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- FARNHAM, United Kingdom
- January 6, 2022
I’m at my happiest diving: PADI Seal at 8 and first Red Sea liveaboard at 10 as PADI Junior Open Water diver. Over 10 years later, I’ve dived in the UK, Red Sea, Maldives, South Africa and the West Indies.
Having been inspired by marine biologists like Sylvia Earle, as a dive pro I now want to inspire and inform others by showing them the beauty and the challenges of the underwater world.
Upbeat, warm and friendly, I am organised and focused, work hard and always want to do my best. I’m flexible and adaptable, always ready to get involved and take on extra duties as needed.
Before moving to the Caribbean, I stayed in my retail job in the UK, taking on extra hours when COVID-19 delayed my professional dive training. In this job I really developed my skills working with the team, dealing with customers, understanding their needs and advising on product choices.
Education
Experience
• Assist on DSD, Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue, DiveMaster and speciality courses
• Dive master and snorkel instructor guiding on reef and wreck sites
• Support the day to day activities of the dive shop: meet, greet and engage with customers; assist with organizing, cleaning and maintaining equipment, compressor and dive boat; air fills
• Involved in marketing to raise awareness of Deefer; contributed to YouTube, Instagram and Facebook stories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caCEq6tVuQw
• Caribbean Reef Buddy (CRB): check the health of the coral reef nurseries, assist with volunteers and help promote CRB via social media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZMguN5Rky8
• Combined my interest in protecting and improving the oceans with SSI Divemaster training
• Based with Deefer Diving, Carriacou in the West Indies and actively involved in conservation projects including invasive lionfish containment, reef monitoring and coral reef nurseries and restoration, APEX Predator monitoring using baited BRUVS and macro invertebrate studies
• Participated in beach and sea clean ups to remove plastics and other rubbish
• Responsible, reliable team member, covering regular and ad-hoc shifts as needed
• Confident, warm and friendly, building relationships face to face and on the telephone. Trained and confident managing trade and cash accounts
• In depth product knowledge enabling efficient service: comfortable exploring customer needs, providing recommendations and proposing additional products if appropriate
• Confident processing orders and sourcing products; sorting deliveries and storing/displaying stock
• Trained in Health & Safety, including the additional UK COVID-19 measures
