Hi this is Ray Bilcliff again, remember me from the about page? well I want to tell you some very important things about the Instructors development program in Koh Tao, Thailand. When you decide to "Live the Dream" you want to do it right, it is after all a life changing experience. So here is what you do.

Talk to Tim and Natalie at the Ban's Scuba Diving College in Koh Tao, Yep... a diving college right on the beach of a tropical island, not like the college you remember, huh. It didn't start out as a college though... it just sort of swung that way due to the excellence of their special way of teaching the PADI programs. They just went on winning award after award. you want the best, right. This is it, read on it gets better...

Sunshine Divers Resort and Ban's Dive College in Koh Tao

Ban's Diving Resort is perfectly located directly on the beach and within the beach resort area our guests will find all the right facilities necessary for a relaxed and enjoyable vacation. Ban's Diving is a PADI 5-Star Instructor Development Center and offers a unique range of PADI courses and programs in a dynamic environment. We teach all courses within the PADI System from Open Water Diver to the highest level of instructor programs.

Why should you do your IDC with Ban's in Koh Tao? well read on, you want to do it right and get the best don't you...

Ban's Diving College receives highest award.

Many of Thailand dive center owners and managers attended diving career programs at Ban's Diving. We are the only dive center in this region to receive the award "Outstanding Contribution to Instructor Development", which PADI awarded to Ban's during the year 2000. Ban's has also received awards for "Support to the PADI System" during 2000-2002 and "Hallmark of Excellence" during 1998-1999. Ban's Diving resort received the highest award a resort can get from PADI for the outstanding quality of it's teaching program. This award is not given out lightly and only gets awarded to the very best, this is what you want right.

Bans Diving is a diving college with four fulltime Course Directors and many staff instructors, courses are available in all major languages. Ban's Diving is not "just" an IDC Center but more of a Diving Career College where the candidates gain the necessary experience for a successful career in the diving industry.

Scuba diving instruction at it's very best.

No matter if you are just starting your "diving career" or are a fulltime professional, Ban's can offer you quality PADI courses with some of the most qualified and experienced instructors in the world - in over 15 languages!.....

I told you it was good. read on there's more.

A career in diving can break you out of a nine-to-five rut, or open the door to adventurous part-time or full-time possibilities. Like many careers, PADI dive professionals are envied for the lifestyles they lead. Divemaster's schedule and plan dives on yachts, as do Instructors, who also get to teach. Instructor Trainers travel to the world's most exotic locations, while PADI employees are the eyes and ears of the dive industry. What do all these people share? They are all diverse individuals who love their jobs. There are endless possibilities and paths are available to take advantage of through PADI, it only takes desire to make it happen. Why not get paid for something that you love to do anyway?

As a PADI Member, you are a part of the most successful company in the industry. There are more than 4000 (and growing) PADI Dive Centers and Resorts around the world, and an overwhelming majority of dive operations are PADI Members. At any given time, there are more positions available for PADI leaders than there are dive professionals to fill them. The bottom line is that whatever dive career path you choose, your PADI credentials will get you where you want to go, faster and easier.

So if you still want to live the dream, it is all up to you, follow your heart and go for it...

Ray Bilcliff.

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Dive with Tim and Natalie Hunt and the Ban's Scuba Diving College, Koh Tao, Thailand.