DIfferent Backgrounds, Same Result: 4 Aquanauts Students Become New PADI Instructors

A 47-year-old builder, a 26-year-old cook, a German executive and a big, tall Texan seem like unlikely team members, but the four Aquanauts students from around the world became the latest PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors at Pattaya’s May 2011 Instructor Exam.

Returns & Referrals: 4 Aquanauts Interns Become PADI Instructors

He became an instructor with Aquanauts three years ago. She learned to dive with us. And in April 2011, Jason Orage and Amy Walton took further steps in PADI dive careers: He as IDC Staff Instructor, she as an Open Water Scuba Instructor. Walton – along with Philip Kach of Switzerland – became the latest Aquanauts interns to reach the OWSI level. Their success on the PADI Instructor Exam in Pattaya also marked 46 straight months in which Aquanauts has been perfect on the I.E., the best pass rate of any instructor training facility in Thailand.

New Lives as PADI Instructors Begin for 3 Aquanuats Interns

Katie Moore, 25; Gordon Rimmer, 29; and Corey Szy, 34, sailed easily through the three-day test which, they found, was actually easier than the Aquanauts Instructor Development Course that preceded it. It’s that level of effort that has lead to Aquanauts have the only perfect, 100 percent pass rate on the PADI Instructor Exam for the past 45 months.

Grand Birthday Weekend as 2 Aquanauts Interns Become PADI Instructors

Aquanauts took its PADI Instructor Exam 100% pass rate to 42 straight months as 2 more Diving Instructor Training Internships students became PADI instructors. For intern Patrick Martin, it was a great way to celebrate his 28th birthday.

Scotsman Takes Long, Winding Road to PADI Instructor

It took a few months longer than planned, but Scotsman Ewan Greenwood is now the latest Aquanauts intern to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

Greenwood’s internship was originally for three months, but things slid out of April and into June, when he did his Instructor Development Course. But a last-minute change saw him postpone actually taking the Instructor Exam and head back to the U.K. for a few months. He came back in late September, did a bit of a refresher and stormed into the I.E. in Pattaya Oct. 8. Aquanauts now has a perfect, 100 percent pass rate for 40 consecutive months, the longest of any PADI instructor training facility in Thailand.

Aquanauts Marks 3 Perfect Years with 4 New Instructors

Aquanauts Dive Centre made it a full three years with a perfect, 100 percent pass rate on Aquanauts’ latest PADI Instructor Exam when four more of its professional scuba diving interns passed their exams with flying colors in Pattaya. The latest success marks three consecutive years of perfect, 100 percent pass rates on the PADI I.E. for Aquanauts interns. That gives us the best pass rate of any internship program in Thailand and we remain the only one with a written pass guarantee.

Aquanauts’ Latest Instructor Discovers New Career, Friends & Fun in Pattaya

More than two years after she signed up, Aquanauts intern Carly Hawkins finally became a PADI Instructor.

3 Divers From 3 Continents Become PADI Instructors with Pattaya’s Aquanauts

Three men from three continents became the latest Aquanauts Dive Centre students to become professional instructors when they passed this month’s PADI Instructor Exam in Pattaya. Jonathan Harris of the United Kingdom, Scott Beadle of South Africa and Tim Fiorito of Canada posted near-perfect scores across the board on the March 15-17 exam at Discovery Beach Hotel near Aquanauts’ headquarters on Soi 6 and Beach Road.

Aquanauts Starts 2010 Same As It Ended 2009: Perfect on the PADI I.E.

A 63-year-old sailboat captain and English massage therapist were among the latest students to change their lives and become PADI instructors through the Aquanauts Internship program.

Aquanauts Perfect for 2009 as 2 More Interns Become PADI Instructors

Aquanauts closed out its second continuous calendar year of perfect results on the PADI Instructor Exam when interns Dan Cook and Ben Wertsch became new Open Water Scuba Instructors in December. Englishman Cook, 18, and 24-year-old Wertsch of the United States posted strong scores on written exams and pool sessions at the Pattaya Discovery Beach Hotel next to the Aquanauts main office and then sailed to success during the final open-water training day.