If you’re like me, speaking twelve different versions of English never really counts as being multilingual & languages can be a hot topic in the world of diving. Adopting the technique of expanding your credentials in diving is one way that can really help you stand out from the crowd, & an excellent way to [...]

From the 1st of April 2013, SSI will launch its new global standards. Changing the way the entire organisation works together. Among the changes made to the new standards & programs being launched around the world is the way we conduct our Instructor Evaluations, or IE. Updating the our previous entry “What To Expect When [...]

While working as a Dive Medic Technician I was called upon to administer Oxygen in both diving & non-diving incidents. Now I’m teaching Oxygen Administration as part of the SSI Respond Right Programs to recreational diver wishing to complete the SSI Diver Stress & Rescue Program or Professional candidates aiming for higher ground by completing [...]

This post comes to you from the very much unmentioned subject, The Science of Diving. Now before you run to the hills after the merest hint of the S-word, remember the friendly folks at GPS are here to sooth your fears & generally want to help…….a bit! Today we’re going to be chatting about our [...]

All good trilogies require three parts by definition, Star Wars for example (but only the first ones) & Abbrvs deserves ending as fine as Jedi. So after our previous delves into the world of diving Abbrvs & Abbrvs: Part Deux, this episode is Part Free, for Freediving. Freediving has its own set of unique abbreviations [...]

This year’s International Training Director conference for SSI was held in Thailand, shortly after its conclusion, all of the SSI Instructor Trainers & Certifiers from the region were invited to attend our annual update at a rather swish conference facility on the Thai island of Phuket. I was delighted to hear the statistics of this [...]

Many divers; both new & experienced, wish for one thing above all others whilst diving. More time underwater. Limiting factors in diving come in one of two basic types, time & gas supply. Fortunately for us, we live in a time where extending our limits beneath the surface has never been easier. In this blog [...]

Every human being has the capacity for self-directed behaviour change within them, whether its change with their lifestyle or the choices made about Scuba training. Behaviours are influenced by both personal & environmental factors in everyday life, with determinates of social, physical, psychological & economic nature affecting our decision making every day, diving is no [...]

When I was a child Vampires & Werewolves were the scary things that came out at night, in modern times they seem to have turned in teenage romantics with an apparent affinity for anaemic chicks, luckily for us we still have real nocturnal wonders to fire the imagination; those of or pertaining to the night. [...]

….Your Instructor Evaluation. In keeping with SSI’s “no surprises” philosophy alive, the first thing we cover during the Instructor Training Course (ITC) is what the requirements are during the course itself which upon completion, allow you to be submitted for the Instructor Evaluations or IE. Becoming a Scuba Instructor is slightly different to any of [...]