Outstanding Contribution to Instructor Development
ADA received an award from PADI Asia Pacific recently for “Recognition Of Outstanding Contribution To Instructor Development” for 2014.
New EFR Instructor Trainers – EFRITs!
Yesterday, the EFR Instructor Trainer Course was held in Singapore at ADA, conducted by Trainer and PADI Examiner Rob Scammell. In this course, the candidates will be able to teach people to become EFR Instructors! Which is good news for everyone in Singapore; More trainers, more instructors, more emergency Responders! Congratulations to them all and …
SMUX Divers – A Decade of Cooperation
Smux Dive Camp 2015 We have been working with the Singapore Management University Dive Team or SMUX Dive Team, for 10 years this year. That is a long time, now that I am looking back. It’s been a great journey and partnership I would say. I am glad that we have had the opportunity to …
ADA is now an Ocean Reef International Training Facility
Ocean Reef Visit – Jacki and Ricky go to Italy! Ricky and I just visited the Ocean Reef Headquarters in Genoa, Italy for business and training. The Ocean Reef compound is rather large, as we found on our first day. We were taken for a tour of the factory and the rest of the facilities. …
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MV Nautica – 2 Years Party
We marked the second year that MV Nautica has been running in Singapore with the MV Nautica Birthday Party in October. Thanks to all the boat crew and dive crew that have made all our trips and events successful. It has been an interesting and fruitful 2 years and we will continue to learn and …
PADI ReActivate- Common Questions
If you have been to PADI website or read the training bulletins and Undersea Journals, you should have already come across PADI’s new ReActivate Program. It is essentially the new and updated version of the Scuba Review. If you have not completed a PADI IDC lately, you may not have actually encountered the complete PADI …
3 things I never forget on Dive Trips!
This blog post has been lurking in the corner of my mind for some time and what better day to post it then on Women’s Dive Day. I am going to tell you about 3 things that have made my life as female dive professional much easier. Going for a dive trip not only entails diving, …
What is a Platinum Course Director?
Our Course Director Richard Mei was awarded the Platinum status again by PADI, and CD Jacki Ng, the Silver Status for their work in teaching PADI Professionals in 2014. In the world of PADI Professionals, there are few achievements higher and it is something that we actively monitor and strive towards in ADA. As divers are …
PADI Seahorse Specialty Instructor Training
Almost as soon as I came back from my PADI CDTC in March this year, I certified my first instructors-level candidates as PADI Seahorse Distinctive Specialty Instructors, in a series of training sessions in Singapore, as well as one in Jakarta. It felt right, doing this amalgamation of things that preoccupy me; Observation of Nature, Conservation and Education. Also because the next …