Founding partner in Aquatic Sports and Adventures (Deportes y Aventuras Acuaticas) in Manzanillo, MX in 2008. Oversee shop operations, website, finances, safety standards, advertising, compressor and equipment operation and maintenance.
Earned PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor rating at an Instructor Development Course at University of Northern Michigan, Marquette. Instructed hundreds of students at all levels with dives in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and all over the Caribbean & in Lake Superior. Conducted dive training in ice diving, wreck diving, deep diving, underwater photography, search & recovery and underwater metal detecting and enriched air diving.
| Diving Certifications: | Open Water by Jack Blocker, PADI #M-29 |
| Diving Seminars: | Progressive Training Methods PADI Dive Retailing Program Advanced Diver Instruction Dacor Diving Equipment Service Clinic Dacor Modular Regulator Line Technician All regular scheduled PADI Update Seminars |
| First Aid/CPR Certifications: | CPR-Basic Life Support Instructor Advanced First Aid & Emergency Care Instructor Advanced Lifesaving and Water Safety CPR-Lecture Instructor Standard First Aid & Personal Safety Instructor Multi-Media Standard First Aid Instructor Emergency First Response Instructor |
| Training Facility Association: | Aquatic Sports and Adventures - Deportes y Aventuras Acuaticas Link to Aquatic Sports and Acventures SCUBA Center PADI 5-Star Training Facility #S-523 Link to Scuba Center Minneapolis MN
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| Photography: | Underwater Video Editing Personal and Dive Trip Videos Northwest Community Television 12/93 (Studio/Portable/Editing) Underwater Still Photography -- Housed Camera/Nikonos Sold photos to COREL JW Fischer photo contest -- honorable mention High School Newspaper Photographer 1966-1968 High School Yearbook Photographer 1966-1968 College Yearbook Photographer 1969-1973 Underwater Photographer Specialty Diver Certification 5/82 Padgett & Thompson Producing Videos Course 2/94 |