Eco Internships are designed to help newly certified Eco-divers put their training into practice in a real life environment and see how the theory translates into practice.

Marine conservation is of increasing importance and educated dive leaders and resource managers will be in greater demand. At Eco Koh Tao we hope to prepare divers to become those leaders of the future to ensure the survival of this important resource.

Eco internships are increasingly important for divers looking to gain employ in the diving community and looks impressive on your resume. As and Eco-Intern you’ll be involved in the day to day operations of Eco Koh Tao putting your training into practice in any number of ways.

Your eco internship will be tailored to your level of training, experience and general level of confidence.

Some sample activities include:

1. Build additions to our own in-house artificial reef.
2. Conduct Project Aware Coralwatch surveys on Selected sights
3. Assist on subsequent eco courses
4. Conduct Reef Check Surveys
5. Input data pertaining to numerous research projects including…
   • Reef Check Data
   • Coralwatch Data
   • Green Fins Reef Watch Data
   • Whale Shark Sightings
   • Turtle Sightings
6. Respond to environmental emergencies. Eg Fishing nets, grounded boats etc
7. Replace and repair mooring buoys and roped off snorkelling areas.
8. Plant giant clams when ready on surrounding reefs from our Giant Clam nursery
9. Transplant artificially propagated coral colonies to natural reefs

Your involvement will be limited only to your enthusiasm and intuition. Your input will be an invaluable contribution not only to yourself but also to the surrounding reef environments of Koh Tao.

See our Projects page for more information on the many projects we are involved with both individually and at a community level through the Save Koh Tao Group.