September PADI IDC and DDI Instructor Course

The September PADI IDC here at Scuba Cat Diving Phuket, Thailand started early this month, all the candidates are with us and raring to get started. Welcome to Joe (UK) Dan (UK) and Ye Chen (China). Looking forward to working with you all! This month will be conducting additional training in both confined water and Instructor level dive theory.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand IDC Preparation

High Season is just around the corner and we are looking for New PADI  Instructors to join the team here. A great way to gain experience after your Instructor training is to join our MSDT and Work Experience internship. This enables you to get your first 25 certifications under the guidance of our experienced Instructor team.

 The best way for us to see you in action and you to get to know us more is this internship, you will spend so much time around us you will really feel part of the team. All paid Instructors at Scuba Cat are required to have a valid Work Permit for Phuket Province.

In addition to the PADI IDC at Scuba Cat we are pleased to be running a DDI (Disabled Diver International) Instructor level course on 3rd and 4th September 2013.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand Learn to Dive

 

Joining us for this course so far are Marc, Tim and Debbie. We do have more spaces available if you want to join us.

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

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.

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand

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