About Keith Cardwell
Keith Cardwell has now been in the Dive Industry for more than 30 years, won countless awards including that of a PADI "Platinum" Course Director, trained more than 2000 Instructors, established several 5* Instructor Development Centres and lived and worked as a Course Director in Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Maldives, and the U.S.A.
Originally qualifying and working as a production and pneumatics engineer for ten years he also holds a Masters Degree in Education with a major in Lifelong Learning and post-graduate Diplomas in Business and Industrial Administration and Sport & Recreation.
Now situated in Cairns for the past fifteen years he works alongside both Down Under Dive and the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Scuba College - still revisiting New Zealand twice a year to perform IDCs for Dive Centre on the North Shore of Auckland City.
Cairns, being the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and with courses at all levels starting almost daily, is the ideal training ground for any person who wishes to become a dive professional. Not only is it a stable and safe community offering a wide range of facilities, it is a place where virtually all of his instructor candidates during the 15 years he have been operating here have been able to successfully gain a paid position shortly after graduation.
So when it comes to training dive industry professionals the following points make Keith's IDCs the best choice for many:
- They can start at any time. This means a flexible delivery system allowing you to stay at work while completing your study.
- Anyone enrolling on an IDC is given a FREE Instructor Development Preparatory Course -valued between $250 and $400. This means no surcharge for "extra" training that you should be getting in the first place. After all, what is an Instructor Development Course for?
- As an IDC candidate you get an extra "kick start" in your new profession with a FREE MSDT Preparatory Course (valued at more than $850). Some Conditions apply.
- There is a presentation by a Senior Inspector with Workplace, Health & Safety on Diving Legislation and the Code of Practice.
- If after successful completion of your IDC you are not successful at your Instructor Examination (IE), your next IE will be paid for you directly to PADI. Conditions apply.
- Equipment rental for the IDC and IE is included in your IDC course fee.
- Discounts on Equipment purchases and Dive Trips.
- Assistance will be given for finding employment through PADI's Worldwide Job Placement programme and our other International business contacts. Nearly 100% of our graduates gain employment within two to three weeks of being certified as a PADI OWSI.
- Anyone with an updated AI qualification or an Instructor qualification from another recreational diver training agency will be given credit towards the IDC fee.
- Email contact addresses are available of past students living more local to you whom you may wish to refer to
