Simon Pridmore releases new book aimed at Scuba Professionals (and those who aspire to become one)

Scubaverse contributor Simon Pridmore, who over the last three decades has worked in scuba diving as a guide, divemaster, instructor, instructor trainer and instructor trainer-trainer, has released a new book, ‘Scuba Professional: Insights into Sport Diver Training & Operations’.

Scuba Professional is the perfect follow up to Simon Pridmore’s first book, Scuba Confidential – An Insider’s Guide to Becoming a Better Diver. Whereas Scuba Confidential focused on how to scuba dive, Scuba Professional looks at how diving is taught and how dive operations are conducted.

Scuba Professional is an excellent source of out-of-the-box ideas and independent, objective advice for instructors and dive operators. It is also an indispensable guide for those aspiring to become dive professionals with chapters such as “Do You Have What It Takes?” and “Which Training Agency?” In short, this is everything you wanted to know about working in scuba diving but never dared to ask.

Although primarily aimed at those who make a
living from recreational diving, principally instructors, Scuba Professional also offers a fascinating insight into the business side of the sport that all divers will appreciate. Everyone who takes more than a passing interest in scuba diving will be fascinated by the topics addressed and the insights offered. From a dive safety point of view, Simon looks at the bigger picture and sets out something of a framework for developing the safety culture within our sport. He also examines the present state of the industry and analyses recent trends with a view to the future.

Simon was one of the pioneers of technical diving in Asia and has owned a dive centre, run two regional diver training agency franchises and has been international sales manager for a dive computer and rebreather manufacturer. He is the author of Scuba Confidential – An Insider’s Guide to Becoming a Better Diver, has written articles for a host of dive magazines, spoken about diving at conferences on four continents and organised dive tours all over the world. He currently lives in Bali, Indonesia.

Scuba Professional is now available worldwide via Amazon in paperback and e-book versions. Buy it here.

Paperback 304 pages

Kindle Edition File Size: 610 KB

Published by Sandsmedia / Createspace

Sold by: Amazon Worldwide

Language: English

ASIN: B011WTXVD0

ISBN-10: 1507621078 ISBN-13: 978-1507621073