This past weekend was the PADI IE (Instructor Exam) which is the last step to becoming instructor. Our own Jeremy Schrader passed with flying colors...way to go!
Jeremy started diving through the Santa Clara University Scuba Club's Open Water Class in 2000. While he didn't dive very much during his undergrad years because of his rigorous SCU crew team rowing schedule (plus all those pesky mechanical engineering classes!) he was president of the SCU Scuba Club his senior year and became a PADI Divemaster in 2002.
In the last 7 years he's logged 100's of dives all over the world, assisted with 100's of student divers, helped rebuild boats, been instrumental in everything from breathing-air systems to marine engines and been an anchor around the shop. All this and he still found the time to hold down a 60+hr a week engineering job and stay happily married...wow!
Now, as an instructor, he has another job but it's the best one on earth: he gets to take new divers into the water for the first time, sharing his vast knowledge and experience while showing them all the cool stuff that makes scuba diving awesome!
Do you want to become an instructor too? It's just five easy steps:1) Dive a lot
2) Become a PADI Divemaster
3) Dive a lot more with divers and student divers
4) Take the Instructor Development Course
5) Pass the PADI Instructor Exam
