PADI Course Director Phuket, Thailand
PADI Course Directors at Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket, Thailand - Resident PADI Platinum Course Director
PADI Instructor Development AWARD winner 2010
I started diving in Europe over 20 years ago since then, diving has become my favorite activity. Before working in the dive industry, I used to work as an International Observer for the United Nations in countries such as Mozambique, Cambodia and South Africa. My main task was to implement civil education program, to teach local people how to organize elections and implement Human Rights.
Becoming an Instructor was the best combination of "Teaching and Diving". My career as a PADI Instructor took me to wonderful places: Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Egypt, The Philippines, Sipadan, Indonesia, Vietnam and since 1997 in Thailand. The contacts I have made in all these years are very useful for my PADI IDC candidates when they are looking for a job.
Since 2000, I have concentrated on PADI Instructor levels and received these prestigious AWARDS
- 2010 PADI Instructor Development AWARD
- 2008, 2009 and 2010 Platinum PADI Course Director
- 2001 and 2002 Outstanding Contribution for Instructor Development
Now, I conduct PADI IDC's with the Scuba Cat Team and oversee Scuba Cat Diving, 5 * CDC Centre, Phuket, Thailand's innovative Career Development Programmes and Internships.
From 2010 I will be working in conjunction with PADI Course Director Sarah Kench.
Certification Levels
- PADI Course Director year 2000.
- Emergency First Response Trainer year 2002.
- PADI Specialty Instructor Trainer in 18 areas:
- Aware Coral Reef Conservation.
- Boat.
- Care For Children.
- Deep.
- Digital Underwater Photography.
- DPV.
- Drift.
- DSAT Gas Blender Nitrox and Trimix)
- EANx.
- Fish ID.
- Multi Level.
- Night Diver.
- Oxygen First Aid.
- Peak Performance Bouyancy.
- Project Aware.
- Search & Recovery.
- Underwater Naturalist.
- Underwater Navigation.
- Wreck.
- PADI Nitrox Instructor Trainer.
- DAN Oxygen Instructor Trainer year 2000.
- TDI Advanced Nitrox Diver year 1997.
- DSAT Tec Rec Diver.
- PADI Oxygen Provider Instructor Trainer year 2008.
- PADI Dive Centre Employee Instructor Trainer 2008.
- DSAT Gas Blender Instructor Trainer
- DSAT Trimix Gas Blender Instructor Trainer
Teaching Experience
- More than 1,200 PADI Open water to PADI Divemaster Certifications.
- Over 1,400 PADI Instructors Certifications at all levels.
