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“Great teaching is a mixture of communication, humour, persuasion and most importantly example.”

I moved to Dahab in 2001 after a business career in the UK and part time diving work, and found myself accepted onto the PADI Course Director soon afterwards. I have taught the IDC since 2002 having spent many years as a Staff Instructor assisting on IDCs prior to this in the UK. I also have a vested interest in the IDC being the best in the region, and that is because I am an owner of Poseidon Divers. I now work with Matt Smithson, a fellow PADI Course Director on Poseidon IDCs.

Dahab is a spectacular place to take your IDC, and having dived all around the world and worked in a lot of countries as an Instructor, this is by far the best. Clear water and perfect conditions allow us to run the IDC comfortably and without any unnecessary travel to and from open water locations.

I started diving in 1993, and between Matt and me (Poseidon’s 2nd Course Director) we have over 30 years diving experience including Technical diving and Commercial diving at very high levels.

In 2004 I was invited to the London Dive Show to present on risk management in diving where I found a wall of Health and Safety Executive members in the audience – possibly my most stressful presentation to date!

In 2005 I was lucky enough to lead the expedition for Discovery Channel which led to the programme “Great Ocean Adventures” presented by the well-known Monty Halls. This took me to New Zealand, South Africa, Palau, Belize, Galapagos, and Florida, diving some of the greatest dive sites in the world.

In 2008 PADI presented me with an award recognising my “Significant Contribution to Diver Education” in relation to Instructor Development. I was also awarded the top Platinum level from PADI in its first year, and have held this 2 years in a row.

I have always had the belief that to teach the IDC you must ensure that you understand what the candidates are feeling. With that in mind we always run the IDCs as a coaching session and ensure we work with the candidates to ensure they learn everything required in as comfortable a manner as possible, knowing the stress they are under. We will move mountains to ensure our IDC offers everyone personal support and the best possible chance of success in the IDC, and of work after the IDC.

Since I started in PADI Instructor Development I have been involved in the issue of over 800 Instructor certifications, and taught on over 50 IDCs in both Egypt and the UK, and have managed to achieve the highest first time pass rate for the IE in Dahab. We are so sure of our teaching method that at Poseidon we offer people the chance to take another IE in the unlikely event they fail first time but completely at our expense. We are sure this offer will never be used.

Matt and I have a team second to none. We have 4 Staff Instructors of varying nationalities who work full time at Poseidon and they all become involved in the IDC when required. Most of our Instructors of which we have over 20 have completed an IDC with us, demonstrating our ability to offer employment and showing how much people enjoy their time with us.

We are part of Global Dive Network, and stand tall with 5 other very senior Course Directors in this. It is a very senior group that works together to keep IDC standards as high as possible and to create educators able to offer above average skills to any future employee.

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 2^nd 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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Introduction

PADI Course Director Michael Wheatley CD-111768 has been diving since 1995, with 1,000’s of logged dives all up and down the east coast of Australia from Carins to Melbourne, PNG to Vanuatu and more still to come.

Mick as he likes to be called is also an EFR Instructor Trainer and holds numerous speciality instructor trainer ratings.  Mick is also the only active resident Course Director between Bundaberg and Newcastle.  Having taught and team taught hundreds if not thousands of divers at all levels from Scuba diver right through to Instructor level.  Mick is the most experienced PADI Instructor in South East Queensland, his reputation has seen him invited to teach IDC’s in other places like PNG, Phillipines and Honduras.

With 15 years teaching experience a wealth of knowledge and a philosophy that his students are a direct reflection on him, Mick ensures that you know what you are doing before heading to the IE. Since graduating as a PADI Course Director, 100% of IDC candidates trained by Mick have achieved a first IE passing rate!

Mick has been recognised by PADI for excellence in teaching and is always willing to go that extra mile for students to ensure that they have a great time and a valuable experience.

•    Staff of 10 including 1 IDC Staff instructor
•    31 years old
•    5+ IDCs per year
•    15 years diving experience
•    100% First time IE success rate

What is the philosophy of your company?

The quality of the students, are a direct reflection of the instructional staff.

Your history (your first dive, your first course, how you got into the dive industry)

During high school I was given the opportunity to learn to dive as part of a marine studies program.  So I thought to myself, why do real school work when I can learn to dive?  I can still remember that first ocean dive, 15m visibility, 12 degrees, sea urchins as far as the eye could sea and some beautiful Blue Groupers swimming around.

As a lot of people do I learnt to dive and didn’t dive again for about a year, and one day I was passing a dive shop and met a Divemaster who soon became my mentor.  I was taken for a dive and when I came home I proclaimed that I was going to become a scuba Instructor.

I still had to wait 12months to turn 18 before I could start my Divemaster course so I spent that time working for free in dive centres, diving every weekend, doing any course I could afford to do or had to do and as my 18th birthday present to myself I enrolled in a Divemaster course.  It took me a year to finish it but it was worth it.  3 months to the day later I was handed my IE certificate of completion.

My first open water course that I taught was a disaster!  I have so many do’s and don’ts to pass on from this course but that is how we learn, we keep the good bits and store the bad as a reminder of what not to do.

12 years later I own my own 5 Star Instructor Development Centre in Brisbane and what a ride it has been.

Write something funny that happened during your IDCs

The funniest thing I have seen on an IDC was a grown man walking into the classroom wearing a little yellow plastic raincoat, hat and umbrella to illustrate that it is important to have appropriate exposure protection.

What is the reason people should take their IDC with you (your USP)

Friendly professional attitude and approach to teaching and willingness to assist students in any way possible to make sure that they reach their goals.

Facilities

What are your personal  diving obsessions?

Working with kids who have duchenne muscular dystrophy (dmd), in 2008  I developed a program with a local physiotherapist to take kids who have dmd scuba diving.  This program is unique and had never been done anywhere else in the world,

What type of diving do you like the best?

I love deep wrecks, being able to research the history of a ship, what it did, how it sank, what were the people like who were on the ship, being able to look back in time.

Quote from a previous Student (including photo if possible)

“I recently successfully completed my IDC with Brisbane Dive Academy and then went on to Successfully complete my Instructor Exams with PADI.”

Without the expert guidance and real life experience provided by Brisbane Dive Academy the course would have been very stressful, instead the staff made it enjoyable and provided me with some real world experiences that have guided me into my Instructing career. I would highly recommend Mick and his team for any courses that he provides, as their professional attitude, friendly approach and willingness to work with you towards your goals set them apart from other providers.”

Brett Muller
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What else do you like (non diving)

With a young family it is difficult to find time for other things once I get home from diving but when we can we head into the national parks and do a spot of bushwalking, rock climbing or just hanging out at home playing with lego.

Why do you love being a PADI Course Director ?

I get to be a part of a life changing experience, teaching people how to dive is amazing and the PADI instructor creed is so accurate in what you can achieve as an Instructor but as a Course Director you get to experience that and you can make it a reality for others to experience what you do as an Instructor.

Over and above that I get to work with some amazing people and make lifelong friendships.

What does the future hold for you?

The future is bright, I am looking to be teaching IDC’s here in Australia and overseas for various 5 Star IDC’s, I already have IDC’s lined up in PNG.

For more info, Please visit http://brisbanediveacademy.com.au/

PADI Course Director Nancy, originally from Germany, has lived Dahab for the last 16 years. These 16 years have all been spent establishing herself in the professional diving industry. From the very beginning of her instructorial career her ambition was always to become a PADI Course Director and teach the full range of Instructor-level courses. Since then, Nancy has worked on more than 50 IDCs and assisted more than 700 candidates in realizing their dream of becoming a PADI diving instructor

“Not only because of her experience or knowledge, Nancy is aextremely professional Course Director. With her unbelievable amount of energy, enthusiasm, humour and patience, she is a great leader of your IDC team.” – PADI Course Director Dave Johnson

Nancy has also been recognized by PADI for her translation work on the PADI Course Director Training Courses in Malaysia, as she speaks German, English and Arabic. In 2007 the Red Sea magazine, H2O, acknowledged Nancy’s outstanding commitment to instructor education by publishing an article highlighting Nancy’s extraordinary work rate, as in 2006, she taught the highest number of IDC candidates in the Sinai.

For the last four consecutive years Nancy has been awarded the status of Platinum Course Director by PADI for her outstanding contribution to pro level diver education. Less than 50 Course Directors worldwide have achieved this status. Maximum group size during Nancy’s IDC’s are 6 candidates. This offers a perfect learning environment, and beside this her IDC’s are evenly spread over twelve days.

This will guaranty a low stress environment for the candidates with time for extra workshops in the water or for theory workshops if the need should arise. Nancy works with a very individual approach to each candidate and she constandly adapts her training methods to encompass their diversity. During the IDC’s her team of very experienced IDC Staff Instructors support her IDC’s in English. German and Arabic.
Nancy has received the Platinum Course Director status from PADI headquarters. This status has been achieved by less than 50 Course Directors worldwide.

Please check

http://www.nancy-idc.com

PADI Course Director Matt is one of the few Asian based Course Directors to have been selected to attend the prestigious Course Director Training Course at PADI HQ in California.

IDC Schedules…

Matt originally joined Crystal Dive in 1999 and quickly became Head Instructor at the resort.

Teaching all levels of PADI courses and building up an extensive knowledge of the local dive scene, Matt became Operations Manager in 2003, quickly developing the Resort into a 5 Star Instructor Development Center.

During this period he worked alongside some of the region’s leading Course Directors giving him a unique insight into various teaching styles within PADI IDC’s.

Boasting a wealth of teaching experience throughout the PADI System, Matt has conducted over 60 PADI IDCs and countless more MSDT Prep & Internship programs, certifying over 1,000 PADI Professionals. He has also certified over 1,500 PADI diver level students.

As well as boasting over 6 years management experience with one of Thailand’s premier scuba diving operations, Matt has 18 Instructor Trainer Specialty ratings as well as being an EFR Primary, Secondary and Care for Children Instructor Trainer.

Matt is also the only Koh Tao Course Director to attend the 3 Day 2005 PADI Business of Diving Seminar’s, an exclusive PADI Developmental program aimed at the industry’s business leaders.

As Crystal grew in popularity, Matt employed an Operations Manager and moved into a new position, concentrating more on the business side, answering e-mails, devising new marketing strategies as well as new educational initiatives such as the introduction of the Environmental & Conservation curriculum and Technical diving at Crystal.

He continues to spearhead the Instructor Development Programs at the school working alongside fellow PADI Course Directors Kenji Takahashi & Justin Mayers.

In 2008, after 5 years of hard work both Matt and Crystal began to receive recognition from within the industry. Invited to the Asia Dive Expo in Singapore as a guest speaker at the “Business Solutions for the Future” conference hosted by PADI Asia Pacific Matt was also on hand to receive the prestigious “Diver Training” award on behalf of Crystal Dive Resort who became the first, and to this point only Koh Tao based dive operation ever to win an award at the PADI Members Awards.

Crystal were also finalists in the “Marine Environmental” award & the “Instructor Development” award becoming the first Dive center ever to receive three nominations at one ceremony.

2009 has continued along the same lines as 2008. In January Crystal Dive won the Project AWARE Worldwide Environmental Achievement Award, presented annually by Project AWARE a nonprofit environmental & conservation organization.

Then in May PADI CEO Drew Richardson visited Koh Tao for the first time to present Matt with the 2009 PADI Asia Pacific Members Diver Retention award. This award recognizes a dive centers success and popularity in retaining student divers due to high levels of training standards & service.

Crystal also received several finalist nominations becoming not just Koh Tao’s most awarded Dive Center but also Thailand’s.

Matt has also been recognised at Instructor Development level this year receiving the Platinum Course Director rating for the third time in succession. He now belongs to an elite group worldwide that have received this accolade three years in succession and currently the only Platinum PADI Course Director on Koh Tao.

For more info, Please visit www.crystaldive.com

Mark originally learned to dive on the Great Barrier Reef whilst backpacking around Australia. That was it. He was hooked on diving. So following completion of his university studies worked his way up to PADI Instructor, diving in many countries including Australia, Kenya, Spain, Malaysia, Croatia and Thailand.

After this Mark worked in Thailand, teaching dving courses and working his way up the PADI ladder towards the rating of PADI Course Director which he earned in 2008 at the age of 25 becoming one of the youngest Course Directors in the world. He followed this with a stint as a Course Director in the Red Sea working in the resort of Hurghada, Egypt before returning to Thailand in 2009 to work in Phuket. In the past few years Mark has worked with hundreds of students on IDC’s to help them in their goal of becoming PADI Instructors.

“The bonus of what we do is the fact that we get to train people to become professionals in something they love. I remember the great feeling when I became a PADI Instructor and it is great to be able to enable more people to have that experience and give them that ability to pass on diving to more people”

Mark also has set another landmark. On land at least Mark is confined to a wheelchair following an accident (Non-diving related) in 2005 when Mark was working in Thailand. He is the first and only wheelchair user to achieve the rating of PADI Course Director putting him into the top 1% of PADI Instructors.

“The great thing about scuba diving,’ says Mark, ‘is that it offers someone like myself a chance to throw off those constraints that I have on land in to an environment where I am the same as everyone else in the water. The only difference is that I swim with my arms rather than my legs.”

As goes Mark’s own personal interests in diving any time he is in the water then he is happy, but he loves wreck diving, underwater photography and especially diving with the bigger marine life. He is always on the look out for more courses to do and has started his Semi-Closed Rebreather training to add another part of diving to his dive cv. Outside of diving Mark’s loves to travel and experience new places and cultures as well as chilling out reading and following sports.

Mark’s philosophy on IDC’s is not to prepare you just to pass the exam but to come out as a good Instructor. A relaxed atmosphere is also crucial to getting you through the process of an IDC and he can also tell you that you should have great fun on your program. IDCs are about learning so don’t be afraid to make mistakes. We can sort them out!

Mark also can include on the IDC package a chance to do International Association for Handicapped Divers (IAHD) Instructor training thus giving you the knowledge about teaching the handicapped to dive and adding another item to your instructor repertoire. It is an extremely rewarding course which being taught by someone who is actually a wheelchair user will give you a really hands on experience.

For Pro-level courses Mark offers PADI IDC’s, Assistant Instructor Courses, PADI Specialty Instructor, EFR Instructor, IDC Staff Instructor and IAHD Instructor. Or you can combine these in an internship option.

Certification Levels

* PADI Course Director
* EFR Instructor Trainer
* EFR Care for Children Instructor Trainer
* IAHD (Handicapped Divers) Instructor Trainer
* PADI Specialty Instructor Trainer
* DAN Oxygen Provision Instructor
* TDI Advanced Nitrox Diver

For more info, Please visit www.phuketschoolofscuba.com