Posted under Courses & Denmark & Diving
Today I have had the pleasure to issue my certificate number 200 and 201. Both of them Padi Open Water Diver certificates.
Gratulations to Michael #200, and Theis #201.
We had 2 great dives with a nice 8 degree warm water, very good visibility, and the students were very good.
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On Saturday the 24th of January I did a PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor trainig course.
So now I can teach student the correct use of emergency oxygen.
Recent statistics show that in 2007 less than 50% of dive injuries where given oxygen to help recovery. Administering oxygen is a good way to help handle the different sorts of Decompression Illnesses.
If you want to read more about this good course, take a look here.
If you are interested in a Oxygen provider course, feel free to contact me at: soren(at)dykkeren.dk replace the obvious in the e-mail address 
Posted under Courses & Teaching
On the 20th of October 2008, I had the pleasure of certifying Lise Thomsen as Padi Advanced Open Water Diver.
Therefore she now has the 150th dive certificate I have issued in my Diving Career
Until now (5th of November) I have issued the following diving certificates:
| Diving Certificate: | Numbers issued: |
| Scuba Diver | 1 |
| Junior Openwater | 5 |
| Openwater | 72 |
| Advanced Openwater | 26 |
| Rescue Diver | 12 |
| Divemaster | 1 |
| Total: | 117 |
| _ | |
| Specialities: | |
| Deep | 8 |
| Digital Underwater Photography | 1 |
| Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) | 19 |
| Night | 1 |
| Wreck | 3 |
| Underwater Navigator | 1 |
| Total: | 33 |
| _ | |
| Total dive certificates: | 150 |
| _Totalf | |
I have also issued 9 Emergency First Response certificates.
My plan is to become a Padi Master Instructor, I have issued enough certifications, but not of the correct type. At the moment, I need to certify 1 EFR, 4 Divemasters, and 5 Assistant Instructors to be able to apply.
From the 22th of October until the 29th of October I had the pleasure of being on Malta diving with Divewise.
During this period I did do the Padi IDC Staff instructor course. On the 27th of October I pass the course
This was quite an interesting course, during which I followed an Assistant Instructor course, evaluating the students together with the Staff Instructor and Course Director doing the course.
Of course us IDC Staff Instructor students where being evaluated as well, we had to do the 20 skill circuit, with a score of minimum 4 for each skill. We had to do teaching presentation, and confined water presentations as well.
In the standards written exam there was 40 questions, and we had to have at least 80% correct, I had a single error which mean I had 97.5% correct
In the theory exam there was 5 sections of each 20 questions, again we must have at least 80% correct. I had 100% correct in 4 of them, and a single error in the RDP/Wheel exam. I am VERY pleased with my result
I am really looking forward to do my first Assistant instructor course.
Here you can see some pictures of the Staff Instructors candidates and the Assistant Instructors candidates.
Posted under Courses & Denmark
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of doing an Padi Advanced Open Water course with 3 students.
The night dive, navigation and peak performance boyancy we did at Amager strandpark, here:
The deep dive we did on the north eastern side of the Swedish island of Hven, here:
The Boat dive we did just outside Rungsted Harbour, here:
One of the students Siri, was so kind to let me use these pictures:
