A relatively quiet day at the office. Pete had us interns in the shop and brushing up on our theory knowledge, preparing for the PADI Assistant Instructor course.
We went through anything that wasn't quite sinking in, which was mainly the physics section! Having not worked with equations for a few years since high school, some of the bits are a lot to take in, but working on it over a few sessions is definitely helpful!
We then re-sat some sections of the old Divemaster exams, to see which bits still need some more study time.
Saturday morning we were joined by a very nice lady by the name of Ann, who was in Tenerife for the open water dives she needed to complete for her PADI Open Water Course.
Pete, Alice and I joined her in the water at Playa Negra, for her to complete the required skills. This was a fantastic dive for Pete, because as we all know, he is a huge lover of shore dives. With the entry and exit procedures sufficiently moaned about by our resident instructor, the dives continued and went with out a hitch. This was my first dive at Playa Negra and found it to be a really nice dive site.
Ann thoroughly enjoyed her self as well so jobs a gooden!!
In the afternoon I accompanied Pete down to the marina, where the boat was being put back in to the water after having a service. We got down there only to find that the boat wasn't being put back into the water, because the man there had broken the crane!
We went back to the shop and went through a few more exams, eventually getting the boat back in to the water later in the afternoon.
Sunday I unfortunately had to return to the UK for a couple of days. I boarded a plane and headed to the rain and cold that is the backbone of England!
Tuesday I was back! Pleased to be back in the sunshine and also far away from England, I very quickly unpacked some things and prepared for an afternoon of PADI Assistant Instructor details. Phil and Jackie from Teide Divers had come down to join Zippy and I, to complete the group of us that were taking part in the course.
Pete went through the scheduling of the course, what was going to be involved and what we would be learning over the next week or so. The presentation that Melissa had so patiently been typing up over the last few days was in full effect on the big screen and gave us details of what to expect.
Once the first part of the presentation was complete, we sat the old Divemaster exams again. Having revised some of the areas of concern, the exams seemed a bit easier. This consumed the best part of the afternoon (time flies when you are having fun) and gave us some more things to think about in evening revision.
Wednesday morning Ann was joining us again for some more fun dives after successfully becoming a certified PADI Open Water Diver on Monday. Yellow Mountain was the venue, Alice, Pete and I joined Ann in the water and Zippy was holding the fort on the boat.
Alice was also celebrating her 100th dive, back at Alien Rock which was where it all began for her a couple of months ago.
Refusing to adhere to 100th dive tradition, even with the full support of Staff and Customers, and some shop based forfeits, Alice had decided to dive fully clothed and with both fins in place. Bad effort Alice!
I managed to acquire quite the headache during the first dive, so joined Zippy on the boat while the others went back down for a second dive.
We trundled down to the old faithful Aberdeen for a celebratory breakfast. This was to be Alice's last Aberdeen fry up, which was mildly upsetting, but the plates arrived with hash browns so we were quickly back on a positive note. After breakfast I spent a couple of hours tidying and re-organising bits and pieces in the shop, with some flat pack furniture in the form of some new bookcases thrown in for good measure.
Congratulations to Alice for becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver, PADI Divemaster and getting to 100 dives in the time she was here. Having started as a non-diver, that is quite good going in 14 weeks.
Thursday morning I was up bright and early to get some kit ready, but wasn't going diving. Ann and Melissa were off to Abades and I helped get their bits and pieces together for them. I stayed back in the shop and finished some of the D.I.Y from yesterday. There are now some new brackets on the wall, which hold some fins in a different place from where they were before. As simple as this may seem (I'm a little bit sad when in comes to things being re-organised), the kit area of the shop looks good!
I finished this and then spent an hour or so applying for a few Diving jobs. Pete had kindly found a few positions available that might suit me, so I fired off a few e-mails in the hope that I can find a place to put my new found knowledge to the test.
Having really enjoyed my time learning the ropes of the diving industry, I am sure that I want to progress up the PADI ladder and work as a diver of some description.
We spent the afternoon going through some more of the Assistant Instructor presentation, as well as some physics revision. Phil and Jackie were back down and time soon flew past. Thursday = job done.
Not to self; Finding re-organising stuff exciting is a bit odd.
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