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PADI Awards Dive Asia, Phuket, Thailand
at ADEX 2002
The dazzling PADI
booth at the Asia Dive Expo, ADEX 2002 in Singapore, set the scene
for an award presentation to Dive Asia from Phuket in Thailand.
The PADI International Resort and Retail Association Member, (PADI
Career Development Centre) excelled in the PADI Industry Award category
for Outstanding Contribution to PADI Instructor Development in 2001.
Presented by PADI Asia Pacific Vice Presidents,
Henrik and Claus Nimb, PADI Course Director Bjorn Tackmann accepted
the award on behalf of Dive Asia during the course of the show.
Committed to training dive leaders, Dive Asia
conduct career development programs to the extent that their Instructor
Development Courses contain large numbers of candidates and achieve
a very high rate of success. Their organization has some of the
most qualified and experienced PADI Course Directors whom enhance
their success.
Congratulations and well done, Dive Asia, for
exceptional achievements in 2001.
For more information about PADI, phone : 61
2 9451 2300, Fax: 61 2 9451 9999 or write to Unit 3, 4 Skyline Place,
Frenchs Forest NSW 2086.
Email: traindep@padi.com.au.
When calling from New Zealand, Phone: 0800
664 440 Fax: 0800 664 441.
Outstanding Contribution to PADI Instructor
Development
PADI
5 Star Instructor Development Centre, Dive Asia in Phuket, Thailand,
recently received the PADI award for Outstanding Contribution to
PADI Instructor Development.
As
a PADI 5 Star Career Development Centre, Dive Asia offer career-oriented
training to prepare dive professionals for employment in the dive
industry, as well as offering job placement assistance for program
graduates. Their facility has some of the most qualified and experienced
PADI Course Directors whom enhance their success.
Dive
Asia is committed to training dive leaders and conducting career
development programs to the extent that their Instructor Development
Courses achieve a very high rate of success. The new PADI Instructors
who attain their PADI rating with Dive Asia, go into the dive industry
equipped with a solid, well based knowledge of diver training methods.
For
more information about PADI, phone : 61 2 9451 2300, Fax: 61 2 9451
9999 or write to Unit 3, 4 Skyline Place, Frenchs Forest NSW 2086.
Email: IRRA@padi.com.au. When
calling from New Zealand, Phone: 0800 664 440 Fax: 0800 664 441.
For
Dive Holiday plans, contact Allways PADI Travel on phone: 1 800
259 297 or 61 3 9885 5700, Fax: 61 3 9885 0099 or write to 1st Floor,
168 High Street, Ashburton Vic 3147. Email: allwayspadi@atlasmail.com.
First in Iran
Maryam Shirdel [OWSI-620219] recently became
Iran's first female PADI Instructor when she was successful at her
Instructor Exam in Phuket, Thailand. Shirdel completed her Instructor
Development Course (IDC) with Course Director Bjorn Tackmann [CD-500998]
at Dive Asia [S-2925], a PADI 5 Star Career Development Center in
Phuket.
Shirdel has since returned to Iran and is working
with Faraz Dalaee [IDCS-611186], Iran's first IDC Staff Instructor.


PADI Asia Pacific Conduct Instructor
Examination on Beautiful Island Location
At Perhentian Islands,
Malaysia
PADI Course Director, Bjorn Tackmann and Flora
Bay Divers, a PADI Gold Palm Instructor Development Centre, recently
completed the first ever PADI Instructor Development Course and
Instructor Examination on Perhentian Island, Malaysia.
Congratulations to all the new PADI Instructors!
For
more information about PADI, phone : 61 2 9451 2300, Fax: 61 2 9451
9999 or write to Unit 3, 4 Skyline Place, Frenchs Forest NSW 2086.
Email: traindep@padi.com.au. When calling from New Zealand, Phone:
0800 664 440 Fax: 0800 664 441.

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