PADI COURSE DIRECTOR

Camille Lemmens

Since 1999 Camille has lived in Thailand working in the dive industry on Koh Samui, as a result he has build an extensive knowledge of the local and Thai dive industry.

CAMILLE HAS RECEIVED THE 'PADI INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT AWARD' FOR 2009

Camille has received the PADI Instructor Development Award, to better recognize the achievements of those PADI Dive Centres and Resorts who have made significant contributions to the growth and development of diving.

Camille and Drew Richardson, the President and Chief Operations Officer for PADI Worldwide on the right, handing over the Instructor Development Award.

PLATINUM COURSE DIRECTOR RATING FOR CAMILLE

In the beginning of 2009 Camille has been awarded the prestigious Platinum Course Director rating by PADI, for a third consecutive year running, the highest rating a PADI Course Director can achieve. A rating received by less than 49 of all PADI Course Directors worldwide and even less that work for a prestigious PADI CDC Center.

In 2000 he started working with the Samui International Diving School, Thailands first PADI 5 Star Career Development Center and has been one of their Course Directors.

Camille is originally from the Netherlands and speaks fluent English and German besides his native Dutch.

In (April) 2003 he became a PADI Course Director at the CDTC in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia where he was trained by staff from the various PADI offices, like PADI America's, PADI Asia Pacific, PADI International and PADI Europe.

Here's direct link to Camille's dive blog, where you can follow his IDC's and various Instructor training courses on a monthly base.

He has worked on more than 55 IDC programs, having conducted over 50 IDC programs as a Course Director since 2003.

He can teach more than 20 Instructor Specialties, including Nitrox Specialty Instructor and SCC Draeger Dolphin and Ray Rebreather Specialty Instructor. He is also a DSAT Gas Blender Instructor Trainer, EFR IT, EFR Care for Children Instructor Trainer, PADI Emergency Oxygen provider Instructor Trainer and DAN O2 Instructor Trainer.

He has taught more than 200 IDC candidates with a passing rate of 98%.

More than 850 Specialty Instructor Training courses have been taught by him and over 300 Instructor level courses on various other levels such as IDCS, EFRI, EFR Care for Children and DAN O2.

Participating in an internship with Camille will give you a cutting edge on the competative job market.

PADI Course Directors who gained experience as IDCS Instructors by working with him during his IDC's include in Hong Kong; Craig Allery in the United Arab Emirates; Ernst van der Poll and in Canada; Jean-François Joly.

Look here to see TESTIMONIALS from Camille's former IDC and internship candidates.

Have a look here and here to see what PADI says about Camille's successful Instructor Development Courses and IE programs