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Crazy Year

As we take a look back at 2012 we can see its been crazy.

Some of the highlights are due to the fact that we have pushed SSI pro level over PADI.

This is due to the demand of SSI Instructor in South East Asia. Over the last year SSI have changed there Diver Master programe which makes it more dynamic with focus put on dive safety, customer servies and includes sales training. BUT has still kept it high standards and requires the highest pass mark of any dive agency..

This has clearly helped push the Instructor Training programs with the highest every X overs, Instructor Training Course and instructor upgrade programs ever run at BBIT.

The ITC has also changed this year and is focusing more on the dive business and the dive industry as a whole. Once again SSI has kept itself part from other agency by keeping it high passing grade of 90% or more.

With all the above kept in mind we have had such a high demand for instructors coming though the ITCs. Dive centre all around the world are asking for SSI instructor due to the fact they are more aware of the dive business and what it take to make a profit.

Since the changes made too SSI pro levels we have 100% success rate of finding our new instructors work straight after they finish there internship.

Just to mention a few: Jo, Billie, Rick, Donny, Big Ant, Little Ant, Ami, Ben, Daisy, Bobby, James, Tim, All found work at Big Blue,

Billie, Nat, Mai, Ne Tun, Serge, Cindy, Felix, Mark, Sara, Fin, Aj and many many more have found work outside of Big Blue, all the way around the world from NZ-Caymans.

Would like to add a congratulation to Donny, Rick, Ludo, Big Ant, Rick who all upgraded to Dive Control Speciality Instructor this year.

Also and massive big up to Ne Tun for being the frist Burmes SSI instructor and has now open the frist SSI dive school in Burma.

This year we have more of the same Planned. We have Dive Master courses starting everyday and we have Instructor Training Course starting every month on the 15th.

If you want to join in e mail us today.

ITC Instructor Candidate 'Crazy' Daisy Whicheloe

ITC Instructor Candidate 'Crazy' Daisy Whicheloe comes to us from the Bristol Massive that gave us so many former greats such as Charlie Todd, Jodie Jodes and Banksy. Daisy 'Dukes' will have her students eating out of her hands as the only

known living woman to have ever tamed the great Richard Todd who now has thumb sized hole on the top of his head and is virtually no fun at all. When not 'cat' whipping poor old Dickie, Daisy, being a bit of a bumpkin, enjoys, hay threshing, milking and saying 'Cheers Drive' to bus conductors.

Oct Nov ITC

At home after an amazing summer? Did you learn to dive or go diving over the summer? Looking forward to freezing cool winter? Want to dive again but cant wait until next summer? Its easy... you can fill up your bath, put the equipment on you invested in over the summer and just jump in.

Or you can move to Thailand and become an awesome diving instructor and never need to wait for a summer again.

We get asked lot when is the best time to become a dive instructor or what do i need to do.

Here at Big Blue Instructor Training we can offer you ever thing you need to get you started and even help you get a job after your training.

You need to have 75-100 logged dives. If you dont have them you can do them here for free.

Be a Dive Master for SSI or PADI, Dive Master course start from 30,000Baht and take no more than a month.

Be a SSI Dive Con or a PADI Assisted instructor, Which you can do here for free.

Then a two week Instructor Training Course, We start a "ITC" every month. email us for more info.

So when the best time???????? NOW. If you do the Oct or Nov ITC and Internship you will be ready to work just as high season kicks in just before Christmas.

Check out our facebook page to see who is on there way to become the next Scuba Diving Instructor

The Facts no Bull

With sighting after sighting of Bull Sharks at Chumphon Pinnacle and Sail Rock. There has been a lot of bull going around about them.

We were lucky enough to dive with these wonderful sharks for many years back in the early 2000s, it was only after a few years for seeing them everyday that someone said they where not Reef Sharks but Bull Sharks.

Are they back or does the gulf of Thailand have what it take to attract not just Whale Sharks but the Bulls too?

Koh Tao is famous for great Instructor Training and the perfect conditions that make it one of the best place in the world to learn to dive. But now with regular sighting of Whale Sharks and the Bulls back will it become the new Stuart Cove??

No Bull just facts.

Bull sharks live in shallow, warm ocean waters. They're even known to swim up into freshwater rivers.

Humans are not part of a bull shark's normal diet. Scientists think that when a bull shark goes after a person it's because the big fish is curious or because it simply mistakes a person for prey.

Bull sharks will eat almost anything, but their diet consists mainly of fish. They also sometimes eat dolphins and sea turtles. Bull sharks even eat other sharks. They hunt during the day and at night.

Before it attacks its prey, a bull shark head-butts the animal. This head-butting habit, along with its short, blunt snout and grumpy personality, led to its name of "bull" shark.

The scientific name of the bull shark is Carcharhinus leucas.

In the wild, a bull shark generally lives to be about 16 years old.

Bull sharks can grow from 2.1 to 3.4 meters in length.

Bull sharks can weigh between 200 and 500 pounds (90 and 230 kilograms).

There are about 375 species of sharks. The three kinds of sharks that are most likely to attack humans are the bull shark, the great white shark, and the tiger shark.

Aug IE passed whats next?

They all passed so a massive congratulations. Months of hard work coming to an end, Open Water Diver, Advanced Adventure, Respond Right, Stress and Rescue, Dive Guide, Dive Master, Dive Control Specialist, Instructor Training Course, Instructor Exams and Specialty Instructor.

So is that it? Off they go? Well yes they have the qualification to go and make lots of little divers but it's like passing your diving test. You will want to stay local and get experience first. So all are going on to the BBIT internship. This involves 5 specialities and 25 certs with one of our senior instructors. This is were they will get all the 'hands on' experience they need to go on and be successful, employable diving instructors.

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