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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.

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

local sabahan intern passed open water in borneo

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.

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.

PADI Divemaster Course Student Practises Briefing at Gaya Island, Borneo

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 @ 09:46 Courses, Divemaster, News

PADI Divemaster Briefing Practise

Jolene Burr who is taking the PADI Divemaster course practised her PADI Discover Scuba Diving (DSD) program on Jason Kovacs under the supervision of her instructor Victor.

One of the skills needed to become a qualified PADI Divemaster is to be able to supervise students and their diving activities.

The PADI Divemaster program is the first step in the professional level of the PADI education system and you can take this course at Downbelow, either as a 10-day program or a one-month internship course.

The course itself will be held at our PADI 5-Star IDC Dive Centre in Gaya Island, Borneo.

Contact us if you are interested in this program or if you have an enquiries. We will gladly assist you.

New PADI Divemasters – Jason and Azmi

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 14:16 Divemaster, News

New divemasters from Downbelow Borneo

A big congratulations to our students, Jason from Australia and Azmi from West Malaysia for qualifying as PADI Divemasters over the weekend.

They have completed their first step in becoming a professional in the world of SCUBA diving. A special mention to their respective qualifying instructors too, Paul for Jason and Wellson for Azmi.

Well done guys! Next stop – PADI IDC!

Interested to see the endless possibilities in the world of professional diving? Contact us now and let us help on becoming a fully certified PADI Divemaster.

Captain Mel Now A PADI Divemaster

Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 09:00 Divemaster, News

Captain Mel from Downbelow now fully certified PADI Divemaster

The management team from Downbelow always encourage their staff to improve themselves and also to take advantage of having PADI professionals as their colleagues to improve their diving skills.

Our latest staff member who took this advice and took a step up the ladder in his diving carear is our Captain Mel who is now a certified PADI Divemaster.

His instructor and mentor, resident PADI Course Director Richard Swann said he put in a lot of work, so he should be proud of his achievement.

He is not resting on his laurels though, now he is aiming to join the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) in May 2013.

Do you want to join him as well and become a PADI professional?

Contact us to find out more.

Awang Norizan Now A Qualified PADI Divemaster

Monday, January 14th, 2013 @ 09:00 Divemaster, News, Professional Diving Internships

Divemaster Internship Program

A big congratulations to Awang Norizan a.k.a. Sanchez for completing his PADI Divemaster program with Downbelow.

On hand to congratulate him was his instructor and resident PADI Course Director Richard Swann.

Awang Norizan enrolled in our successful local internship program a year ago and proved that language barrier is no match for his ambition to make a career in the diving industry.

We welcome him and his fiery spirit to the professional team at Downbelow!

Another Divemaster Qualifies with Downbelow

Monday, October 29th, 2012 @ 14:41 Courses, Divemaster, News, Professional Diving Internships

New PADI Divemaster Noah on the right with his qualifying PADI Instructor, Paul, on the left.

Downbelow’s Go Pro crew has been cooking recently, helping scuba divers make the leap from recreational to professional diving.

Recent graduate Noah became a PADI Divemaster just last week.

“Well done to Noah,” said resident PADI Course Director Richard Swann when he congratulated Noah on joining the realm of pro scuba divers.

Paul Jones, Noah’s qualifying Instructor, was also on hand to see him become a consummate diving professional.

“Great effort,” said Paul who is himself a Downbelow Alumni.

“We looking forward to welcoming you back for your IDC next year!”

Downbelow’s has a regular schedule of Instructor Development Courses, the next installment of which is coming up in less than 2 weeks.

If you want to join the exciting industry of scuba diving, drop us an email or visit our offices, and let’s talk about how you too can Go Pro with Downbelow.

Pro Scuba Diving Intern Becomes Divemaster with Downbelow

Friday, October 19th, 2012 @ 15:44 Courses, Divemaster, News

Resident PADI Course Director Richard Swann on the left with newly qualified PADI Divemaster Insa on the right.

Divemaster Intern Insa have clinched the course and collected her PADI Divemaster certification.

Having been with us for the last few weeks, Insa has made an impression on the Go Pro internship program. Downbelow’s MD and resident PADI Course Director Richard Swann has seen her grow as scuba diving pro.

“You will be an asset,” Richard said when talking about Insa, “to the industry wherever you settle.”

“Insa is an awesome professional,” he said, “with a firm commitment to the environment.”

Insa met all the performance requirements for the PADI Divemaster Course and helped out on the numerous Project AWARE events Downbelow ran in October.

She went on to ace her Divemaster exams and now sets off to start her career as a scuba diving professional.

Congrats to Insa and good luck with your professional diving career.

We hope to see you again soon, perhaps when you return to become a PADI Instructor during one of our IDCs?

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