Business of Diving

BD Course Prerequisites: Scuba Instructor recommended

The course content includes the following topics:

Dive Industry Overview: The environment in which this industry thrives: statistics, forecasts, and evaluation.
Business planning: Focused investing and financing, office automation, budgeting, taxes and business law.
Retail Sales: Effective strategy and staff training
Diver Education: Scheduling and pricing of diver training for profitable business.
Dive Travel: Determining and serving the needs of the traveling diver: business income potential.
Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing: The all too important skill of reaching out to your customers and informing them of the products and services you offer.
Dive Center Physical Operations: The nitty-gritty of the dream to own and operate a successful dive center. You'll need to know about the costs of equipment and maintenance, as well as facilities such as classrooms, pools and access to open water training sites.
Staff Management: Human resources can be your most important assets when job descriptions are clearly understood, agreed upon and performed.
Risk Management: Especially in our litigious society, an ounce of prevention is always better than a pound of cure. You’ll learn techniques to safeguard yourself, your staff, and your customers against potential lawsuits.

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