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GYC0759 - Coral and fish surveys Country: Fiji Cost: £2300.00 Please note: Dive training to PADI Advanced Open Water and Emergency First Response (EFR) is £200 for anyone who is not already trained to PADI Advanced or equivalent. Cost Includes: The price includes accommodation, food, kit and pickup from airport but does not include flight, insurance or visas      Duration: 10 weeks Company Rep Nearby: Daily 0845 344 7580 or

 

	This placement would suit... Enthusiastic, fit and healthy volunteers with a passion for the environment. Interested in other cultures and prepared to live in remote, undiscovered locations. South Pacific marine conservation Come and live in the stunning South Pacific, learn to become a PADI Advanced diver and undertake important UNESCO marine surveys. No experience required - we fully train you. Working in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society, Greenforce Fiji is surveying the reefs surrounding this remote South Pacific island in order to create a UNESCO Seascape multi use reserve. Where will I live, what will I do? Living in traditional grass 'bures' on the beach, volunteers will be welcomed to the village with the traditional Savu Savu ceremony hosted by the village 'Ratu' or chief. PADI Open Water dive training will take place in the first week for beginner divers, followed by science training in week two. After dive and science training have been completed volunteers carry out survey dives twice a day from Monday to Friday. Saturday is recreational dive day where you might do a deep dive, or a night dive, which all works towards your PADI Advanced Open Water qualification which volunteers achieve by the end of the expedition. On Sundays volunteers go to the village to attend church, have lunch with local families and even brave the odd rugby match! All diving takes place in uncommercial, unchartered waters, meaning volunteers work within undisturbed marine habitats creating some of the best dive opportunities in the World. Traineeship At the end of each 10-week phase the staff on camp will choose one volunteer to stay on as a 'trainee', at no extra cost, for the following phase. The traineeship allows enthusiastic and hard-working volunteers the opportunity to learn more about marine science, diving and leadership on camp. 0845 344 7580 Greenforce: As one of the leading and most respected UK non-profit expedition organisations, Greenforce offers you a location on every tropical continent. Working with organisations such as the WWF, Wildlife Conservation Society and the Red Cross, our adventurers have the opportunity to work in remote areas that are inaccessible to the standard traveller and live in communities untouched by today's western world.