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Name:
Keith Chesnut
Instructor Level: Course Director (Instructor Trainer)
Instructor #: 9288
Background: Started diving in 1968, logged over
11,300 dives to date.
Instructor since 1975, Instructor Trainer since 1978, owner Sierra Diving Center since
1976, PADI District Director and IE Coordinator.
TDI Instructor Trainer #5917,
NAUI Instructor #4260 (inactive), DAN Instructor Trainer #282.
Specialties Taught:
Instructor Trainer:
PADI:
Altitude,
Boat, Buoyancy, Deep, Digital U/W Photography, DPV, Drift, Dry Suit, EANx,
Emergency Oxygen, Equipment, Full Face Mask,
Hunter, Ice, Medic First Aid, Multilevel, Navigator, Night, Photography, Dolphin Rebreather, Search & Recovery, Videography, Wreck, Marine Life Injuries, PADI AED,
PADI O2 First Aid
Emergency First
Response: CPR, First Aid & AED, Care for Children
DSAT:
Gas Blender, Tec Basic, Tec Diver 40, Tec
45, Tec 50, Tec Trimix
Ocean
Reef: Neptune II Full Face Mask,
DAN:
O2 First
Aid, O2 in Aquatics,
Hazardous
Marine, REMO,
BLS PRO,
, AED, DES,
D.E.M.P., Dive Medicine for Divers, BLS-FA,
TDI:
Advanced Nitrox, Rebreather Instructor, Decompression Procedures, Extended Range Instructor, Trimix Instructor, Advanced Trimix Instructor,
Nitrox Blender,
Advanced Gas Blender,
Instructor: PSI Visual Inspector Instructor,
TDI KISS Rebreather Instructor
Misc.: IAST Certified Master Repair Technician,
Aqualung Certified Master Technician, Certified Repair Technician for
Apeks, Apollo,
Aqualung, Atomic, Dacor, Mares, Ocean Reef , Oceanic, Poseidon, Scubapro, Sherwood, Seaquest,
Submersible Systems, US Divers, Zeagle, Certified
Trimix Blender, Bauer Compressor Repair Technician, Kiss Sport and Classic
CCR Diver, PRISM CCR Diver, Evolution CCR Diver
E-mail: keith@sierradive.com
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Name:
Michali Rambas
Diver Level:
Divemaster
Divemaster #:
48593
Background:
Started diving in 1987. Has 1200+ dives.
Worked for Disney at Ocean Quest for 6 years as dive guide and repair
technician.
Specialties:
Misc.:
Aqualung Master Technician,
Certified Trimix Blender, PSI Visual Inspector, Certified Repair Technician
- Atomic, Sherwood, Genesis, Oceanic, Scubapro, Dacor, Spare Air,
Zeagle
E-mail:
miker@sierradive.com |
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Name:
Matthew Rhiley
Diver Level:
Divemaster
Background: Started diving in
2003.
Specialties:
Misc.:
Public Safety Diver WC Hasty Team, PSI Visual Inspector, DSAT Trimix Blender
E-mail:
matthew@sierradive.com |
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Name:
Will Richeson
Diver Level:
Divemaster
Background: Started diving in
2001. Logged over 100 open water dives
Specialties:
Altitude, Boat, Drysuit,
Enriched Air, U/W Naturalist, Peak Buoyancy
Misc.: DSAT Trimix
Blender, PSI VIsual Inspector
E-mail:
will@sierradive.com |
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Name:
Andy Speakman
Diver Level:
Master Scuba Diver
Background:
Started diving diving in 2004
Specialties:
Misc.: PSI Visual Inspector,
DSAT Trimix Blender
E-mail:
andy@sierradive.com |
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Name:
Noah Bessette
Diver Level:
Master Scuba Diver.
100+ Dives
Background:
Started diving in
2005.
Specialties:
Altitude, Boat, Deep, Drysuit, EFR, Equipment, Full Face
Mask, Multilevel, Night, Nitrox, Photo
Misc.:
WCSO Hasty Team Diver, PSI Visual Inspector
E-mail:
noah@sierradive.com |
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Name:
Michael
Choque
Instructor Level: Course Director
Instructor #: 16374
Background:
Specialties Taught:
Misc.:
E-mail: |
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Name:
Frank
Chase
Instructor Level: Master Instructor
Instructor #: 33759
Background:
Started diving in 1973. Logged approx. 2000 open water
dives. Certified Instructor in 1988
Specialties Taught: Altitude, Boat, Buoyancy, Deep, Drysuit, EANx,
Multi-level, Navigation, Night, Search & Recovery, Naturalist,
Rebreather, U/W
Photography, U/W Videography, Wreck, DSAT Gas Blender,
U/W Hunter,
Misc.:
Certified Master Technician Aqualung, Certified Repair Technician for Scubapro, Sherwood,
Genesis, Oceanic, Atomic, PSI Visual Inspector, TDI Advanced
Nitrox, Decompression Procedures, Basic Trimix
Diver, Advanced Trimix Diver,
Certified Trimix Blender
E-mail: |
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Name:
Christopher Phipps
Instructor Level:
Master Instructor
Instructor #:
7039
Background:
Started diving in 1972. Became Certified
Instructor in 1976. Has logged over 1000 open water dives.
Specialties Taught:
Altitude, Boat, Deep, Digital U/W
Photography, Dolphin Rebreather, Dry Suit,
DPV Diver, Enriched
Air, Full Face Mask, Ice Diver, Multi-Level, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Project Aware,
Search & Recovery, U/W Navigation, U/W Photographer, Wreck, DSAT Trimix Blender, PADI O2 First Aid, PADI
Marine Life Injuries, PADI AED, DAN
DES, DAN O2, DAN Hazardous
Marine Life, DAN REMO, DAN BLS PRO, DAN
, DAN
AED, Emergency First
Response CPR, First Aid & AED, Care for Children,
TDI Nitrox, TDI Advanced Nitrox, TDI Dolphin Rebreather, TDI Decompression
Procedures, TDI Extended Range, TDI Advanced Gas Blender, DSAT/PADI Tec Deep Diver, DSAT/PADI
Trimix Diver
Misc.: Tec Trimix Diver, PRISM CCR Diver,
Blender, Dive Team Leader/Public Safety Diver WC Hasty Team,
PSI Visual Inspector,
E-mail: chris@deepdiving.us |
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Name:
Scott Hagen
Instructor Level:
IDC Staff Instructor
Instructor #:
190389
Background:
Started diving in 1973. Became Certified
Instructor in 2004. Logged over 300 open water dives.
Specialties Taught:
Altitude, Boat, Deep, Drysuit, Enriched
Air, Multilevel, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Project Aware,
U/W Navigator, AWARE
Coral Reef,
EFR, EFR Children,
DSAT Trimix Blender
Misc.:
Aqualung Master Technician, PSI Visual Inspector, Scubapro Repair
Technician, Certified Trimix Blender
E-mail:
scott_hagen@sbcglobal.net |
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Name:
Seppl Baumann
Instructor Level: Master Scuba
Diver Trainer
Instructor #: 17605
Background: Started diving in
1979, certified as PADI Instructor in 1984, has
approx. 1000 open water dives
Specialties Taught: Altitude,
Boat, D.A.N./PADI O2, Drysuit, Enriched Air, EFR,
U/W Photography, U/W Videography
Misc.: WCSO Hasty Team Committee Chairman of Training and
Supervision, Certified Repair Technician, Viking, Sherwood, Scubapro, Atomic
E-mail:
seppldebi@juno.com |
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Name:
Keith Irvine
Instructor Level:
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Instructor #: 96884
Background:
Started diving in 1994. Certified as an Instructor in
1997. Logged approx. 800+ open water dives.
Specialties Taught:
Altitude, Boat, Drysuit, DSAT Gas Blender, EANx,
Ice, Multilevel, Night, Deep, Peak
Performance Buoyancy, Project Aware, EFR
Misc.: PSI Visual Cylinder Inspector,
TDI Advanced Nitrox, TDI Deco Procedures,
TDI, Basic Trimix
Diver, TDI Advanced Trimix Diver, TDI Rebreather
Diver
E-mail:
irvinek@netzero.net |
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Name:
Sam Jellison
Instructor Level:
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Instructor #: 170567
Background: Started diving in
1997. Certified as Instructor
in 2002. Has made approx.
500+ open water dives.
Specialties Taught: Altitude,
Boat , Buoyancy,
Deep, Drysuit, EANx,
Multi-level, Night, U/W Navigation, EFR, Project Aware, Wreck, DAN O2, DAN
Advanced O2, DAN AED, DAN Hazardous Marine Life Injuries, DAN Neuro
Misc.: Certified Repair Technician for Scubapro, PSI Visual
Inspector, DAN/PADI O2, TDI Advanced
Nitrox Diver
E-mail: sam@getsam.com |
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Name:
Dan
Jimenez
Instructor Level:
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Instructor #: 174725
Background: Started diving in
2000, became a Certified Instructor in 2001. Has approximately
300+ open
water dives.
Specialties Taught: Altitude,
Deep, Drysuit, EANx, Night, Peak
Performance Buoyancy, Project Aware,
EFR, DAN/PADI O2 First Aid
Misc.: Certified Repair Technician
Apeks, Aqualung, Seaquest, PSI Visual Inspector
E-mail:
djimenez@renown.org |
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Name:
Rod
Sloan
Instructor Level: Master Scuba
Diver Trainer & H.S.A.
Instructor
Instructor #: 160443
Background: Started diving in
1972, became a Certified Instructor in 1999. Has approximately 500+ open
water dives. Only Certified
Instructor in Adaptive Scuba Courses for the physically challenged in Reno
Specialties Taught: Altitude,
Boat, Deep, Drift, EANx, Buoyancy, Navigation, Multi-level, Night, Project Aware
Misc.: PSI Visual Inspector, Scubapro
Repair Technician,
E-mail:
rsloan@sppc.com |
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Name:
Dale Barber
Instructor Level:
Master Scuba Diver
Trainer
Instructor #:
187731
Background:
Started diving in 1999. Became a Certified
Instructor in 2003. Has logged approximately 300+ dives.
Specialties Taught:
Altitude, Boat, Deep, Drysuit, Enriched Air, Multi-level, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Project Aware,
U/W Navigation
Misc.: PSI
Visual Inspector, Scubapro Repair Technician
E-mail:
tomcat7359@yahoo.com |
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Name:
Rebecca Lim
Instructor Level:
Master Scuba Diver
Trainer
Instructor #:
187677
Background:
Started diving in 1997. Became Certified
Instructor in 2003. Has logged over 275+ open water dives.
Specialties Taught:
Altitude, Boat, Deep, Drysuit, EFR, Multi-level, Peak
Performance Buoyancy, Project Aware
Misc.: PSI
Visual Inspector, Scubapro Repair Technician
E-mail:
divebuddybecky@gmail.com |
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Name:
Mike Sylvester
Instructor Level:
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Background:
Started diving in
1996, became a Certified
Diver in 2003.
Instructor in 2007. Has approximately
700+ open
water dives.
Specialties Taught:
Altitude, Boat, Deep, Drysuit, EFR, Care for Children,
Enriched Air, Multi-level, Night, Project Aware, Peak Performance Buoyancy,
Search & Recovery
Misc.: PSI Visual Inspector,
Certified Trimix Blender, Tec Deep Diver
E-mail:
1stray_cat@sbcglobal.net |
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Name:
Joe Tartaglia
Instructor Level:
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Instructor #:
195985
Background:
Started diving in 2004. Became an
Instructor in 2005. Has logged over 200+ open water dives.
Specialties Taught:
Buoyancy, Project Aware,
Altitude, Multi-Level, Deep, Digital U/W Photography, Drysuit, EANx, Night, Full Face Mask, U/W
Photography, DSAT
Trimix Blender,
PADI O2 First Aid, DAN O2, DAN Hazardous
Marine, DAN REMO, DAN BLS PRO, DAN
, DAN
AED, Emergency First
Response CPR, First Aid & AED, Care for Children
Misc.: PSI Visual
Inspector, Certified Trimix Blender, Certified Repair Technician Scubapro,
Aqualung Master Technician, Public
Safety Diver WC Hasty Team
E-mail:
joediver@decodiving.us |
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Name:
Jeff Zaring
Instructor Level:
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Instructor #:
28011
Background:
Started diving in 1982.
Became a Certified Instructor in 1987. Has logged Approx. 1000 open water
dives
Specialties Taught: Altitude,
Boat, Deep, Drysuit, Enriched Air, Night, Peak Buoyancy, Photo, Project
Aware, PADI O2, Search & Recovery, U/W Naturalist, EFR CPR, First Aid & AED, Care for Children
DAN O2, DAN Advanced O2, DAN AED, DAN Hazardous Marine Life Injuries, DAN
Neuro
Misc.:
PSI VIsual Inspector
E-mail:
jeff@sierradive.com |
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Name:
Michael Haines
Instructor Level:
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Instructor #: 236214
Background:
Specialties Taught:
Altitude, Digital U/W Photography, Drysuit, Enriched Air, EFR CPR, First Aid & AED, Care for Children, DAN O2, DAN Advanced O2,
DAN AED, DAN Hazardous Marine Life Injuries, DAN Neuro
Misc.:
E-mail: |
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Name:
Doug Mishler
Instructor Level: Open Water
Scuba Instructor
Instructor #: 172392
Background: Started diving in
1969, became a Certified Instructor in 2000. Has approximately 500+ open
water dives.
Specialties Taught: Peak
Performance Buoyancy, Project Aware, Altitude, Drysuit,
EFR, Enriched Air
Misc.:
TDI Advanced Nitrox Diver, TDI Rebreather Diver
E-mail:
damishler@aol.com
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Name:
Ken Stynen
Instructor Level:
Open Water Instructor
Instructor #:
84060
Background: Started diving in 1994. Became
an Instructor in 2007 Has approximately 200 open water dives.
Specialties Taught:
Altitude, Drysuit, Project Aware, Peak Performance Buoyancy,
DAN O2, DAN Advanced O2,
Misc.:
E-mail:
learntodive@live.com |
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Name:
Ed Lind
Instructor Level: Open Water Instructor
Instructor #: 235400
Background:
Specialties Taught:
Altitude, Drysuit, Ice, Project Aware, Peak Performance Buoyancy,
Misc.:
E-mail: |
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Name:
Stan St. John
Instructor Level: Open Water Instructor
Instructor #: 41328
Background:
Started diving in 1968. Became Divemaster in
1989, Assistant Instructor in 1997 and Instructor in 2009. Has logged over
1000 open water dives.
Specialties Taught:
Altitude, Drysuit, Enriched Air, Project Aware, Peak Performance Buoyancy,
Misc.: DSAT Tec Deep Diver, DSAT Tec Trimix Diver, DSAT Trimix Blender,
KISS CCR Diver, NSS-CDS and NACD
Cave Diver
E-mail:
sstjohn1995@kellogg.northwestern.edu |
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