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Just Africa Scuba

Career Development Program

In partnership with Just Africa Life Skills

This program offers young people the opportunity to develop their Scuba Diving career, doing various courses including our special Life Skills Courses, and gaining practical work experience.

This program is about becoming a well-rounded PADI instructor by expanding the skill set and competencies of students, improving their prospects of work and employment dramatically.

The PADI accredited course is recognized worldwide, after successfully completing these tertiary studies you will receive all the certificates you need to become a PADI Scuba Dive Instructor. This course will enable you to work in any scuba dive shop, dive center, or dive resort worldwide.

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SCUBA Courses / PADI DM Course / PADI Instructors Development Course

EFR Instructors Course / Skippers License / Videography / Photography

Travel & Tourism / Retail / Customer Service / Marketing

Computer Literacy / Accounting Program

Various Life Skills Courses 

This Program

Includes:

  • All courses mentioned below
  • All theory course material
  • 100 Dives
  • Certification fees for all courses

PADI SCUBA DIVING

You will learn all the scuba dive courses, first aid and rescue skills, gear maintenance, retail and customer service, how to manage a dive centre and how to market your store. All of this is integrated with our special Life Skills Courses, promoting personal development.

PADI Dive Courses

EFR (Emergency First Response)

  • Emergency First Response Instructor
  • PADI O2 Provider

Career development program courses 

SKIPPERS LICENSE

The Skippers courses and licensing are for power-driven vessels under 9m in length. The courses are all SAMSA (South African Maritime Safety Authority) approved and are for power-driven vessels only, from Restricted waters (dams, rivers, or estuaries) or 1, 15, or 40NM (ocean).

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY

  • Underwater photography and video skills
  • Editing of images and footage

LIFE SKILLS COURSES FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Language
  • Time Management & Productivity
  • Stress Management
  • Self-Awareness
  • Personal Growth
  • Communication
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Growth Mindset

WORK SKILLS

  • Gear maintenance
  • Travel & Tourism
  • Retail Experience
  • Customer Service
  • Basic Marketing
  • Online & Social Media Marketing
  • Computer Literacy
  • Accounting Program
  • Language & Communication

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CONSERVATION & VOLUNTEER WORK

PADI Professionals have the unique power to influence those around them, paving the way to a future where humanity lives in balance with the ocean. As leaders, you play a pivotal role in advancing PADI's conservation strategy and saving our communities and livelihoods.

We do conservation work with the following organizations:

DIVE TOURS

Every year we create a new dive tour to a different dive destination. Here are some of the possibilities:

Contact us for more info and enrolments

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Life Skills Preparation Year
Skills Development Program

Dive Training with a Difference

Why choose Just Africa Scuba?
We offer an experience, learning life skills, and self-discovery. We pay attention to the individual, providing added extras and ensuring confident, well-trained divers.
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Where to start with Diving

I want to Dive, where do I start?
Are you new to diving or do you want to further your dive education?
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Becoming a Certified Diver

Step 01
Step 01

Knowledge Development

The knowledge development portion of the course is designed so you can learn at your own pace and when it's convenient for you. Complete the academics online or at our PADI Dive Centre.
Step 02
Step 02

Confined Water Dives

Develop and practice your scuba skills in a pool or water with pool-like conditions under direct instructor supervision. As you learn new skills, you’ll build the abilities and confidence needed for diving in open water, such as in a lake or the ocean.
Step 03
Step 03

Open Water Dives

Get ready to experience everything you've learned with the freedom of open water. As soon as your open water training dives are approved by your instructor you will be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, enabling you to embark on unforgettable adventures.

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PADI Introductory Courses/ Experiences

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Scuba

Kids

Introductory Scuba Experience for Kids 8-10 years old.
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PADI Kids

Seal
Team

The PADI Seal Team is for young scuba divers who are looking for action-packed fun in a pool by completing exciting AquaMissions.
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Scuba

Disco
ver

A quick and easy introduction into what it takes to explore the underwater world for children and adults, from 10 years old and up.
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Refresher Course

ReAct
ivate

Update your dive skills and knowledge with a quick scuba refresher from the PADI Open Water Diver Course before jumping back into the water.
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PADI Certification Courses

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Diver

Open
Water

If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. To enrol in a PADI Open Water Diver course, you must be 10 years old or older.
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Open Water

Adva
nced

This course can be taken after completing the Open Water Diver certification. You try out different specialities while gaining experience under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.
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Diver

Res
cue

Learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become more confident in your skills as a diver. During the course, you learn to become a better buddy by practising problem-solving skills until they become second nature.
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Diver

Mas
ter

The PADI Master Scuba Diver certification the highest rating achieved by recreational divers who have put the time and effort into improving themselves and their abilities in the water.
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PADI Specialty Diver

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Diver

Wreck

Ships, aeroplanes and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for a new discovery.
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Diver

Night

The thought of dipping below the surface at night seems mysterious, yet so alluring. Although you’ve been scuba diving at a site many times before, at night you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light.
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Underwater

Navi
gator

Be the scuba diver everyone wants to follow because you know where you are and where you’re going. The Underwater Navigator course fine-tunes your observation skills and teaches you to more accurately use your compass underwater.
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Diver

Deep

Explore deeper dive sites with confidence at depths down to 40 meters. Learn to manage your gas supply, go over buddy contact procedures, and buoyancy control.
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Enriched Air

Nit
rox

Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression time, especially on repetitive scuba dives. If staying down longer and getting back in the water sooner sounds appealing, then don’t hesitate to become an enriched air diver.
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Peak Performance

Buoy
ancy

Excellent buoyancy control is what defines skilled scuba divers. The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course improves the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevates them to the next level.
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Career Development Program

Career Development Program

This program offers a young person the opportunity to develop their Scuba Diving career, doing various courses and gaining practical work experience.
WORK EXPERIENCE

WORK EXPERIENCE

You will gain valuable work experience doing a variety of jobs with the various internships.
LEARN SKILLS

LEARN SKILLS

You will learn work skills and life skills applicable to your career development and your personal development.
BUILD YOUR CAREER

BUILD YOUR CAREER

Get various certifications to build your career and improve your employment options.
MENTORING

MENTORING

You will be learning and growing within a mentoring relationship.

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We are a family oorientated scuba centre and pride ourselves in our personalized courses. We offer the added bonus of life skills coaching with our courses, helping people overcome fears and reach amazing personal goals.

5 Star PADI Dive Center

Our 5 Star PADI Dive Center is located in Gordon's Bay, a lovely coastal town 40km from Cape Town CBD, we mainly explore the beautiful marine life of False Bay.
We focus on training confident and conservation-conscious divers. This is achieved through personal attention, incorporating life skills in our courses, and our persuasive love and respect for the ocean.

5 Star PADI Dive Center

We have an on-site swimming pool and luxurious 4-star hotel accommodation at the Krystal Beach Hotel. Enjoy meals at the restaurant with beautiful views of the ocean and mountains in Gordon's Bay.

Krystal Beach Hotel

Visit our Dive Shop for all your Scuba Dive soft gear and hard gear needs as well as great dive accessories and beachwear.

We stock Scubapro, Cressi, Bright Weights, Reef, Saekodive, Breazies, Ocean Tide, Salteez, and more.

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Covid - 19 Risk Management

1. Risk Assessment & Standard Operating Procedures implemented - Safety Talks Certificates of Compliance
2. PADI Risk Management Training Certificates 1 to 3
3. DAN Employee Awareness Training Certificates

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