There is no substitute for experience.
Master the seven seas
STUDENT GAP YEAR
Local training for international trade
Quality equipment maintenance edifies your diving experience. We don’t substitute the condition of our equipment for anything short of pristine and neither should you!
Make the Ocean
your Office
A gap year with a purpose. Dive certifications, yacht crew training, and real-world experience, all designed to help you discover where you fit in the marine industry, and prove it to future employers. Scroll down to see what your year could look like.
Over your 7-month enrolment as a Alpha Academy Student, you will be exposed and equipped in an extensive portfolio of skills focused at bolstering your value as an employable candidate in vast set of Ocean orientated industry.
Yachting Deckhand Course
This course is the ideal entry route into this exciting industry and the minimum qualifications any new candidate needs. The Deckhand Course offers the simplest and most effective way to gain entry level employment as a deckhand or crew aboard yachts of all sizes.
Speciality Course Details
Our extensive deckhand course
contains the following modules:
- Career progression
- Visas
- CV’s
- Crew agencies
- Deckhand duties and practical application of products and maintenance
- Water sports
- Varnishing and Paint work
- Line handling, etc.
Open Water Diver Certified
Learn to play and execute open water dives competently to depths of 18m.
Students will complete a minimum of 4 sea dives with the emphasis on skills training.
Advanced Adventurer Course
It is internationally considered that to dive in some of the most spectacular and enjoyable dives, you need to a Advanced (Adventure) Diver qualification. We will prepare you to dive deeper, in darker and off any boat so that you can some of the worlds best underwater locations.
Dive Shop Operations
Learn the in’s and out’s of Dive Shop management. From client engagement, equipment maintenance and air fills, to Sales and the POS system behind the counter. Become well acquainted and equipped to excel at any dive shop, center or resort, over and underseas.
Speciality Course Details
- Microsoft Office suite
- Compressor operation
- Dive store management
- Risk Management
- Industry Dive Tour
- Marketing
Barista Experience Course
You will get to experience one of the top baristas in South Africa. He will present different methods of making coffee in the industry, and history will also be discussed about the different coffee beans you can find all around the world.
Food & Wine appreciation
Learning to cook more that 2min noodles is an important step in becoming a professional adult. This experience will grant every student the opportunity to work in a professional kitchen!
Included in this experience we
add the Wine experience, this teaches the student the difference between the kinds of wines that you can pair with different types of food.
Two Oceans Aquarium Dive
Having the opportunity to dive in the TWO OCEANS Aquarium is an amazing experience that will last you a lifetime.
The Black-belt of Diving
Master the sea with our collection of SSI diver speciality courses. Take your skills to new heights as you adventure deeper into what the ocean has to offer by taking advantage of SSI’s full range of skills with our Master Scuba Diver bundle.
Dive Master Course
The Divemaster’s mission is to inspire and influence others to grow in their diving experiences as well as increase their own knowledge, skills and experience by planning and leading dives.
This course is your first step toward a professional certification and a water proof pay cheque.
Equipment Supplied
Become well acquainted with all the necessary scuba dive paraphernalia, from the necessities to the intricate tech above and below the seas. You will receive all that you need during your time with the Alpha Academy team.
Speciality Course Details
- Coral 1-piece wetsuit
- Dive booties
- Mares Gloves
- Tusa Imprex Duo fins
- Tusa freedom CEOS Mask
- Mares Egro Flex Snorkel
- Bright Weights Weight Belt with 10x 0,5Kg Slugs
- Bright Weight 1,5Kg Cylinder Weights x2
- Bright Weight Tank Harness
- Mares BC
- Mares Regulator + Octo
- Mares Mission Compact 1 gauge
- Mares PUCK PRO computer
- Alpha Dive Centre Dive Box
- Wrist Compass
- Dive Torch
*Note : All equipment supplied might vary from above list.
Chamber (Dry) Dive
Understanding how the lungs expand and contract as you dive deeper will be explained in visual affect while in the chamber.