PADI Course Director – Gary Miller has lived and worked on the Island of Roatan in the Bay Islands of Honduras since late 2000.
Gary is a Qualified Hyperbaric Dive Medic Technician with the U.S National Board.
EMT-B & American Heart Foundation Health Care Provider.
EFR – Instructor Trainer.
A.S.S.E.T Nitrox Technician and Servicing and Trimix and Nitrox Gas Blender since 2002.
PADI – Tec Rec Gas Blender Instructor Trainer.
Visual & Hydrostatic Cylinder Technician to European S.I.T.A and ISO – Standards since 2002.
Mares – Seac sub – Sherwood and Scuba Pro – Equipment Technician.
Originally from the U.K, where he learnt to Dive around the British Isles and the Red Sea . He came to Roatan as a PADI Assistant Instructor in 2000 to visit Family who had been involved in the Dive Industry in Roatan since 1990. He came for a Month – and like most is still there. “It’s all about the Life Style!”
Resident PADI Course Director at Barefoot Divers – PADI 5 Star IDC Resort Facility S-21172 at the Barefoot Cay Resort and Marina located on the South Shore of Roatan’s Marine Park .
Barefoot Divers is a ScubaPro and Suunto and Equipment Dealer offering Full Dealer Warranties and Customer Service backup….
Together they offer an Extremely Comprehensive Monthly PADI IDC , with a dedicated IDC Dive Boat and Multimedia A/C Classroom and Conference Facility all located minutes from Roatan’s South and North shores and Top Dive sites ……..
“Confident in Our Professionalism and Quality of our Training we offer 100% Success at the PADI I.E.”
FREE Weeks Diving and IDC Preparation course – Come early and we offer All our Candidates a FREE Weeks diving as an Internship format in which we incorporate our IDC prep course is aimed at those who may have been Divemastering for many years and finally decided to become an Instructor and need to recap on Dive Theory and Skills from the Core PADI Course prior to the IDC or for IDC Candidates “Crossing over” from Other Certifying Dive Agencies and need to have a better understanding of the PADI System of Education and clarify New Skills etc. We offer this weeks diving and Prep Course FREE of Charge – Because your success as an Instructor is more Important to us than a $ Value- Remember Save time and study On-line with PADI e-Learning and just dive … Stay on after the I.E for your MSDT Prep and get a 2nd weeks FREE Diving !!!
Gary offers up to 17 PADI Specialty Instructor Training Courses for the MSDT Prep or Individual Specialty Courses– with more coming soon!
As a U.S National Board Hyperbaric Dive Medic his Comprehensive EFR Instructor Course now Includes a Hyperbaric Overview portion …….
Gary has accumulated a wealth of Dive Experience in different and challenging environments and vast Teaching knowledge in more than a Decade Fulltime in the Dive Industry as a PADI Pro as well as nearly 5,000 dives around Roatan and the Bay Islands.
In his time on Roatan he’s taken over 2,000 people on PADI Sanctioned Courses and issued nearly 1,200 certifications………
To date he has been involved with Teaching PADI IDC’s since early 2003 after becoming a PADI IDC Staff Instructor and worked with Several PADI Course Directors in that time and intern developed his own unique 100% Candidate Orientated and Fun & Humour filled PADI Instructor Development Course and Go Pro PADI Con-ed Programs …..
“Gary created a fun and humour filled atmosphere while maintaining professionalism that few instructors can rightly claim success with. The lessons that I learned provide the framework for my own teaching style as I continue to gain new students.”
2009 – Go Pro Roatan IDC Candidate Testimonial – Taylor Shick – USA ……….
When Gary applied for the California Based PADI – Course Director Training Course he was accepted first time, due his wealth of Knowledge and Experience as a PADI Instructor…
During his CDTC Course Director Training he set up a Network with fellow Course Directors and Dive Shop Owners to help ALL his IDC Candidates find Global employment. “I’m happy as every IDC I’ve completed as a Course Director ALL my Candidates have found Worldwide employment within weeks so far pre and post IDC.”
His IDC philosophy ? Simple – ” Give’m Hell”…..lol . No joking aside I take a personal interest in my Candidates. I especially listen to the Candidates on the first day of the IDC during the Orientation in detail, I want to know why they are doing the IDC . I listen for their future plans and where they want to go and do. It’s this listening that motivates me, I want them to achieve their Goals and future plans they have. I’m not looking for perfect straight of the bat , I prefer to have to work for my money , it’s the guiding and coaching of my Candidates I enjoy most . I always make it Fun, humour always breaks the ice and let’s down the stress barrier. We all know the IDC can be stressful – Big Investment etc. I don’t orientate my IDC’s around the I.E like some; a very comprehensive IDC will take care of the I.E and set you on the road to being a competent PADI Instructor. I prefer to concentrate on the “Real World “of Teaching Scuba, I want all my candidates to be ready for that Very First O/W Course as an Instructor after the I.E .
Honesty is the best policy – “telling the truth means you never have to remember “. We don’t mislead Candidates to attain business, it’s not what we are about .I try and keep in touch with ALL that I have the good fortune to Train and Guide to Success.
Why should I take my IDC with you ? We looked at the New 2010 Curriculum in detail and I’ve added more Workshops, more Presentations and additional Skills to increase maximum learning and Our Candidates future employment possibilities. Quite simply I believe we give a Very Comprehensive IDC and IDC related course. I’m a qualified Hyperbaric Dive Medic, so I’ve introduced a EFR Instructor Course with a Hyperbaric Overview to help Candidates fully understand what’s involved with Chamber Recompression of a DCI Patient.
I love what I do as a Course Director. I always enjoy every IDC it’s a lot of hard work but well worth the effort.
I offer my Candidates the VERY Best Hassle Free IDC learning Environment, Free – Shared Accommodation and Lunch !
The best thing to do is come along during an IDC and see for yourself.
I have more than a Decade as a Dive Professional and PADI Member, I’ve learnt a great deal working in several Dive Shops and Resorts and have many years experience and I like to pass on those experiences to my Candidates.
I’ve reached to Top of my Profession, and I’m very happy and very proud to have got here, coupled together with PADI and the easy access they give you to become a Pro. “It’s all about the Life Style!”
“We (because both my wife and I took the IDC/MSDT/EFR) have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending Gary as a Course Director.
We felt that Gary was professional at all times and he took the time to ensure that we were not only well prepared for the IE but also for teaching as PADI Instructor. Gary is passionate about his candidates. He takes a personal interest in each of them. His IDC’s are longer than most as he thoroughly goes over every skill presentations. You may think that you know how demonstrate how to put a scuba unit together but wait until Gary shows you how it is done … over and over again !
He will exploit any weakness that you may have by giving you assignments that deal with that particular weakness. As an example, if for any reason you have difficulties with physics as it relates to calculating air volumes to lift a specific object from the bottom of the sea; he may choose to assign you a prescriptive presentation on that same topic. That way he knows that you will not have any difficulties on that topic at the IE. That also means that you may be putting extra hours on preparing your presentation.
The Instructor that we had for our DM, qualified Gary as being very thorough, we feel that was an understatement. Rest assured that if you do it the way Gary showed you, you will (as we did) ace the IE and be well prepared for what awaits you as an instructor.
I must caution you that as good as Gary is, he cannot do the IE for you. The candidate must bring with him/her an excellent attitude, good study habits, ethics, and an openness to being helped .
Gary will be honest with you, in that, if he feels that you are not ready for the IE, he will say so. Remember that with Gary you will not be aiming for a pass you will be aiming for five’s.”2010 – Go Pro Roatan IDC Candidate Testimonial – Michael & Ginette – Canada……..
We Simple offer the Best Value and Most Comprehensive Go Pro PADI – Divemaster Internship with Shark and Reef Conservation and PADI IDC – Instructor Development Course in the Caribbean ……. Remember – “It’s All About the Life Style !
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