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Asia IDC Candidates Assisting in Mass PADI Open Water Course

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 @ 09:00 Danish Adventure Group, IDC, News, Open Water Course

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The final phase of Downbelow’s May IDC prep program is in full swing with all our awesome candidates assisting on a mass PADI Open Water course consisting of 26 participants! Add a few more numbers in there and we could be gunning for some sort of record!

Actually the group is mainly made up of our young European adventurers who are here for their exciting Borneo Adventure program.

It is certainly a great experience for the PADI Divemasters who are soon to be PADI Instructors & at the same a great help to Downbelow’s team of instructors – their mentors.

Downbelow resident PADI Platinum Course Director Richard Swann is very happy to see the progress so far & is looking forward to officially starting the IDC on the 18th of May 2013.

If you are interested in joining please contact us!

Downbelow’s Dive Centre in Borneo Produces Another PADI Divemaster

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 @ 09:05 Divemaster, News, Professional Diving Internships

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Another PADI Pro hatchling has emerged from its shell!

Resident PADI Platinum Course Director Richard Swann and the whole Downbelow family is happy to congratulate Dylan Lim for successfully meeting all the performance requirements and becoming a PADI Divemaster.

He came to us as an intern and now he’s a qualified Divemaster – nothing makes us happier then to see a recreational diver take the plunge into the world of professional scuba diving and succeed.

Great job Dylan! You are most welcome back to our dive centre if you ever need to learn more.

Do you love diving? Ever thought of making a career out of it? It is as exciting as it sounds!

Contact us on how you can make your dreams come true.

PADI Rescue Diver Course Sabah Borneo

Friday, May 10th, 2013 @ 09:30 Courses, News, Rescue Divers

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Congratulations to Tharmizi and Hugh, they are now certified PADI Rescue Divers after completing the course at our PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Centre.

Anyone who regularly goes diving should consider this course as it teaches divers to look beyond themselves and consider the safety of other divers in times of emergencies.

The course will equip the students with basic first aid skills and rescue skill procedures, among other skills that will be useful in recognising potential emergencies and accidents.

Read more about the PADI Rescue Diver Scuba Course to find out more about the program outline and entry requirements.

Should you have any enquiries on this course or any other dive course, please talk to us or email us – we will be glad to help!

PADI IDC Graduates Passed The Digital Underwater Photography Specialty Instructor Course

Monday, April 29th, 2013 @ 10:33 Courses, News, Speciality Instructor

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Continuing your education beyond PADI Instructor level is not only great for your career but also the experience gained is awesome fun.

Pablo and Big Vic are both full time Scuba Instructors at the Downbelow 5 Star IDC Dive Centre & they took advantage of having resident Platinum PADI Course Director Richard Swann around by enrolling in the PADI Digital Underwater Photography Specialty Instructor Course during their day off.

Richard is a professional Underwater Photographer who enjoys photography and has captured marine images for many years so he was happy to have some fun & at the same time share his knowledge with his previous IDC students.

Both Pablo & Vic displayed artistic flair & professional dive skills during the program so do check them out with confidence for your Digital Underwater Photography course!

Apart from the photography specialty course, we also have many other specialty courses on offer. Contact us if you need more details on any of our dive courses.

Pablo Taking The Nitrox Specialty Instructor Course in Sabah

Saturday, April 27th, 2013 @ 09:15 News, Speciality Instructor

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Downbelow PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Pablo continues his professional education by taking the Nitrox Speciality Instructor Course with resident Platinum PADI Course Director Richard Swann at our PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Centre, Gaya Island.

The Nitrox Specialty course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course as scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time, resulting in more time to spend underwater.

There are techniques involved in getting more dive time using enriched air nitrox and that is why instructors are needed to teach these to their students.

An instructor will teach among others, management of oxygen exposure and setting up dive computers.

Being a certified Nitrox Specialty Instructor Course will also count towards a Master Scuba Diver Trainer.

Asia Professional Dive Internship Going Strong

Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 10:00 Courses, Divemaster, News, Open Water Course, Professional Diving Internships

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Downbelow continues its commitment to our local professional dive internship program.

Next up is “Little Gary” who is the most recent addition to the Downbelow family team.

Gary joined our guest Rafael from Mexico to complete his PADI Openwater Course with their qualifying instructor, Downbelow’s PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Liz.

This will be Gary’s first step in his year long program to become a fully qualified and experienced PADI Divemaster.

After this, he may well have the opportunity to continue his diving career by joining one of our PADI Instructor Development Courses (IDC).

Keep up the great work Gary & welcome to the Downbelow family!

Local Internship Program Continues To Bear Fruit

Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 13:42 Divemaster, News, Open Water Course

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Well done to Rev Anson, one of our recent Downbelow local interns, for passing his PADI Open Water course with Downbelow Staff Instructor Pablo.

Pablo also came through the same local internship program with resident Platinum PADI Course Director Richard Swann and the rest of the team.

Both internship programs were conducted at our PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Centre in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo.

It is great to see the team passing on their knowledge to the new arrivals & I am sure we will see Revor Anson achieving the PADI Divemaster qualification over the next 1 year.

Great to have you on board Rev!

If you are thinking of doing a diving internship then look no further than our internship programme. We can customize our syllabus to fit in with your schedule and experience.

Patient Dive Guide

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 @ 11:47 Discover Scuba Diving, Guestbook

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Our guests John Alan Clark & Patricia Anne Clark completed the PADI Discover Scuba Diving (DSD) with us on the 3rd of April 2013.

Their daughter Emma send the following text attached with the picture above;

Hi Abigail,

My Mum and Dad had a fantastic day and said that Pablo was an excellent guide, he was very patient with them!

I have attached a few pictures!

Best Regards,

Emma

Downbelow’s Latest PADI IDC and Divemaster Interns

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 @ 09:56 Courses, Divemaster, IDC, News

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Downbelow welcomes our new PADI Divemaster & PADI Instructor Developer Course (IDC) interns Vui How & Dylan Lim to our PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Centre beach house on Gaya Island.

Downbelow resident PADI Platinum Course Director Richard Swann was on hand to personally welcome the guys to the team.

They are on the right path on to becoming successful diving instructors and there is no better group of people to guide them other than the qualified and experienced instructors from Downbelow.

Want to know more about our professional courses? Check out our page for Go Pro courses here.

We are easily reachable in case you have any questions – see our contact options here.

Downbelow Staff Completes PADI Open Water Course in Gaya Island

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 @ 09:00 Courses, News, Open Water Course

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Good news! A few of our staff completed the PADI Open Water Course at our PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Centre last week.

Under the watchful eye of our PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors Victor and Sam, assisted by PADI Divemaster Mel, the student divers accomplished all of the required tasks without much struggle.

Downbelow has always been encouraging our staff to utilize the manpower that is available even if the course is not directly related to their day-to-day job.

Sometimes though, new experience outside of the normal daily routine can help you re-charge your career and probably your life.

Maybe it is time that you or your staff to experience diving?

Do consider Downbelow with our qualified PADI instructors in teaching status and led by PADI Course Director Richard Swann. We are located only 10 minutes boat ride away from the city of Kota Kinabalu.

Talk to us today and see what we can do for you!

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