PADI IDC Course Director Christopher Owen

PADI Platinum Course Director – Diving related qualifications and resume
Instructor Trainer Qualifications:
PADI Instructor Trainer:
  • PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider
  • PADI Dive Centre Employee – Distinctive Speciality
  • PADI AED Instructor – Distinctive Speciality
  • PADI First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries – Distinctive
  • PADI AWARE – Fish ID
  • PADI Enriched Air Diver
  • PADI Dolphin/Atlantis Rebreather Diver
  • PADI Oxygen First Aid – Distinctive Speciality
  • PADI Wreck Diver
  • PADI Search & Recovery Diver
  • PADI Drift Diver
  • PADI Underwater Naturalist Diver
  • PADI Dive Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
  • PADI Boat Diver
  • PADI Multilevel Diver
  • PADI Underwater Photography Diver
  • PADI Underwater Navigator
  • PADI Night Diver
  • PADI Deep Diver
  • PADI Platinum Course Director
DSAT Instructor Trainer:
  • DSAT Trimix Gas Blender
  • DSAT EANx Gas Blender
EFR Instructor Trainer:
  • EFR Instructor Trainer
  • EFR Care for Children Instructor Trainer
  • EFR for the Work Place – pending
Divers Alert Network Instructor Trainer Qualifications:
  • DAN SEAP – AED Instructor Trainer
  • DAN SEAP – First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries IT
  • DAN SEAP – Oxygen Provider Instructor Trainer
  • DAN SEAP – BVM Instructor Trainer
  • DAN SEAP – MTV 100 Instructor Trainer
  • DAN USA – Automatic External Defibrillator Instructor
  • DAN USA – Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals
  • DAN USA – Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
Instructor Ratings:
PADI Instructor / Speciality Instructor ratings:
  • AED Instructor – Distinctive
  • First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries – Distinctive
  • PADI / DSAT Trimix Gas Blender
  • Semi Closed Circuit Rebreather – Atlantis
  • Aware Fish Identification
  • Under Water Photographer
  • Dive propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
  • Marine Resource Management – Distinctive
  • Coral Reef Conservation
  • IDC Staff Instructor
  • Master Instructor
  • Multilevel Diver
  • Equipment Specialist
  • Search & Recovery Diver
  • Boat Diver
  • Enriched Air Diver
  • Oxygen First Aid – Distinctive
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy
  • Wreck Diver
  • Underwater Navigator
  • Night Diver
  • Underwater Naturalist
  • Drift Diver
  • Deep Diver
  • Master Scuba Diver Trainer
  • Medic First Aid Instructor
  • Open Water Scuba Instructor
EFR Instructor Qualifications:
  • EFR for the Work Place – pending
  • EFR Care for Children Instructor
  • EFR Instructor
DAN Instructor Qualifications:
  • AED
  • First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
  • Oxygen First Aid Instructor Level II
  • Oxygen First Aid Instructor Level I
ANDI Instructor Qualifications:
  • Limited Safe User cert (not current)
  • Complete Safe Air User cert: (not current)
Commercial Diver Qualifications:
  • Envirodive Services: Recreational Nitrox Gas Blender Instructor
  • Dive Medic Technician
Medic related Qualifications:
  • Advanced Resuscitation – including CPR
  • Automatic External Defibrillation
  • Occupational First Aid
  • Entonox Administration
Scuba Equipment Technician Qualifications:
  • Scubapro Technical Educational Seminar
  • Repair, Maintenance and Servicing US Divers Aqua-lung
Technical Diving Qualifications:
ANDI:
  • Certified Gas Blender
  • Certified Service Technician
  • Complete Safe Air User
Sport Diving Qualifications:
PADI:
  • Semi-Closed Rebreather Diver
  • Divemaster
  • Wreck Diver
  • Search & Recovery Diver
  • Underwater Navigator Diver
  • Deep Diver
  • Night Diver
  • Rescue Diver
  • Advanced Open Water Diver
  • Open Water Diver
BSAC:
  • Novice II
  • Novice I

Employment History > January 2009
Summary of diving employment
Jan 2005 Manager PADI Instructor Development; Sea Bees S-34017, Phuket
July 2004 Managing Director: Indepth Instruction Co. Ltd
March 2004 Director: Training and Education, Warm Water Divers S-18627
June 2001 Manager of Instructor Development, Training and Education Warm Water Divers S-18627Responsible for the whole educational and training side of Warm Water Divers: including Managing / hiring / firing Instructors, course pricing, course marketing etc.
May 2000 Full time Course Director running 12 IDCs a year Phuket & Phi Phi.Manager of Instructor Development, Warm Water Divers S-18627: Full time Course Director running 12 IDCs a year Phuket.
Dec ‘99 – Jan ’98 General Manager and Instructor of own Scuba business – Pattaya.IDC Staff for Dive Asia’s IDC programs: 10 total
Jan ’98 – March ’96 Dave’s Divers’ Den – Pattaya.Manager and lead instructor for the recreational scuba diving division of Sea and Oilfield Services.
Jan ’96 – Jan ’94 Mermaid’s Dive Centre – 5* IDC Centre – Pattaya.Manager and Lead instructor
Jan ’94 – Oct ’93 Chang Divers – Ko Samui.Instructor.
Sept ’93 – Nov ‘92 Sept ’93 – Nov ‘92 B & J Dive Centre – 5* IDC Centre Tioman island – Malaysia.Employed as Trip Leader / Dive Master – General trip logistics, including organization and running of day trips, dive equipment maintenance, etc.

Chris Owen’s Indepth PADI IDCs on Phuket are run in association with

Indepth Dive College (IDC) S-36108