Resume

Below is a short summary of my diving qualifications, history and experience.
British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC)
Diver Training Programme (DTP)
·       Ocean Diver				24 Jul 03
·       Sports Diver				22 Oct 03
·       Dive Leader				29 Jun 05
·       Advanced Diver				18 Jun 07
·       First Class Diver				3 Oct 16
Skill Development Courses (SDCs)
·       Lifesaver Award				1 Feb 05
·       Advanced Lifesaver Award				14 Mar 12
·       Boat Handling				18 Nov 06
·       Nitrox Diver				11 Apr 07
·       Advanced Nitrox Diver				2 Jun 07
·       Compressor Operator				23 Sep 07
·       Oxygen Administrator				2 Feb 08
·       Practical Rescue Management				3 Feb 08
·       Diver Coxswain				27 Mar 08
·       First Aid for Divers				27 May 08
·       Search and Recovery				25 Jun 08
·       Underwater Archaeology				20 Aug 08
·       Diving Disability Awareness				17 Sep 08
·       Extended Range				4 Jan 09
·       Chartwork and Position Fixing				13 Mar 12
·       Automated External Defibrillator				31 Mar 12
·       CCR Inspiration Evolution/Vision Diver				1 Jun 12
Instructor
·       Assistant Instructor				6 Mar 07
·       Assistant Open Water Instructor				25 Apr 07
·       Practical Instructor				27 Apr 07
·       Theory Instructor				27 Apr 07
·       Open Water Instructor (OWI)				27 Apr 07
·       Assistant Advanced Instructor				22 Jun 08
·       Advanced Instructor (AI)				15 Oct 09
·       National Instructor (NI)				12 Sep 17
Approved SDC Instructor
·       Nitrox Diver				6 Jul 08
·       Accelerated Decompression Procedures				29 Dec 09
·       Open Circuit Mixed Gas Instructor Explorer Mixed Gas				12 Apr 10
·       Mixed Gas Blender				26 Jul 11
·       Automated External Defibrillator				31 Mar 12
·       Boat Handling				4 Mar 14
·       Diver Coxswain				18 Mar 14
·       Sea Survival				20 Oct 17
·       Advanced Wreck Diver				7 Aug 20
SDC Instructor Training.  Most SDCs, including approved instructor SDCs (for example Boat Handling and Diver Coxswain) can be signed off by myself after co-teaching a course (providing they meet the standards).  For more information on this please get in touch.
Instructor Trainer (IT)
·       Assistant IT				12 Nov 11
·       IFC/OWIC IT				2 Dec 12
·       PIE/TIE Examiner				6 Nov 12
·       IFC/OWIC (Senior Instructor/Boss)				22 Apr 18
·       PIE/TIE (Senior Examiner/Boss)				16 May 18
·       AI IT				10 Sep 19
·       AI Examiner				13 Sep 19
Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI)
PADI Syllabus
·       Rescue Diver				1 Feb 05
TecRec Syllabus
·       Tec Sidemount				25 Mar 13
PADI Instructor
·       Assistant Instructor (AI)				1 Jun 08
·       Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI)				8 Jun 08
·       Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT)				30 Dec 13
PADI Speciality Instructor
·       Enriched Air				25 Jun 08
·       Deep Diver				25 Jun 08
·       Wreck Diver				25 Jun 08
·       Dry Suit				25 Jun 08
·       Search and Recovery				25 Jun 08
·       Underwater Navigation				25 Jun 08
·       Twinset Diver				25 Jun 08
·       SMB Diver				27 Sep 09
·       Boat Diver				27 Sep 09
·       Emergency Oxygen Provider				27 Sep 09
·       Night Diver				27 Sep 09
·       RescuEAN				27 Dec 13
·       Drift Diver				27 Dec 13
·       Self-Reliant Diver				27 Dec 13
·       Diver Propulsion Vehicle				27 Dec 13
·       Sea Survival				20 Oct 17
·       Equipment Specialist				5 Mar 18
TecRec Instructor
·       Tec				19 Jun 15
Emergency First Response (EFR)
·       Emergency Responder				27 May 08
EFR Instructor
·       Emergency Responder				9 Jun 08
International Training (IT)
Scuba Diving International (SDI)
·       Diver Propulsion Vehicle				27 Aug 10
SDI Instructor
·       Open Water Instructor				12 Nov 09
·       Computer Nitrox				12 Nov 09
·       Computer Diver				12 Nov 09
·       CPR1st				12 Nov 09
·       CPROX				12 Nov 09
·       Boat Diving				12 Nov 09
·       Diver Propulsion Vehicle				22 Jun 15
·       Drift Diving				12 Nov 09
·       Dry Suit Diving				12 Nov 09
·       Night-Limited Visibility Diving				12 Nov 09
·       Buoyancy				12 Nov 09
·       Deep Diving				12 Nov 09
·       Underwater Navigation Diving				12 Nov 09
·       Solo Diving				12 Nov 09
·       Research Diving				12 Nov 09
·       Wreck				12 Nov 09
·       Shore and Beach Diving				12 Nov 09
·       Search and Recovery				12 Nov 09
·       RescuEAN				3 Aug 12
·       Sea Survival				20 Oct 17
Technical Diving International (TDI)
·       Draeger Dolphin SCR Diver				13 Jul 07
·       Advanced Nitrox Diver				28 Oct 07
·       Decompression Procedures Diver				28 Oct 07
·       Trimix Diver				13 Sep 09
·       Advanced Trimix Diver				14 Sep 14
·       Cavern Diver				2 Apr 10
·       Intro to Cave Diver				23 May 10
·       Full Cave Diver				23 May 13
·       Equipment O2 Service Technician				10 Jun 11
·       Advanced Gas Blender				14 Jun 11
TDI Instructor
·       Intro to Tech				12 Nov 09
·       Nitrox				12 Nov 09
·       Advanced Nitrox				12 Nov 09
·       Decompression Procedures Diver				12 Nov 09
·       Helitrox				6 Dec 16
·       Technical Diver Propulsion Vehicle				4 Dec 19
First Response Training International (FRTI)
·       Airborne Pathogens				30 May 20
FRTI Instructor
·       Child, Adult & Infant Emergency Care				16 Dec 18
·       Workplace CPR/AED				16 Dec 18
·       Child and Infant Emergency Care				16 Dec 18
·       Oxygen Administration				16 Dec 18
·       Bloodborne Pathogens				16 Dec 18
·       HSE Emergency First Aid at Work				4 Feb 20
·       First Aid at Work				4 Feb 20
Other Diving Qualifications
·       Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) Introduction to Foreshore and Underwater Archaeology Course				18 Aug 08
·      Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) Certificate in Foreshore and Underwater Archaeology				20 Aug 08
·      Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Marine Radio Short Range Certificate (SRC)				23 Sep 08
·      Professional Scuba Association International (PSAI) Expedition Mixed Gas Diver (Level 2)				23 Aug 09
·       Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) Fundamentals				30 Aug 12
·       The Human Diver Micro Class				27 Mar 16
·       The Human Diver 2 Day Course				25 Oct 16
Caving Qualifications
·       Cave Foundation				9 Sep 16
·       Single Rope Techniques (SRT)				3 Feb 17
Service Technician
·       Apeks				2 Mar 15
·       Aqua-Lung				22 Feb 16
·       TDI Equipment O2 Service Technician				10 Jun 11
Diving Locations
Countries Dived
·       Ascension
·       Cyprus
·       Croatia
·       Egypt
·       Florida (Keys & cave)
·       Gibraltar
·       Kenya
·       Maderia
·       Maldives
·       Malta
·       Mexico (Socorro and Guadalupe Islands)
·       UK
Expeditions Organised
·       Ascension
·       Cyprus
·       Egypt
·       Gibraltar		Link and Link
·       Malta
·       Florida
·       UK		Falmouth (Porthkerris)
		Isle of Wight
		Lundy Island
		Malta
		Plymouth
		Portsmouth
		Scapa Flow
		Swanage
		Weymouth
Projects
·       Jurassic Shark 2.  To electronically tag 20 White Sharks, Whale Sharks and Hammerhead Sharks; providing scientists with evidence about both the habits and distribution, as well as position new radio receivers				2008
·      Battle Back.  Teaching diving to injured service personnel as part of their rehabilitation				2008
·       HMHS Glenart Castle.  To lay a plaque on the centenary of here sinking as the Tri-Service Mess for those serving at the Royal Centre Defence Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham has been named after the Hospital Ship.  Link and Link				2018
·       TEKCamp Safety Diver	2014 2015 2016 (invited 2013 and 2017 but unable to attend)
Honours and Awards
·       Duke of Edinburgh’s Prize for the British Sub-Aqua Club awarded for Jurassic Shark 2				11 Nov 09
·       AP Diving Award awarded for the most admirable performance in the First Class Diver exam				21 Oct 17
Publications
·       TDISDI UK blog			Link
·       BSAC Course Development			Primary Donate SDC Advanced Wreck SDC Diver Propulsion Vehicle SDC Sidemount SDC
Presentations
·       London International Dive Show		AED		31 Mar 12
·       East Cheshire Sub-Aqua Club		Primary Donate		31 Aug 17
·       Birmingham NEC Dive Show		Equipment Configuration Equipment Configuration Equipment Configuration Shutdowns		22/23 Oct 16 21/22 Oct 17 27/28 Oct 18 26 Oct 19
Useful, Non-Diving Related Qualifications
·       BCS Level 2 Award in IT User Skills				8 Mar 11
·       CMI Level 3 Diploma in First Line Management				31 Aug 10
·       CMI Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership				31 Aug 10
·       CMI Level 6 Diploma in Management and Leadership				3 May 17
·       ILM Level 4 Award in Management of Equality and Diversity				3 May 18
·       City & Guilds Level 2 Award in Working in High Risk Confined Spaces: Water				20 Jan 10
·       City & Guilds Level 4 Award in Top Man/Person for High Risk Confined Spaces: Water				20 Jan 10
·       City & Guilds Level 3 in Education & Training				4 Nov 16
·       City & Guilds Level 3 Award in Coaching				4 Nov 16
·       Security Clearance (SC)				20 May 13
·       Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) Practitioner & Leader				26 Sep 19
In addition I have over 20 years of military experience.
If you require a full CV please email me at tim@rectotec.co.uk