Desi completed his CDTC in March 2008 and has already met the PADI Instructor certification level criteria for his Platinum Course Director rating for 2008. As a full time member of staff at Mermaids 5* Career Development Center Desi has been involved in over 25 IDC’s and is able to teach the following Specialty Instructor Ratings.

Deep Diver

Aware Fish ID

Enriched Air Diver

Underwater Navigator

Search and Recovery Diver

Wreck Diver

Night Diver

Drift Diver

Digital Underwater Photography

Multilevel Diver

Boat Diver

Diver Propulsion Vehicle

Dry Suit Diver

Underwater Naturalist

Underwater Videographer

PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider (one of the 1st CD’s in the world to achieve this rating)

Desi also has also completed the DSAT Tec Deep and Trimix Instructor Trainer Course and is an Emergency First Response Instructor Trainer with Care for Children.

Desi is originally from Ireland and has been living in Thailand for 4 years and has dived in many South East Asia locations such as Similans, Philippines, Bali, Malaysia and also in Ireland.

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Russell completed his CDTC in 2005 and has the distinct honor of being a PADI Platinum Course Director since its introduction in 2006 and has already met the PADI Instructor certification level criteria for his Platinum Course Director rating for 2008. As a full time member of staff at Mermaids 5* Career Development Center, Russell has been involved in over 45 IDC’s and has over 1000 professional certifications . Russell can teach the following Specialty Instructor Ratings.

Deep Diver

Diver Propulsion Vehicle

Enriched Air Diver

Underwater Navigator

Wreck Diver

Multilevel Diver

Night Diver

Underwater Photographer

Search and Recovery Diver

Drift Diver

Dry Suit Diver

Atlantis/Dolphin Rebreather

Digital Underwater Photographer

Underwater Naturalist

Equipment Specialist

Fish Identification

PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider

Emergency First Response Instructor Trainer with Care for Children.

DSAT Tec Rec Deep Instructor Trainer

Russell has mentored and trained many IDC Staff Instructors in preparation for Course Director Level and most recent successes include Desi Doggart and Mark Slingo at the March 2008 CDTC in Malaysia.

Originating from New Zealand, Russell has lived in Thailand for 8 years and has dived all over South East Asia and many other countries.

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