Reef Check Instructor

Reef Check Instructors train EcoDivers and also provide support & logistical assistance, lead surveys, and mentor volunteers.

The course for EcoDiver Trainers will focus on skills for teaching, engaging, and mentoring EcoDivers. Trainers should have a passion for teaching and mentoring others, a passion for ocean conservation and citizen science, and should engage and make continued contributions to the Reef Check network.

Prerequisites:

• 18+ years old and 75 logged dives

• Divemaster, Dive Instructor or equivalent

• Certified EcoDiver

• Participated in at least 10 surveys

• Completed a minimum of 3 fish, 3 invert and 3 substrate transects

• Completed 2 of each of the survey types (fish, invert, substrate) within the last year for which Reef Check Headquarters have accepted data

To Gain Certification as a Reef Check Instructor:

• Pass a written ID test

• Pass a written test covering background to Reef Check, methods, indicators, skills, dive management, marine biology basics, etc.

• Assist in two EcoDiver training courses

• Demonstrate competency of the EcoDiver Trainer manual & in conducting an EcoDiver course

• Participate in at least 20 surveys

Price:

Course price is dependent on package required for certification:

• Reef Check EcoDiver Course (3.5 days) IDR 7.000.000

• Extra survey dives IDR 700.000 /dive

• Reef Check Trainer Course IDR 6.500.000

For Inquiries into becoming an Reef Check instructor Contact Reef Check Course Director Andrew Taylor