Instructor Courses Phuket Phi Phi Thailand

Meet the Team - Directors & Staff
Our mission is to train the environmental leaders of the future

The Directors and Staff


Director of Environmental Studies Professor Henry Aruffo	Director of Operations Garth Schumann PADI Course Director	Staff Advisor Peter Buzzacott PADI Master Instructor

Director of Environmental Studies - Professor Henry Aruffo

The Guru
PADI Professional Diving Qualifications and Certifications:

PADI Certified Specialties:

Enriched Air Specialty Instructor	Deep Diving Specialty Instructor
Wreck Diving Specialty Instructor	Night Diving Specialty Instructor
Underwater Photography Specialty Instructor	Underwater Naturalist Specialty Instructor
Underwater Videography Instructor	Underwater Navigation Instructor
Search and Recovery Instructor	Fish Identification Instructor
Boat Diving Instructor	Peak Performance Buoyancy
Project Aware	Coral Reef Conservation
Diver Propulsion Vehicles	Drift Diving Instructor
Multi level Diving Instructor

Educational Qualifications and experience:

Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society � 13 years
11 years � Instructor � University of South Florida Global Conservation and Geography
11 years � Instructor � Hillsborough Community College Earth Sciences and Astronomy
5 years � Instructor � Saint Petersburg College Geography of Developing Countries
Conducted 18 international educational tours with over 250 students from American accredited colleges and universities

CV � www.henry-aruffo.com

Director of Operations - Garth Schumann

PADI Course Director Garth Schumann
PADI Professional Diving Qualifications and Certifications:

PADI Certified Instructor Trainer Specialties:

Distinctive O2 Administration	Project Aware
Underwater Naturalist	AWARE Coral Reef Conservation
Fish Identification	Deep Diving
Enriched Air	Underwater Navigation
Wreck Diving	Night Diving
Underwater Digital Photography	Multilevel Diver
EFR and Care for Children w/AED	Coral Reef Conservation

Educational Qualifications and experience:

Agricultural Degree completed in 1997.
2 Years Military Training in the South African Defense Force.
Certified Hyperbaric Tender and Operator.
Dived and trained in more than 25 countries world wide.
Issued the first PADI certification on land based Myanmar in 2006.
Certified over 630 PADI diver certifications and team taught over 1200 divers to varying levels.
Facilitated the opening of the first ever PADI dive center in Myanmar in 2006.
Was involved in the Tsunami Reef Recovery Project.
Member of the Phuket Marine Biological Center and the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources.
Facilitated post Loy Kratong Festival beach clean- ups for consecutive years.
Has extensive experience working on Ocean Liners in the Caribbean.
Involved in PADI Instructor training and education.
Constantly training and attending environmental seminars in Asia pacific.
Staffed 14 IDC's whilst a PADI Staff Instructor with 6 different Course Directors.
Trained over 75 PADI assistant Instructors.
The only Course Director in Phuket with a 100% candidate IE pass rate.
The only PADI Course Director conducting IDC's on Phi Phi Island.

Advisor - Peter Buzzacott

PADI Professional Diving Qualifications and Certifications:

Educational Qualifications and experience:

Diploma of Business BA, MPH
Owner of Reef Diving in Bunbury, Australia.
Renowned underwater videographer and photographer.
Graduate at the Injury Research Center at the university of W.A.
Author of numerous published articles.
Guest speaker at Oz TEK Project aware contributor- monitoring of Sea Grass at Dalleyup W.A.

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