DDI (Disabled Divers International) Pro Training Course 27th and 28th February 2014

Scuba Cat Diving are pleased to be running a DDI (Disabled Diver International) Pro Training Course on 27th and 28th February.

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Joining us for this course so far are Allan and Gary. We do have more spaces available if you want to join us.

SID Senario

SID Senario

The course takes 2 days, we are not teaching you how to teach but how to adapt your teaching to suit the disabled.

The course teaches the candidates how to teach and dive with disabled divers, using DDI techniques, programs and standards.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand DDI Instructor Training Course

After the successful completion of the Pro Training, the DDI Professionals can train and guide disabled divers during their underwater activities.

The program is intended for Divemasters and Instructors from all international training organisations.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand DDI Instructor Training Course

As a diving professional to work with disabled divers is rewarding, the students share their excitement and joy of their experiences. This qualification help you to stand out from the crowd  by offering added value to the community and dive centres.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand PADI 5 * CDC

In addition to this the March PADI IDC is due to start on 9th. There are spaces still available, so why not join us and if you enrol in the Silver IDC Package with us you receive the DDI Instructor course with our compliments. We are the only Dive Centre in Phuket able to offer this life changing certification.

 

Take your Scuba Diving Instruction to another level

Congratulations!

Teoh and Alex became the latest PADI Instructors to be certified as DDI (Disabled Divers International) Instructors last week.

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Last weekend, they completed a DDI Pro course held by Sarah Kench (PADI Course Director and DDI Instructor Trainer)

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand DDI Instructor

During the two day course they thoroughly reviewed the differences in the Standards for this inspiring course and how to adapt their teaching to suit the needs of the individual partaking in the course. Many different types of disability were looked at in detail.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand DDI SIDS Training

They also looked at the whole range of Courses offered by the DDI that they will be able to teach including:

  • Surface Assistant
  • Try Scuba Diving
  • Scuba Diver
  • Open Water Diver
  • Advanced Open Water Diver
  • Nitrox 36%
  • Assistant Diver
Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand DDI Instructor Training Course

They had to consider how to adapt their training as PADI Instructors when looking at Logistics for the course, Confined Water training, Open Water training, Entries and Exits to and from the water, the use of Assistants, adapting Scuba Diving Equipment as well as the Dive Centre itself.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand DDI Instructor

In the water they played the role of blind divers and took it in turns to be the Instructor, having to think in a way that opened up their minds to new techniques such as speaking clearly to students so they can understand what is happening without sight and tactile teaching.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand DDI Instructor

Next came scuba diving with paraplegic and quadriplegic customers in terms of equipment configuration, donning of wetsuits, lifting techniques, signs and so on.

They learned many new techniques and realized that it is mainly peoples mindsets that limit the possibilities.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand DDI Instructor Training Course

At the end of the course both Alex and Teoh realized that all of these new skills would improve the quality of their courses as PADI Instructors too.

Do you want to take your teaching up to the next level? Come and see Sarah at MIDE 2012,  where she will be representing the DDI on stand A3

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand MIDE/DDI 2012

Scuba Cat Diving IDC – February 2012

Places are still available for the  Instructor Development Course (IDC) scheduled to start on 5th February 2012 at Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket, Thailand.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand February 2012 PADI IDC

We are pleased to announce that we have won our first award of 2012, the PADI Green Star Award for our dedication to environmentally responsible business practices and commitment to conservation of underwater habitats. We are the only Dive Centre in Thailand to gain this award to date.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand PADI Green Star Award

"The first in Thailand"

 

Our dedicated  team of PADI Professionals will be there to support you from the moment you arrive at Scuba Cat to the moment you leave. Sarah Kench, PADI Course Director will be available to you throughout your IDC assisted by Sean Porter, PADI Master Instructor, between them they are two of the most experienced and diverse PADI Professionals on the Island.

Scuba Cat Diving is the only DDI (Disabled Divers International) Instructor Training Centre in Asia and Sarah is the only DDI Instructor Trainer  in this rewarding Certification.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand PADI 5 * CDC

This could be you.............

 

 

The Scuba Cat IDC has been developed to make our candidates well-rounded PADI Instructors who can work anywhere in the world.

If you wanted to be part of this , what are you waiting for come and join us….

Disabled Diving Instructor

Scuba Cat Diving is known for many reasons with regard to Scuba Diving. We really do offer scuba diving for everybody!

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand Learn to Dive

"Sarah"

I consider myself to be a privileged Scuba Diving Instructor and would like to invite you to join me.

I am a PADI Course Director and get to teach everybody from PADI Bubblemaker up to PADI Instructors.

You might be thinking yeah so what……… all PADI Course Directors can do that and yes, you are right………. they can, how ever there is one thing that sets me apart from the others in Phuket and the rest of Asia.

As well as being a PADI Course Director, I am the General Manager of Scuba Cat Diving and an Instructor Trainer for the DDI. As well as myself,  Disabled Divers International has certified some of our instructors and Dive Centre; we are the only DDI Instructor Training Centre in Asia.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand Learn to Dive

Teaching a disabled person to dive is an experience that cannot be compared to teaching an able bodied person to dive, for both you and your student.  It is a special moment, a moment which words cannot describe.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand Learn to Dive

"Freedom"

During the DDI Instructor Course course you will learn history & purpose, psychological adjustments to physical disabilities and much more. I won’t teach you to be an instructor……. I know you already are, I will teach you about the considerations to make this training special for both you and your students.

DDI professional training adds to your box, a new set of tools and knowledge to train disabled divers safely and shows you how to certify them with varied levels of limitations depending on the student’s ability to perform program requirements and standards.

Being a Disabled Diving Instructor isn’t for everyone, however, if you have it in you and are truly patient then this training for you.

If you again are up for a challenge and one of the most rewarding aspects of teaching Scuba Diving, then Scuba Cat Diving is here to help you.

For the remainder of 2011/12, if you enroll in our Gold IDC Package, we are please to offer opportunity to become a DDI Instructor, For Free (normally 20,000 Baht) the only thing you will pay for is the DDI Professional Fees.

Hopefully we’ll be able to increase the number of  DDI Instructors and make diving more assessable for people with Disabilities.

Scuba Cat Diving is helping DDI Foundation to spread the word…scuba diving for all!

Do you want to discover another world?

Imagine waking up every morning on the Island of your dreams, being surrounded by blue seas, white sand and sunshine, all the people you spend time with share the same passion as you, in a world that has never been fully explored, that is full of adventure. This could all be yours with a diving job.

 Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand Learn to Dive

"Dreams can come true"

From experience, one of the greatest things in life is when you can turn your passion into your life. After all, what could be better than doing what you love all day— and getting paid for it?

Diving full time as a career was the only way to satisfy my addiction. Diving is like Marmite, you either love it or hate it………..I found the answer to meeting my cravings the day I walked arrived in Phuket and hopefully will never end!

Recreational Diving as an industry is expanding rapidly and new opportunities are arising daily. Being qualified, as a PADI Instructor is your passport to paid employment around the world.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand Go Pro

"Working Hard.........."

Once you are qualified you will find you can find work in every corner of the planet where there is water to explore, if it is sunshine you are after, on tropical resorts, liveaboards, cruise ships and private yachts. Working as a Scuba Diving Professional is just one of many satisfying and rewarding scuba diving careers.

Here at Scuba Cat Diving, PADI Instructors do two to five dives a day. They are also responsible for training, safety for students and certified divers, conducting dive tours for certified divers, maintaining scuba gear and filling tanks. This is the same in most places around Thailand and the rest of the world.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand PADI 5 * CDC

"What are you waiting for!"

If this sounds like how you want to spend a year off, or possibly the rest of your life – Let the adventure begin!