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Matt
Bolton - PADI Course Director #
463559
 General
Manager and Resident PADI Course Director Matt is one of the few
Asian based Course Directors to have been selected to attend the
prestigious Course
Director Training Course at PADI HQ in California.
Matt
originally joined Crystal Dive in 1999 and quickly became Head Instructor
at the resort.
Teaching
all levels of PADI courses and building up an extensive knowledge
of the local dive scene, Matt became Operations Manager in 2003,
quickly developing the Resort into a 5 Star Instructor Development
Center.
 During
this period he worked alongside some of the region’s leading
Course Directors giving him a unique insight into various teaching
styles within PADI IDC's.
Boasting a wealth of
teaching experience through out the PADI System, Matt has been involved
with over 45 PADI IDC's certifying over 800 PADI Pros, plus over
1,500 PADI diver certifications.
As well as boasting over 5 years management experience with one
of Thailand's premier scuba diving operations, Matt now has 18 Instructor
Trainer Specialty ratings as well as being an EFR Primary, Secondry
and Care for Children Instructor Trainer.
 Matt
is also the only Koh Tao Course Director to attend the 3 Day 2005
PADI Business of Diving Seminar's, an exclusive PADI Developmental
program aimed at the industry's business leaders.
At the
beginning of 2007, PADI awarded Matt the prestigious 'Platinum'
Course Director rating and he is now one of only a handful of PADI
Course Directors in Thailand to have received this award and in
a group of less than 10% of all Course Directors worldwide.
Always
willing to learn something new and keep ahead of new developments,
Matt has recently taken time out from his teaching activities to
continue his own education, attending courses in Marine Conservation
& Reef Ecology as well as completing the latest 'Dive Medical'
courses sponsored by DAN.
Matt's
Qualifications:
PADI
Course Director
EFR Primary, Secondary and Care for Children Instructor Trainer
Reef Check Trainer
Marine Resource Management (MRM)
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Trainer: |
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Enriched
Air Nitrox
Deep Diver
Search & Recovery
Navigation
Night
Underwater Videography
Underwater Photography
Digital Underwater Photography |
Equipment
Specialist
Diver Propulsion Vehicle
AWARE Fish ID
Multi
Level
Underwater Naturalist
Wreck
Whaleshark Awareness Specialist
AWARE Sea Turtle Specialist |
Miscellaneous:
Business of Diving Conference 2005 - Phuket
Course Director Update 2006 - Singapore
Platinum Course Director 2006-7
PADI CD Update 2007, Bangkok
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