About Us

Practical business education for the diving industry

Dive Business Manager provides practical online training for people who manage, operate or aspire to lead professional dive businesses. Our courses bridge the gap between professional dive training and the wider operational, commercial and leadership responsibilities involved in running a successful dive centre.

Dive training is only part of the story

Professional dive training develops essential skills in diving, instruction, supervision and safety. Managing a dive business, however, involves a much broader range of responsibilities.

Dive-centre leaders must coordinate staff, customers, equipment, courses, trips and daily logistics while maintaining high standards of safety and service. They must also understand pricing, sales, marketing, financial performance and long-term business planning.

These responsibilities are often learned informally through experience. Dive Business Manager brings them together in a clear, structured professional-development pathway.

The DCOMP programme

Our principal programme is the Dive Centre Operations & Management Professional course, also known as DCOMP.

DCOMP is a comprehensive online professional-development programme covering the central areas of dive-centre operations and management.

Across 20 modules, learners explore subjects including:

  • daily dive-centre operations;

  • reservations and customer management;

  • staffing and workforce coordination;

  • systems and operating procedures;

  • customer service and sales;

  • marketing and social media;

  • pricing and revenue management;

  • equipment, compressor and fleet management;

  • professional compliance and risk management;

  • accounting and financial management; and

  • leadership, business development and strategic planning.

The programme is designed to help learners understand how the different parts of a dive business work together—and how stronger systems, informed decisions and effective leadership can create a safer, more organised and commercially sustainable operation.

Built around practical application

Dive Business Manager focuses on knowledge that can be applied in real working environments.

Courses combine structured online lessons with knowledge checks, activities, assessments and practical resources. The DCOMP programme also includes editable forms, templates and checklists that learners can adapt to suit their workplace, location and operating procedures.

The objective is not simply to complete a collection of lessons. It is to help learners develop practical systems and management habits that can support their work long after the course has finished.

Who our training is for

Dive Business Manager is designed for current and aspiring dive-industry professionals, including:

  • dive-centre owners and managers;

  • assistant managers and supervisors;

  • dive instructors and Divemasters preparing for greater responsibility;

  • dive-resort and liveaboard managers;

  • reservations and customer-service team leaders;

  • equipment, retail and service-department managers;

  • watersports-centre managers;

  • dive-business entrepreneurs; and

  • hospitality professionals moving into the diving industry.

No previous management qualification is required for the DCOMP programme. A basic understanding of dive-centre operations is recommended.

Flexible online study

Our online courses allow learners to study from anywhere and work through the material according to their own schedule.

Learners can choose the complete DCOMP programme for the broadest professional-development pathway or select individual modules to focus on particular operational or business priorities.

The first module is also available free of charge, allowing prospective learners to experience the course structure and teaching approach before enrolling in the complete programme.

Our purpose

Our purpose is to strengthen the business knowledge and management capability available within the recreational diving industry.

We believe well-managed dive businesses are better equipped to:

  • provide safe and professional services;

  • create positive customer experiences;

  • support and develop their teams;

  • operate consistently and efficiently;

  • respond to changing business conditions; and

  • build sustainable long-term operations.

By making practical business and management education more accessible, Dive Business Manager aims to help dive professionals approach greater responsibility with stronger knowledge, clearer systems and increased confidence.

Start your next professional chapter

Whether you are preparing for your first management position, developing an existing team or strengthening the way your own dive business operates, Dive Business Manager offers a structured place to begin.