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Our candidates comment:

"The IDC was excellent for my development. My skills & knowledge have improved greatly. The attention to details was very good... You were all supportive and helpful, thank you very much Bjorn."

Lee Popplewell, IDC June, 2002.

PADI IDC & CDC diving instructor training with Bjorn Tackmann in Phuket, Thailand!

PADI IDC Thailand
Bjorn Tackmann
PADI Course
Director since
1996, trained
at PADI
Headquarters
California, USA.

Bjorn's
award-winning
IDCs have
resulted in
more than
1000 Instructor
certifications
at all levels.
His experience
builds on more
than 80
successful
IDCs and a
total of 2000
diver certifications.

20+ years of
diving experience.
Worked in Sharm
El Sheik Egypt,
Denmark, Cyprus,
Thailand, Malaysia
and Indonesia.

PADI Platinum Course Director Bjorn Tackmann, welcomes you to the tropical island of Phuket, home to some of the best scuba diving in Thailand and one of South East Asia's most popular and innovative PADI IDC & CDC programs:

Bjorn Tackmann's award-winning IDCs with Dive Asia CDC, Phuket's only PADI 5 Star Career Development Center.

Dive Asia is Thailand' s premier PADI Career Development Center and has one of the most successful instructor development programs in the world.

Please visit our new website at

www.idc-phuket.com

Bjorn Honored by PADI again !

PADI IDC Thailand From PADI's news release:

"Along with PADI Course Director Bjorn Tackmann, Dive Asia has one of the most qualified individuals in the dive industry."

"Bjorn’s dedication to the Instructor Development Program has resulted in receiving PADI’s prestigious Outstanding Contribution to Instructor Development Award four consecutive years, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003."

Bjorn's program is the only PADI IDC in the world to receive this unique recognition four years in a row.

See other PADI news releases about our IDC Program.

Our success is built on the fact that we love to dive and are committed to provide our candidates with the very best. Our comprehensive training facilities in serene Kata Beach are just one example of that commitment.

We make your IDC fun, innovative, and rewarding!

And being a candidate from our IDC program entails some unique benefits and features including:

Free accommodation for your Instructor Development Course, unique IE pass guarantee, job placement, complimentary Nitrox Instructor Course, early bird bonus, preparation days, e-mail & internet access, breakfast & lunch.

Unique IE Pass guarantee:

With an outstanding IE success rate, we are confident that you will pass the IE but just in case you don't, Bjorn is offering all of his IDC candidates with the following unique IE pass-guarantee:

We will invite you to do a second IDC AND IE with us for free, including your accommodation, breakfast and lunch, in the very unlikely event that you don't pass a part (or parts) of the IE covered by the IDC curriculum.

Our next IDC starts April 9th, 2008

Following 2008 IDCs: May 07, July 02, August 06, September 03, October 08, November 05 and December 03.

Click for the complete 2008 schedule

All IDCs are followed directly by the IE, EFR Instructor and a complete range of Specialty Instructor programs.

Be prepared, be the first to know…

Our philosophy is simple: Be Innovative, Be First !

Bjorn's IDC is the first in Thailand to include PADI's latest releases:

PADI's new Rescue Diver course & Emergency First Response for Children !

Bjorn was also the first PADI Course Director to introduce PADI's new IDC Program, PADI EANx Nitrox, Draeger Rebreather, DSAT TecRec Gas Blender and in October 2002 PADI's new EFR instructor courses to Phuket's IDC agenda!

He conducted the first-ever IDC/IEs on Perhentian Island (August 2001) and Koh Lanta (April, 2003). Both IDCs with a 100% IE success rate !

Bjorn is the only Course Director in Thailand who has participated in both the 2002, 2003 and 2005 Course Director updates.

Look at what will make you successful in the real world - you deserve the best preparation and education available.

New PADI Course Directors:

The educational strength of Bjorn's instructor development program is proven by the number of his former students and IDC staff members who have now become PADI Course Directors (20 Course Directors can't be wrong :-)

Students:	IDC Staff Members:
Chris Owen, Phuket	Lars Mueller, Phuket
Guy Corsellis, Koh Tao	Lisa Sturgeon, Koh Tao
Jonas Samuelsson, Koh Tao	Ryby J Stonehouse, Turkey
Mark Soworka, Koh Tao	Stein Zahl, Indonesia
Anders Hjorth, Sweden	Lee Bright, Koh Samui
Chris Heitkemper, Malta	Richard Mey, Tioman
Jacob Schultz, Koh Tao	Tashiro Miyayauchi, Phuket
Philip Simha, Switzerland	Azman Sulaiman, Malaysia
Jerry Kim, Korea	Andrew Greenspan, South Africa
Aram Limsakul, Thailand	Naomi Walton, Cyprus

Start your IDC today: E-mail Bjorn for more details about your new career.

Bjorn Tackmann's award-winning IDCs - in association with Dive Asia,
Phuket's first and only PADI 5 Star Career Development Center!
Please e-mail Bjorn with your questions, comments or ideas.

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