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Ash Walker – PADI Master Instructor

Ash Walker – PADI Master Instructor

Ashley Walker – Master Instructor

Ashleys background within the Dive industry goes back to 2009 when his first did his DSD in Koh Tao, Thailand. Finding his passion for the underwater world during this trip, Ashley returned to the Gold Coast and completed his PADI Zero to Hero over a 12 month Period, being certified as a PADI Divemaster in early 2010 and beginning his career within the dive industry.

Since then Ashley has made his way up through the PADI Pro ladder, working alongside other PADI IDC Staff Instructors, PADI Master Instructors and Course Directors on numerous Divemaster, AI and IDC courses over those years on the Gold Coast in Australia, and also teaching on remote islands in far north Queensland.

Ashley has a wealth of knowledge within the Dive industry having worked for several years as a technical service, sales and marketing manager for Mares Asia Pacific and is happy to assist students develop and achieve their PADI Professional ratings.

Mares Service Technician
Scuba Pro Level 1 Service Technician

Specialty Instructor Certifications:

Enriched Air Nitrox
Deep Diver
EFR
Night Diver
Wreck Diver
Drift Diver
Digital Underwater Photography
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Diver Propulsion Vehicle
Project Aware
Emergency Oxygen Provider
EFR Care for Children
Underwater Navigation
Project AWARE Dive Against Debris
DSAT Gas Blender

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Living The Dream After Instructor Graduation

Finding work after becoming a Scuba Diving Instructor can sometimes be a daunting task, you are competing against people with much more experience who have been working in the industry longer. The best thing about doing your Instructor Course in Phuket is that there is almost always work for new instructors and Aussie Divers will help you to get it. We have awesome and varied post graduation programs, ranging from 'Ride Alongs' with our elite instructors to instructor internships where experience & responsibility can be had in real world environments with real customers, getting you the qualifications & certifications you need to be attractive to employers.

The absolute best way to ensure employability after you graduate to a fully fledged (OWSI) Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor is to continue your training with PADI, especially when it comes to the PADI instructor specialties we teach here at Aussie Divers. Once you have five Instructor specialties under your belt you will become an M.S.D.T or Master Scuba Diver Trainer, which looks much better on your diving resume'. Specialties include being able to teach the PADI Deep Diver (40m), Enriched Air Nitrox, PADI Wreck Diver, Sidemount Diver, Digital Underwater Photographer courses, plus many many more!

Instructor Specialty Courses

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Here at Aussie Divers IDC Phuket we do not worry about the number of divers or IDC candidates we have, we worry exclusively about the quality of your education, be it one person or many, you'll never feel abandoned or bored when training, working or diving with us. Maintaining relationships before during and after any courses done with us is what Aussie Divers is all about. To help manage such a huge base of divers & industry professionals we built this diver network, connecting on every social media platform we can think of coupled with extremely helpful blog articles, to keep you engaged & to keep you engaged with us for the entirety of your diving career!

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After a great year teaching Instructor Development Courses at Aussie Divers Phuket, PADI Course Director Darren Gaspari received the converted Gold PADI Course Director Award. It was a fantastic award to receive and very humbling to be in the company of some of the world's best PADI Course Directors. Aussie Divers Phuket will be running monthly Instructor Development Courses every month for 2018. Book You PADI IDC With Aussie Divers Phuket Today [...]

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After looking for the right place to do my PADI Instructor Development Course & Instructor Exam's (PADI IDC/IE) I was referred to the awesome & WORLD's Best dive IDC Centre, Aussie Divers Phuket, by the PADI Platinum Course Director Christophe Pace. The boss… MASTER PADI Course-Director Darren Gaspari and his team personally made my stay and the IDC course ended up being very enjoy and unforgettable. The training, practice and theory I received, wasn`t just made or designed to pass the PADI Instructor Exam weekend, it also personally gave me way more than needed and I am thankful for it. During the whole IDC, the whole Aussie Dive [...]

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