Career Break

An Xtreme Gap years career break will give you a new perspective, and enable you to have the time of your life in the process.

Recommended: Our top lifestyle changing career break options

Become a dive bum.

Swap the 9 to 5 for a life of diving, beaches, babes and an endless working holiday on a tropical island somewhere. If you don't like you boss, there is another tropical paradise island awaiting your services, just over that sun drenched horizon

Through us you have several options: Divemaster, Tech Diver, Underwater filmmaker, Scuba diving instructor.

Surf Instructor, life's a beach...

Surf instructors fill a stereotype like no other, devilishly good looking due to their in shape physiques and days spent under the sun, on some of the worlds best beaches. A definite life style choice, where "life" is the operative word. They can get paid quite handsomely too.

Sail the seas, and get paid - Whitsunday Sailing Courses

With the right qualifications, you can crew on boats in some of the worlds most beautiful settings, starting of in the Whitsundays, home to our sailing academy. Earn up to $500 a week with no living expenses.Tough life eh?

Become the new Hoff - Beach Lifeguard Course

Work on the beach in Australia, getting paid up to £500 per week, all the time being admired from a far as the iron man (or woman) who is ready to spring to action and save the day.

Game Ranger or Field Guide - Track the big 5 in Africa

How about this for a new exciting direction. Gaining a field guide certification or game ranger qualification enabling you to work in the safari industry in Africa. Over a 28 day course you will learn about tracking animals, their eco-systems and get seriously hands on doing bush walks and game drives, approaching big game on foot. There is nothing like coming face to face with an elephant to test your metal.

What makes the Xtreme Gap Career Break so special?

Why take a career break? Its 8.01am Monday morning. I walk into the office, some what groggy from a heavy weekend. "You're late" shouts the boss, 60 seconds to be precise. This guy has a serious disorder I think. Management: always out to break you when you are at your most vulnerable (usually on a Monday morning). But there is a solution. A career break. A break from from the boss, and general dis-satisfaction at life in general.

A career break is about changing your environment, your lifestyle and outlook on life. A career break done in the correct way can bring a new sense of perspective, new qualifications and skills and new friends along the way.

Some just need an extended holiday to catch up on living (an we mean REALLY living) for others a career break will actually set them on a new path to greater things.

The Career breaks available to you through Xtreme Gap Year will offer all of the above, and more, we guarantee you will not regret it.

If you are looking to have a career break or change your lifestyle, get in touch with us to see if we can help.