"Suave and a sweet-talker."
"Has all the right gear but no idea what he's doing..and lost us underwater."
"..no comment on my impression of a divemaster or instructor."
These are just some of the comments we've heard divers make on their general impression of dive leaders in our industry.
Public opinion rarely differs from the truth in many ways. These negative conclusions must have come from an accumulation of unpleasant experiences over time. Word gets around, good or bad, the same way Singapore Zoological Gardens earned its reputation as the Best Zoo, or a new restaurant gets stuck with a bad rep after opening night was a service disaster.
So guilty or not, it only takes a few bad eggs to spoil the basket. This is one of our greatest motivations to work even harder, and be even better.
Being a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center for Sea Hounds is not a fancy rating with a colourful sticker pasted outside our dive center. It is a reason and a means to facilitate proper training for dive professionals. Why bother? Because everyone deserves good dive leadership, for training or leisure.
Refraining from talking too much on the "peanuts..monkies" expression, our objective for each and every one of our professional candidates is to ensure they possess the appropriate Attitude, Skills and Knowledge to become a professional educator.
Our dive center is there to constantly provide Education, Equipment and Experiences to keep you diving and loving the sea!
We welcome onboard our instructional crew, new and recently upgraded:
Vincent Chew
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor 481069
Emergency First Response/Care for Children Instructor
Sabine Henkel
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor 477759
Emergency First Response Instructor
DSAT Gas Blender Instructor
Kenneth Wong
PADI Instructor Development Course Staff Instructor 472165
Emergency First Response/Care for Children Instructor
* Special Thanks to Eugene Sim, PADI Course Director 89366, for his invaluable guidance during each of the PADI Instructor courses.
** Sea Hounds Instructors are also trained Decompression/Trimix divers and we will be working hard to make available to you the DSAT TecRec courses very soon!
See previous post "eXpLoReRs"
Our congratulations and encouragements to all of them for taking the initiative to continue their education. They are testaments to our belief that the learning never stops. We look forward to them sharing more of their experiences with our divers!
**In addition to PADI Standards & Procedures, Sea Hounds Instructors and Divemasters also adhere to the National Operational Code of Practise, governed by the Singapore Underwater Federation, and pledge to follow practises of an eco-operator.
Refer to earlier post:
Open Water Movie
Beaver
PADI MI 99087
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