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

Posted on February 22, 2014 by admin

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

September PADI IDC and DDI Instructor Course

Posted on August 21, 2013 by admin

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.

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.

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

Posted on June 23, 2012 by admin

Congratulations!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Want to be able to teach DDI ?

Posted on May 31, 2012 by admin

Confirmed Date for the next DDI (Disabled Diver International) Instructor Course

15th and 16th June 2012

As a PADI Instructor or an instructor from another agency, we already know you can already teach scuba diving, this course is designed to educate you about disability and special considerations for diving, and teaching diving to people with disabilities.

It covers a large number of disabilities and disability issues:

Accessibility,
Traveling for people with disabilities
Special considerations for diving with a disability

Scuba Cat Diving Phuket Thailand Disabled Divers International

DDI Pool Training

Scuba diving can give people with disabilities an opportunity to participate in an active sport. For people living with disabilities, scuba diving is a seemingly impossible challenge and succeeding results in improved self-confidence. Scuba diving provides people with something new to look forward to, whether it’s a trip to an exotic destination or discovering a new part of their local environment.

Some disabled people may wish to try scuba diving for the simple excitement and fun of the activity.

Scuba diving has shown numerous advantages as a social and physical rehabilitation of disabled individuals, with many feeling that the normal obstacles and restrictions their disability gives them on land, disappear in water when given the right equipment and training.

Participating in regular recreational activities, which involve physical exercise, is rewarded with better health, both physically and mentally. Scuba diving is a social sport, and can have a tremendous positive effect on disabled divers and their ability to interact with non-disabled divers alike.

Confined Water Training

Do you want to stand out from the crowd……..

Working with disabled divers is rewarding for everyone involved, the students share their excitement and joy of their experiences and so will you.

Come and join me for this hugely rewarding opportunity

Scuba Cat Diving IDC – February 2012

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

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

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

Posted on August 16, 2011 by admin

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.

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.

"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!

What is a PADI 5 * CDC ?

Posted on August 9, 2011 by admin

The PADI 5-Star Career Development Center (CDC) rating is the highest award given to PADI Dive Centers around the world.

Of the more than 250 PADI Dive Centers in Thailand, less than 10 have achieved the CDC rating. In addition, Scuba Cat Diving is the only PADI Tec Rec Centre in Phuket, the only DDI (Disabled Divers International) Instructor Training Center in Asia and only one of three CDCs to also hold the prestigious National Geographic Dive Center rating.

This award is given to PADI 5 * Instructor Development Centers (IDC) Centers that dedicate their business to professional development beyond regular training. In line with the CDC requirements, Scuba Cat Diving offers professional dive training internships for instructors, Dive masters and technical divers. The program lengths are from two months and include everything you need to become a Scuba Professional in Thailand; courses, materials, Certification fees, accommodations, equipment, job placement, visa assistance and more.

But the advantages of the 5-Star CDC rating don’t stop with professional dive students. “Fun” divers also benefit from Scuba Cat’s facilities and commitment to quality. Whether diving for a day, taking a liveaboard to the Similans or taking a PADI Course, all divers receive the same quality instruction regardless of their level.

A PADI 5 * CDC must have a minimum of 2 actively teaching PADI Course Directors, with at least one available locally full time and exclusively affiliated with the CDC for all training activities. Sarah Kench, the owner of Scuba Cat Diving is one of the PADI Course Directors here at Scuba Cat, I think there is no doubt she exclusively works for us here!