Guillaume Fargues – PADI Course Director / EFR Instructor Trainer #482749
Guillaume took his first dive 15 years ago in the cold waters of Northern France. Before becoming a dive professional, he was working as a management consultant in Paris. Once he realised that he was spending more time staring at his tropical fish screensaver than preparing Powerpoint presentations, he decided to pack his diving gear and a pair of boardshorts and headed to Thailand.
For over 5 years, he worked as an Instructor on Koh Tao and trained many students from Open Water Diver to Divemaster. As a PADI Course Director, Guillaume has been running the IDCs at Ban’s Diving Resort for the last two years. He also represents us in Save Koh Tao, our local environmental association.
Teaching Experience:
- 750+ PADI certifications
- 200+ Professional level PADI certifications (Divemaster, Instructor, Specialty Instructor)
- Taught in over 30 Instructor Development Courses
Certifications:
- PADI Course Director #482749
- Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor Trainer
- Multilevel Diver Instructor Trainer
- Underwater Videographer Instructor Trainer
- Equipment Specialist Instructor Trainer
- Wreck Specialist Instructor Trainer
- Digital Underwater Photography Trainer
- Search & Recovery Instructor Trainer
- Underwater Navigator Instructor Trainer
- Underwater Naturalist Instructor Trainer
- Night Diver Instructor Trainer
- Boat Diver Instructor Trainer
- Enriched Air Instructor Trainer
- Deep Diver Instructor Trainer
- Multilevel Diver Instructor Trainer
- Diver Propulsion Vehicle Instructor Trainer
- Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor Trainer
- Project Aware Instructor Trainer
- AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Instructor Trainer
- Marine Resource Management Instructor Trainer
- EFR Instructor Trainer
- EFR Care for Children and AED Instructor Trainer
- TecRec Gas Blender Instructor
- Aqualung Equipment Technician
Accomplishments:
- Graduated from HEC, Paris/li>
- Appeared on TV in “Echappées Belles” Southern Thailand special
- Co-creator of “Buoyancy World”, 2009 Koh Tao artificial reef project
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Natalie Hunt – PADI Course Director / EFR Instructor Trainer #460782
As a true global citizen Natalie has worked in the dive industry since 1997, in Thailand, the Caribbean, Egypt, Australia and Canada. Natalie has managed 5 Star Instructor Development Centre Sunshine Dive Resort (also owned by Bans Diving) since 2006, which offers personalized diver training to smaller groups. Individually, Natalie has had the honour to have certified several thousands of divers but she was most excited when recently the dive centre received was awarded for highest growth in certifications in Asia Pacific. Although the number of people introduced to the underwater world through Sunshine Divers has grown, Natalie’s focus has remained – quality individualized instruction.
Representing the Instructor Koh Tao team and the islands only female Course Director, Natalie is excited to share her unique experience in the industry as well as her enthusiasm, patience, and knowledge.
Teaching Experience:
- 3000 + Certifications at all levels
Certifications:
- PADI Course Director #460782
- Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor Trainer
- Emergency First Response Instructor Trainer
- EFR- Care For Children and AED Instructor Trainer
- Wreck Specialist Instructor Trainer
- Digital Underwater Photography Trainer
- Search and Recovery Instructor Trainer
- Underwater Navigator Instructor Trainer
- Night Diver Instructor Trainer
- Enriched Air Instructor Trainer
- Deep Diver Instructor Trainer
- Peak Performance Bouyancy Instructor Trainer
- Project Aware Instructor Trainer
- AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Instructor Trainer
Accomplishments:
- Awarded Diver Retention 2007 as Manager Sunshine Divers -6153
- Associate Diploma in Business Management
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| Marcel van den Berg – PADI Course Director / EFR Instructor Trainer #492721
2003 was the year that Marcel’s life changed forever; it only took 20 minutes on his first Open Water dive to realize that you can have a career in this amazing underwater realm. Every day became a better day from the moment he became a dive professional. He actively pursuit his career to PADI Course Director and is now working full-time teaching the Instructor Development Courses at Ban’s Diving Resort. Marcel is also very actively involved in supporting Project AWARE in many projects to preserve the delicate aquatic world that we call our office.
Teaching Experience:
Certifications:
- PADI Course Director #492721
- Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor Trainer
- Multilevel Diver Instructor Trainer
- Equipment Specialist Instructor Trainer
- Wreck Specialist Instructor Trainer
- Fish Identification Instructor Trainer
- Digital Underwater Photography Trainer
- Diver Propulsion Vehicle Instructor Trainer
- Search & Recovery Instructor Trainer
- Underwater Navigator Instructor Trainer
- Underwater Naturalist Instructor Trainer
- Night Diver Instructor Trainer
- Boat Diver Instructor Trainer
- Enriched Air Instructor Trainer
- Deep Diver Instructor Trainer
- Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor Trainer
- Project Aware Instructor Trainer
- AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Instructor Trainer
- AWARE Shark Conservation Instructor Trainer
- EFR Instructor Trainer
- EFR Care for Children and AED Instructor Trainer
Accomplishments:
- Awarded 11 PADI Recognition of Excellence awards
- Co-Author First Quarter 2012 Undersea Journal Project AWARE
- PADI Member of the month April 2011
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