Get a Qualification

Do you want to get a qualification on your travels? Add a new skill to your CV and set yourself on a new path by spending your gap year gaining a brand new qualification. Learn new skills in some of the world’s most amazing countries and turn travel into gap year gold!

If you want to teach English abroad, gain a TEFL qualification, your pass to teach around the world. Fancy learning to scuba dive? Sign up to get a PADI dive qualification on your travels. Why not train as a surf instructor Down Under? Train as a crew member and sail around Australia’s stunning seas. Make your CV stand out from the crowd by earning a qualification on your gap year!

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Gain a TEFL teaching qualification

Do you dream of teaching English and earning money all around the world? If so, you'll need to complete a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) training course. Choose to train in-country in Thailand on our TEFL in Thailand programme. Or join one of our paid teaching programmes in Asia and gain your 120-hour TEFL online or while you travel, plus land a paid teaching job into the bargain!

Get a PADI Open Water qualification

Do you want to learn to scuba dive? Discover underwater worlds all around the globe and get your PADI Open Water qualification on your gap trip. Travel to Thailand and learn to dive on the idyllic island of Koh Tao, or do your PADI training in Australia at the gorgeous Great Barrier Reef.

Train as a surf instructor

Surf's up! If you fancy spending 3 months surfing and relaxing by the beach in Australia (and who doesn't?) check out our Surf Instructor course in Oz. You'll learn some serious surf skills and come away with an internationally-recognised Level 1 Surf Instructor Qualification at the end of your stay - awesome!

Get set for gap year adventures and add a new qualification to your CV!

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