Les ateliers ont commencé ici depuis quelques jours déjà mais aujourd’hui nous entrons dans le vif du sujet avec une séance en piscine et une séance en classe.
Ce matin nos candidats ont donc fait une remise à niveau de leurs compétences de bases en faisant un parcours des vingt compétences de base PADI dans notre piscine. Le soleil brille, il fait beau, l’eau et chaude et tout le monde en à bien profité pour se remettre a niveau. Pour certains, cela fait très longtemps qu’ils n’ont pas fait de démonstration de compétences donc ça leur est bien utile de refaire cette petite remise à niveau.
Cet après-midi nous allons faire la même chose mais avec leurs connaissances théoriques. Quelques examens Divemaster pour ouvrir la route et après nous verrons bien sur quels sujets il faut se concentrer. Tout cela afin que les candidats puissent entamer leur formation Moniteur en toute tranquillité sans avoir à se soucier de la théorie. Bonne chance à tous !
Already in our third day of the PADI IDC in Bali, we are running portions of our exclusive workshops today. Part of our company’s mission is to ensure that all new dive professionals go away with the most complete training possible. Adequate training is a key factor in employability, so we put it all in there.
Here are just a few of the things we will be covering today which are not featured in your everyday PADI IDC:
Compressor workshop – Don’t you think an instructor should know how to fill tanks? So do we!
Equipment maintenance – Yep, most dive centers don’t train new instructors how to properly maintain equipment. We do.
Project AWARE – Do you think it’s important for a dive instructor to know how to organize underwater cleanups?
CV workshop – We’ll help you develop a professional dive CV.
Website Builder (tomorrow) – Go that extra step toward standing out from all other instructors with your own website!
These are just a few examples of the expanded focus of Blue Season Bali’s 4-week PADI IDC program. I hope you will come to discover the difference for yourself.
Well, after this past weekend’s screaming success, all of Blue Season Bali’s newest PADI instructors are away today to dive the USAT Liberty wreck as part of the MSDT Prep- included in our 4-week instructor development program. This is the first of three days during which our newest instructors will train with PADI course director Jonathan Cross to learn the valuable skills and knowledge it takes to teach PADI Specialty courses.
Bali could be the *perfect* place to undertake this diverse training. Why? Because the diving is so diverse! As I said, the instructors are up at the USAT Liberty wreck today. This wreck was torpedoed by the Japanese in WWII and then the Americans tried to tow it to the secure port at Singaraja, on the northern coast of Bali. She didn’t make it, so she was beached on the shore at Tulamben. The tremors from the 1967 eruption of Mt. Agung pushed the ship into the water, where she rests on her starboard side.
So, tomorrow is Nusa Penida for Drift and Deep specialty instructor training. It should prove to be eventful as the first Mola-molas of the season have already been spotted down in the depths. The drift diving around NP is also amazing, with currents in some areas reaching 4-5 knots!
Maybe you are starting to get an idea why Bali is considered one of the most diverse diving destinations in the world!
Blue Season Bali is implementing changes to its PADI Divemaster Internship effective immediately to allow even more access to Bali’s variety of dive sites. These changes are brought in accordance with our company’s focus on maintaining the most comprehensive and professional training available.
In addition to greater access to a variety of diving, which means more FUN, a greater emphasis is now being placed on helping candidates learn what it really means to be a professional diver, which means more experience. We are now including programs to enable candidates to gain experience with the inner workings of a busy dive center. Equipment handling procedures, inventory protocol and compressor use are now reinforced on a daily basis for our career tracking PADI divemaster candidates.
For those of you reading this who are interested in working in the real world as a PADI divemaster, these programs are for you! If you want to do some seriously fun diving while learning about the dive industry and what it means to dive at a professional level, I invite you to join us here at Blue Season Bali!
Blue Season Bali is proud to announce the conclusion of this year’s May IDC and is looking forward to the start of the PADI Instructor Examinations beginning today. George, Paul, Mark, Liz and Alex have all displayed exemplary professionalism and dedication on their IDC headed up by Bali’s only resident Platinum Course Director, Jonathan Cross.
I asked Jonathan how he would describe this particular group of candidates and his reply was one word, “Fantastic.” That is a true compliment coming from such an experienced instructor trainer. We are looking forward to seeing all these great candidates fly through the IE. After that is the requisite IE party, which Jonathan said he is really excited about attending.
We invite you all to come and experience the island’s premier PADI IDC program here at Blue Season Bali. When you arrive, you will see the difference which has prompted PADI Asia Pacific to recognize BSB as the winner of the region’s Outstanding Dive Business award, and Jonathan Cross individually as the winner of the Instructor Development Award. We are looking forward to diving with you soon here in beautiful Bali!
Today we start with the knowledge development presentations for the five IDC candidates. This is the first time they will be standing up in front of the class to give a short lesson on a particular scuba diving question. This component really enhances their ability to present information to student divers in a professional manner and builds confidence for their diving career.
We are proud to announce the beginning of another PADI IDC here at Bali’s premier Career Development Center- Blue Season Bali. A great mix of candidates from Belgium, England, Canada and the UK join Bali’s only resident Platinum PADI Course Director Jonathan Cross in what is shaping up to be an unforgettable experience.
Today is the fifth day of our exclusive 4-week IDC program and the candidates are already seeing the benefits of working with the region’s winner of the PADI Instructor Development Award. Having done all the prerequisite knowledge development online presentations, our equipment and compressor workshops, and yesterday’s website builder workshop; all the candidates are well prepared to officially get into the PADI IDC!
We invite you to stay tuned to the PADI IDC Blog as we keep you posted on the progress of Alex, Paul, Mark, George, and Liz! Go team BSB!
Today our PADI IDC candidates are enjoying perfect conditions in Sanur as they go through their descents and ascents workshop.
This workshop teaches them how to safely descend and ascend with a group of student divers. If you think about the though of taking four divers underwater, who have never been diving in the ocean before, then it can be a daunting task. PADI Instructors are taught how to make very controlled, safe and slow descents with students to ensure that they are comfortable throughout and ready for the dive.
During the scuba instructor course there are many techniques that are taught in order to make the PADI Instructor an effective dive educator. Through the development process the dive instructor will practice these techniques until they are able to proficiently carry them out independently.
If you feel up to the task of becoming a scuba diving instructor then let us know. That is what we do best!
Tomorrow will be the first Scuba instructor Course using the new PADI IDC Evolution at Blue Season Bali. The new Dive instructor course will be the first for our new PADI Course Directors, Tom West and Taka.
Our IDC candidates this time come from Japan, England, Canada and Indonesia. It is not too late to sign up for this course if you can contact us within the next day or so then we would be happy to help you become a diving instructor.
The professional development team headed up by PADI Platinum Course Director Jonathan Cross is pleased to welcome this month’s IDC candidates into what is sure to be a fun-filled exciting program! Seven candidates from Japan, England, South Africa and Canada will join PADI Couse Directors Jon, Tom, and Taka for the region’s only 4-week PADI IDC program.
This IDC marks the third of ten such programs being offered at Blue Season Bali this year- supporting PADI’s growth of instructor development in the region. Selected by PADI Asia Pacific as the WINNER of the 2010 Instructor Development Award, we are committed to conducting the best quality professional development programs on the market. Check out our website at www.idc-asia.com for more information on the one-of-a-kind PADI IDC Program.
