Thailand have so many dives sites and sea and the income for diving business is about 4,000 – 5,000 million baht but all this market is going to foreigners 95 % (information : Thansettakij newspaper)
We can change that now!! by giving the opportunity for the next generations of Thais people. In the future, with the knowledge and all information, the business of diving will be more equal foreigners/Thais.
Mr.Sacha Ulmer , 15 years in the diving business in Thailand. What he was seeing is the Marine tourism, the diving activity and the dive business has a few Thais who operates or work in and the reason of it, it’s because diving cost are expensive for Thai National.
So why “Diving industry THAIS can do it” is happening. This project give the chance and very good opportunity for the Thai national to work in the diving business.
Our plan
- choose 10 students from the tourism, sports science branch and all general students, 1 students per university, total 10 students
- they will make diving internship and study 5 diving courses for 4 months
1.Open Water Diver
2.Advanced Open Water Diver
3.Emergency First Response
4.Rescue Diver
5.Dive master
Normally the price for 5 courses are +/-120,400 Bath per person but we will pay for other cost such as instructor, assistant instructor, diving equipment, accommodation and the process when we choose the 10 students. So we would ask for a donation of 120,000 Baht.
For the cost of gasoline’s speed boat and captain.
Remark : the cost pay by students
- Electricity charge for 2 rooms 4 months around 4,000 Baht. Divide for 10 students
- PADI certification for 5 courses is 14,600 Baht. per students
Rescue Diver Courses in the sea
Our project is to learn to Thai to become Dive Master, Why?
For 3 reasons:
1. There are a lot of foreigners who are working in Thailand, and are working without a work permit, +/-80% and then Thai governments are losing on tax.
2. There is not enough local Thai people working in the diving industry.
3. Thai National are missing on these jobs opportunities.
Our project doesn’t say we have to push foreigner out from Thailand!!! But we just want to give this opportunity for the Thais who want to work in this job. When we can have enough Thais to work, it will be very useful for the dive shop owner to find Thai professional divers to work in, without the work permit problem with foreigner.