KELLY KOROL - DIRECTOR OF TRAINING
Kelly Korol is our Director of Training and owner of DIVESAFE International
Kelly Korol began his diving career in Edmonton Alberta - taking his openwater course at the "ripe old age of 17" with Ed Reid at Ocean Dive Store. The group flew to Pt Hardy on the northern tip of Vancouver Island for their ocean dives - and Kelly instantly knew he would have to move to the Wild West Coast of Canada.
He continued to accumulate both Padi and Naui certs over the following years and eventually took his recreational instructor course with both agencies.
Kelly loved diving so much he continued his training at the College of Oceaneering in Los Angeles and Graduated with mixed gas bell saturation certifications in 1984.
Since graduation Kelly has worked in the commerical diving industry. Working both heavy and light construction, salvage, seafood harvesting, aquaculture. He works in environmental survey work, search and recovery, bottom surveys Kelly has even worked internationally as an NGO for the WORLD Bank in Senegal.
His 33 years of experience and knowledge of the diving industry make him invaluable not only to his students but to the industry as a whole. Kelly has raised the "bar" on quality of training for the commercial dive industry.
Kelly's passion is training. "If I can save a life because I trained that student well!...that's what it is all about!"
Contact Kelly by email at: kelly [at] divesafe [dot] com
PETER BUDDEN: DIVE SUPERVISOR/INSTRUCTOR
Peter has been diving since 1991 and started commercial diving in 1999 after returning to Canada from abroad. Peter is the Dive Supervisor onboard the Samarinda II during the 'practical' portions of the Commercial programs.
You can follow Peter on twitter as; http://twitter.com/#!/divesafediver1