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01/04/2003

About Candidate

Unique Dive Experience:

▪ Skilled in cold-water, low-visibility and high-surge environments.

▪ Conducting tours through kelp forests, historic wrecks and cold-water

reefs.

▪ Encounters with Cape fur seals, African penguins and various sharks.

▪ Experienced in using specialised training methods for non-tropical

environments.

Experience in the dive industry:

▪ Led and assisted on 350+ dives, ensuring safety and enhancing client

experience in challenging cold-water conditions.

▪ Assisted instructors on 100+ dive courses from Discover Scuba Diving

through to Divemaster level.

▪ Conducted a handful of confined and open water sessions, ensuring

training compliance and student safety.

▪ Operated compressors and managed air cylinder filling, ensuring

readiness for daily dive operations.

▪ Delivered safety briefings and hazard assessments, preventing incidents

in variable conditions (low visibility, surge, marine life).

▪ Provided equipment maintenance and inspections, ensuring gear

reliability and diver confidence.

▪ Facilitated snorkelling expeditions for groups, maintaining safety and

enhancing participant engagement.

▪ Supported retail sales by recommending dive gear tailored to client

needs, improving customer satisfaction.

▪ Built rapport with international clients, overcoming language/cultural

barriers for a positive experience.

▪ Trained new hires and mentored Divemaster trainees, improving team

efficiency and knowledge transfer.

▪ Coordinated transport and logistics for divers and equipment, ensuring

punctual dive departures.

 

Education

H
High School Diploma 2021
Reach Academy

Work & Experience

O
OWSI & Divemaster June 2023 - May 2025
Into The Blue (Cape Town , South Africa)

▪ Led and assisted on 350+ dives, ensuring safety and enhancing client
experience in challenging cold-water conditions.
▪ Assisted instructors on 100+ dive courses from Discover Scuba Diving
through to Divemaster level.
▪ Conducted a handful of confined and open water sessions, ensuring
training compliance and student safety.
▪ Operated compressors and managed air cylinder filling, ensuring
readiness for daily dive operations.
▪ Delivered safety briefings and hazard assessments, preventing incidents
in variable conditions (low visibility, surge, marine life).
▪ Provided equipment maintenance and inspections, ensuring gear
reliability and diver confidence.
▪ Facilitated snorkelling expeditions for groups, maintaining safety and
enhancing participant engagement.
▪ Supported retail sales by recommending dive gear tailored to client
needs, improving customer satisfaction.
▪ Built rapport with international clients, overcoming language/cultural
barriers for a positive experience.
▪ Trained new hires and mentored Divemaster trainees, improving team
efficiency and knowledge transfer.
▪ Coordinated transport and logistics for divers and equipment, ensuring
punctual dive departures.

V
Various non-diving related experience July 2018 - December 2022
Various Companies

Please have a look at my CV for all the info or visit my LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-visser-845b2a3b2