PADI COURSE DIRECTOR

Camille Lemmens

Since 1999 Camille has lived in Thailand working in the dive industry on Koh Samui and many other locations around Thailand and the South East Asian region like Indonesia, the Philippines and South Korea, as a result he has build an extensive knowledge of the local Samui, Thai and South East Asian dive industry which comes in handy when he started conducting IDC’s around Thailand in 2003 and expanded internationally in 2011.

He now teaches 4 IDC programs per year on Koh Samui and 2 IDC programs per year respectively on Koh Phangan, Koh Lanta and in Khao Lak and is expanding his wings and territory by teaching IDC programs in the Philippines, Indonesia and South Korea.

Camille taught an IDC on Malapascua in the Philippines where after this IDC the first ever PADI IE on Malapascua was conducted.

In 2012 Camille will conduct 4 PADI IDC's on Gili Air in Indonesia, 2 PADI IDC's respectively on Malapascua and in Dauin in the Philippines and 2 PADI IDC's in Osan in South Korea

Camille has taught the first ever Western PADI IDC in South Korea in July 2011

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 2011 Camille has been awarded the prestigious Platinum Course Director rating by PADI, for a fifth consecutive year running, since PADI Asia Pacific introduced this rating. This is the highest rating a PADI Course Director can achieve. A rating received by less than 57 of all PADI Course Directors worldwide and even less that work for prestigious PADI IDC Centers and Resorts.

In 2000 he started working with Thailands first PADI 5 Star Career Development Center and was one of their Course Directors since 2003 until early 2010. Since early 2010 he works around Thailand with 4 different PADI 5* IDC Centers on Koh Samui, Koh Lanta and in Khao Lak and one 5* IDD Resort on Koh Phangan, giving you the opportunity to take an IDC all year round in Thailand in the most ideal circumstances for each location.

He's also extending IDC opportunities as of early 2011 into the Philippines, Indonesia and South Korea. Camille is teaching IDC's in conjunction with PADI 5* IDD Resort Oceans 5 on Gili Air in Indonesia and has 4 programs scheduled for 2012, with another 4 IDC programs scheduled in the Philippines, with 2 programs each respectively on Malapascua with PADI 5* IDC Center Sea Explorers and in Dauin/Dumaguete with PADI CDC Center Sea Explorers and 2 IDC programs in South Korea, see my schedule for more information on exact dates. Ask for more details if you're interested in IDC's in one of these countries.

Camille has a popular dive blog, where you can follow all the latest news about his IDC's and the various Instructor training courses he conducts all year round plus there’s also a wealth of other dive related information available on his blog. Check it out! Camille loves diving and teaching and likes to share his knowledge with you. His blog is just a small part of his enthusiasm and passion he has for both diving and teaching, to bring the best out of you and make teaching courses natural.

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.

He has worked on more than 90 IDC programs, having conducted over 85 IDC programs as a Course Director since 2003 and he has taught more than 320 IDC candidates with a passing rate of 98%.

He can teach more than 20 Instructor Specialties, including Nitrox 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.

More than 1250 Specialty Instructor Training courses have been taught by him and over 400 Instructor level courses on various other levels such as IDCS, EFRI, EFR Care for Children and DAN O2.

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

There are also other PADI Course Directors who gained experience as IDCS Instructors by working with him during his IDC's before they became PADI Course Directors themselves, including Craig Allery in Hong Kong, Ernst van der Poll first in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and now in the BVI, Jean-François Joly in Canada, Chris Azab in Sharm el-Sheik in Egypt, Richard Reardon on Malapascua in the Philippines, Imad Khashfeh in Lebanon and Christophe Condé in the Seychelles.

Richard also completed his IDCS course with Camille.

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

Instructor Development Award

Certificates of Excellence

Here are a couple of 'Certificates of Excellence' that Camille received over the years from his former IDC candidates