

Select your current certification level to discover the training pathways, program inclusions and investment options available to help you reach your professional goal.

I'm not a diver

Begin with your first certification and build toward a professional diving career.

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A scuba diver swims over a colorful coral reef in clear blue open water, with another diver in the background and sunlight filtering down from the surface.

I'm a Open Water Diver

Continue from your current level with a structured pathway to Divemaster or Instructor.

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Advanced scuba diver exploring a clear blue underwater reef, swimming above a sandy seabed beside coral formations and a large submerged rock.

I'm an Advanced Open Water Diver

Build the rescue, leadership and professional skills required to reach Divemaster or Instructor.

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Rescue diver in a black wetsuit provides emergency assistance to a person lying face-up on a wet surface, using a breathing device

I'm a Rescue Diver

Take the next step into professional diving and choose how far you want your training to go.

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A divemaster on a boat checks scuba diving equipment and an air tank, wearing a PADI shirt and cap with a flower tucked behind her ear

I'm a Divemaster

Transform your experience into the ability to teach, inspire and lead as a PADI Instructor.

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Become an Instructor