Instructor IDC, Staff Courses & IE -- January 2008

Talk about sacrifice! Basically giving up their Christmas and New Year holidays, Americans Andy Morris and Chris Magnan dove into their PADI Instructor Development Course with plenty of yule time spirit and "sleighed" their PADI Instructor Exam to become Aquanauts' latest two PADI Instructors.

The IDC was lightly attended due to the Christmastime start. A couple interns pushed back their training until February -- watch for that soon -- but both the guys got help from Master Scuba Diver Trainers Paul Sparkes and Owen "Patrick" Fonda who both did their IDC Staff Courses this time. Sparkes did his OWSI with Aquanauts in September.

In the photo above, Sparks (left) poses with Master Instructor Gary Tytler, Morris, Course Director Roger Smith, Magnan and Course Director John Taylor. Yes, that's right: Two course directors and a master instructor for just two students. That's Aquanauts' Personalized Training in action.

More and more Aquanauts interns are staying on and going all the way to the IDC Staff level. More will be doing their staff courses in February and March. Why? As in any industry, the more qualified you are, the better your job prospects. Read more about Aquanauts' MSDT and IDC Staff upgrade options here.

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