Do you have a very crazy touch? It is known by everyone. Do you love trying new adventures? Also. But it is one thing to practice all types of risky sports with a professional than to become the expert who guides the experience. Therefore, if you are thinking about becoming a parachutist it is advisable that you inform yourself about everything that surrounds this exciting profession.
Being a professional skydiver goes beyond whether you like or dislike feeling the adrenaline in your body to the fullest. First you have to train yourself in the type of skydiving that you want to do. Here you can find the skydiving courses that every beginner needs to know to reach their goal.
But there are so many questions that surely arise in your mind at the idea of training to work in the world of parachutes, that here we summarize the questions that, without a doubt, haunt you most strongly:
- Is there a job in skydiving?
- Which paratrooper position is most demanding professionally?
- What is the first step to be a skydiver?
- How much does a skydiving course cost?
- How long does it take to become a professional skydiver?
- Can I take a few skydiving courses and get to work on it in a short period of time?
- What do I have to do to be a rigger?
- What is the best skydiving course out there?
1. In any developed country, skydiving is a highly valued practice, but you have to know if you are going to want to dedicate yourself to it full time or < em>part time. The first are usually people who start jumping with a school and their evolution allows them to become instructors, being able to work in the drop zone as another member of the skydiving team.
However, if you are going to dedicate yourself to skydiving part time you can focus your professional career on doing so by working on weekends, combining it for example with another job, or being a " nomad" of skydiving and traveling to different countries always in high seasons to fully dedicate yourself to it.
2. Within skydiving there are several profiles. You can dedicate yourself to aerial photography, be an instructor, folder, rigger... Almost all of them are profiles in high demand by skydiving centers, but if you want to dedicate yourself to it exclusively full time, you have to keep in mind that in the months of winter there is less work.
3. If you are clear that you want to be a professional skydiver, the first thing you have to do is enroll in the AFF course or (PAC in Spanish) where you will learn to jump alone and obtain your international skydiving certificate.
It is the fastest way to learn from the first jump, all its techniques, learning from experts... Once you have passed its 7 (8 levels in some cases) you will enter a period of consolidation to continue practicing skydiving with autonomy > before starting to jump with other skydivers.
4. There are different courses depending on the level you want to reach as an expert skydiver, but the average ranges between 500 and 4,000 euros. This is just the training, such as jumping, renting skydiving equipment or getting your own, maintenance, etc. Becoming an expert ranges between 15,000-20,000 euros in total. But as almost always, it will depend on your personal circumstances and the time you want to dedicate to it.
5. If you are going to dedicate your time exclusively to training as a skydiver, in 1 or 2 years you could be a skydiving instructor .
6. Being a skydiver takes time, especially if you want to be an instructor or tandem instructor, you need at least 600 free fall jumps > and pass the subsequent course that you want to take.
7. At the skydiving schools they will inform you when they open their deadlines for rigging courses. They are usually done throughout the year but depending on the influx or availability of the experts, they may be limited to specific months.
8. Without a doubt, the Accelerated Progression to Free Fall, PAC or AFF, course is the more complete and the first step to being a "paraca" with all the law. With it you will be able to integrate into skydiving in the most complete and safe way.
Safety has priority above all else if you want to be a skydiver. Always let yourself be advised by the best and if you are convinced that it is your dream profession... go ahead! Nothing and no one can stop you.
But if you want one more tip, always choose a skydiving center close to your place of residence or where you know you can go frequently to skydive. Consistency, once again, is the fundamental key to achieving the goal you want to achieve. When are you going to start your journey as a skydiver?
