Trevor JC Brown
Contributor
Hello All,
I am writing this for a friend of mine, he is quite sick of his job and I, being a dive instructor for most of my life, recommended that he try the same.
He has never dove before and lives close to Austin.
I am looking for some advice on how he should approach this in Texas, I am Canadian and have never dove or worked in Texas and know nothing about the dive scene there.
In Canada there are many work/school programs that offer student loans to become a dive instructor, does anyone know if there are similar programs in Texas?
Any recommendations on a dive shop to get started with? I am wary of the dive centers that offer free training for work, maybe it's better in the USA but overseas those programs aren't great.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
I am writing this for a friend of mine, he is quite sick of his job and I, being a dive instructor for most of my life, recommended that he try the same.
He has never dove before and lives close to Austin.
I am looking for some advice on how he should approach this in Texas, I am Canadian and have never dove or worked in Texas and know nothing about the dive scene there.
In Canada there are many work/school programs that offer student loans to become a dive instructor, does anyone know if there are similar programs in Texas?
Any recommendations on a dive shop to get started with? I am wary of the dive centers that offer free training for work, maybe it's better in the USA but overseas those programs aren't great.
Any advice would be much appreciated.