Late in Nov 2009, Divecrew and Underwater Seychelles formed a new strategic alliance with the focus on IDC,s and immediately put this to good use by running the first IDC in the island paradise of the Seychelles since 2005.
Collin Miles Course Director and Owner Divecrew along with Glynis Saunders Master Instructor and Owner Underwater Centre set about putting 10 IDC candidates from places as far a field as California, Washington DC, South Africa, New Zealand, UK, Germany, and France as well as 2 candidates from the Seychelles themselves through their paces.
As well as completing the IDC, all 10 candidates also under took the Emergency First Aid Instructor course. To take advantage of the opportunity to further his EFR rating Tony Marie-Jeanne joined in the fun to become a Care for Child Instructor. “To teach such a large group was quite a challenge but the sight of 4 Annie dolls all being resuscitated at the same time was an extremely amusing to say the least “stated Collin Miles EFRI Trainer. Even the team mascot of Red Ted joined in the fun of Secondary Care.
After 10 days of hard work and enjoyment (yes – they all admitted after the event the course was the best they had ever taken and was a lot of fun .) they were ready to face the IE.
PADI agreed to run an IE especially for Divecrew and Underwater Centre and this was opened up to allowed additional people from the surround islands to join in the fun of the IE. In all 16 people attended the IE on the 27th and 28th February.
After two days of toil – all 10 candidates from Divecrew and Underwater Centre Seychelles passed with flying colours – with 3 candidates scoring perfect scores in all areas, Theory, Confined and Open Water – an amazing feat!!! Congratulations also to Tony Marie Jeannne who become Underwater Centre first home grown IDCS Instructor during the IDC/IE.
Big thanks to Richard Somerset (PADI examiner) and the PADI team in Bristol for your support in helping our candidates achieve their dreams. PADI were so impressed with the IE and candidates they will feature the event in the Undersea Journal!
Next stop is Speciality instructor training – with 7 joining up for the programme running immediately after the IE and the other 3 joining in the fun in August.
“It had been an amazing journey for them all, and I want to congratulate them on their achievements and look forward to seeing their success in the diving industry. The alliance has been so successful that we are already making plans for the next IDC programme on the 9th August” Stated Collin Miles (CD) Divecrew.
If you would like to join in the fun of completing your IDC/IE in the island paradise of the Seychelles or perhaps Dahab, Sharm or UK then please contact Collin Miles Course Director Divecrew on 01344 454245 or email idc@divecrew.co.uk. Even better why not say hi to some of the new instructors at LIDS on our stand in the PADI Village PV15.
