LoCz, Everything you've planned on doing, I've done so far, and then some... with the exception of rebreather instructor training. Some day soon, I'll be able afford my own rig, and I'll be working diligently to log a few hundred of experience prior to beginning instructor training.
About the only specialties I don't teach are the cave, cavern and video type courses, again because of lack of experience due to the absence of those environments in this area or the lack of gear... i.e. video housing.
So what I'm trying to say is that I know what you have ahead of you, and I can understand your enthusiasm. Hopefully the collective of quality divers and instructors on this site will be able to lend you a hand along the way.
If you don't have the PADI multimedia materials like the OW, Adventures in Diving, Instructor Manual, and Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving on CD-Rom I recommend you get them soon, it'll give you a big head start on what's ahead.
Happy diving!
Mario
About the only specialties I don't teach are the cave, cavern and video type courses, again because of lack of experience due to the absence of those environments in this area or the lack of gear... i.e. video housing.
So what I'm trying to say is that I know what you have ahead of you, and I can understand your enthusiasm. Hopefully the collective of quality divers and instructors on this site will be able to lend you a hand along the way.
If you don't have the PADI multimedia materials like the OW, Adventures in Diving, Instructor Manual, and Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving on CD-Rom I recommend you get them soon, it'll give you a big head start on what's ahead.
Happy diving!
Mario