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10 Top Tips for Dive Instructors teaching Student Divers

The day after an IE always has a Sunday feeling about it and I enjoy hiding away from the world in my office catching up on e-mails. Last month whilst most of Koh Tao’s newly certified OWSI’s where either nursing a well-earned hangover or merely enjoying the first day of the rest of their lives […] .....

Climbing The PADI Pro Ladder

I’m living the dream. I’ve got a job that most people are jealous of – I’m a PADI Instructor. Bright Lights – Big City Here is a little story about myself. My names Nicole Yong and I’m from Kuala Lumpur, the largest and most modern city in Malaysia. Four years ago, I had a stable, […] .....

PADI Business Academy, Bangkok

Key Tips to being a successful PADI Professional This is the first in a series of short blogs by IDC Koh Tao’s PADI Course Director; Matt Bolton, offering some tips for success in the scuba diving industry. Business Academy Most people associate a career in the scuba diving industry with the sun, sea and lots […] .....

How to be a successful Dive professional?

„Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.“ Douglas Adams (Author) „The only source of knowledge is experience.“ Albert Einstein „Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.“ Paulo Coelho (Author) When one starts down a […] .....

Who Are PADI?

The most common statement I hear from customers over the 17 years I have been a PADI Member is ‘I want to do my PADI’. The customer is of course referring to the world’s most popular entry level scuba training course; The PADI Open Water course. In 2014 over 500,000 new divers where certified worldwide as […] .....
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