***JOB OFFER*** Office Administrator for Diver Training

 Office Administrator for Diver Training Department 

Andark requires an administrator for busy Diver Training department.

Person should have excellent, friendly telephone manner and good people skills.

Ability to be able to sell over the phone and in person, our training courses here at Andark. Outgoing, happy personality.

Excellent IT skills – and be use to inputting data accurately in Student Data software or similar, able to use credit card machine, till and be good with money/maths.

Be familiar with social media and able to put up posts on Twitter and Facebook, ideally have used a mailing system. Photoshop skills or a similar program would be ideal, or be willing to learn and use this program.

Knowledge of Sailing and Diving would be useful but not essential, willingness to learn to Dive an asset.

Able to work on own initiative, be super organized and tidy, have a memory like elephant for what everyone is meant to be doing. Assist Diving Manager & Director with their admin/secretarial work.

Be able to communicate with Diver Training team with their weekly paperwork & ROTA and be able to sort problems out, when they occur.

The office environment is very busy with a lot of coming and goings, so the ability to focus on your job is essential.

Happy to make endless Tea & Coffee’s!

Please send CV for attention of S. Goddard to admin@andark.co.uk

Scholarship Week 4

Sophie

Women’s dive daSophiey was a great success! A very busy but enjoyable day and we were lucky with the weather. I started the day in the kit room organising wetsuits, BCDs, regulators and cylinders for everyone then up to Andark Lake to assist with a PADI Refreshers course. It was brilliant to see so many women of all ages kitting up and having fun doing the treasure hunt in the lake. There was so much going on with talks, PADI Discover Scuba Diving in the pool, kit displays from Suunto, Cressi and Apex and hunting for coins in Andark lake to win prizes. Emma Hewitt’s talk on her PADI career was very interesting and inspiring. Then it was straight into helping with Aquanauts in Andark Pool; the children were brilliant at mastering new skills. What a day!

 Sunday was calmer with a trip to Vobster Quay, a flooded quarry,  for the PADI Advanced Open Water Course. I spotted lots of little fish while doing surface cover then went on a Wreck dive with students to a sunken plane. I was fortunate to get an extra dive with Simon, a DM, who took me on an underwater tour of Vobster Quay and down to a caravan where the water temperature was 8’C! Much too cold for my liking but I’m glad I’ve done it. 

On Wednesday I helped out with evening training in the pool. It was great to watch students take their first breath underwater on the Discover Scuba Diving and to grow in confidence during the session. I’m now assisting with a PADI Junior Open Water Course where the students are learning new skills in the pool and are excited to be doing their first open water dives this weekend at Andark Lake. 

 Next week we are going to visit PADI headquarters for a sneak peak behind the scenes – I’m very excited! 

Michael Andark Scholarship, Week 1

I’m looking forward to a summer full of diving, meeting new people and learning lots through the Andark Divemaster Scholarship.  I grew up in Kent and have just finished studying Geography at the University of Southampton, with a particular interest in climate change and environmental issues. The scholarship is a brilliant opportunity for me to learn new skills and have fun whilst doing so! I’d love diving to be a big part of my life and/or career in the future, perhaps even becoming an instructor. The Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver and Emergency First Response courses which I have just completed at Andark were challenging, rewarding and very enjoyable. I’m extremely thankful to Andark, PADI and Suunto for the scholarship, and look forward to meeting those involved in the planning and sponsorship over the summer, including an upcoming visit to Suunto.

 

Michael

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