GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• CaveCCR - Founder/Owner
• JJ-CCR instructor/service technician (manufacturer approved)
• Hyperbaric chamber operator
• Expedition/Safety Diver/Medical Person in charge

Education

• Dipl.-Ing. medical engineering
• HLM Perfusionist
• GTUEM hyperbaric chamber operator
• IAATO guide

Diving Qualifications

• GUE Cave2, CCR1, Tech1, DPV diver
• TDI JJ-CCR advanced mixed gas Instructor
• TDI Cave - Rebreather/stage/sidemount/DPV instructor
• TDI trimix instructor
• TDI SF2 ECCR Instructor backmount/sidemount
• CCR diver on multiple units
• Freediver lvl2
• Human Factors (Lvl2 face to face with Gareth Lock)

Diving Experience

• 4500+ dives (worldwide)
• 1800+ cave dives (Mexico, Florida, Thailand, Philippines, Europe, New Zealand, Indonesia, Palau)
• 3000+ rebreather dives
• 1200+ DPV dives (OC, CCR, cave)
• 500+ Wreck dives
• 300+ ‚T2/CCR2‘ level dives
• 50+ dives below -1°C (30°F)
• 200+ technical/ccr/cave divers trained

Community Involvement

• Several cave exploring/surveying/mapping projects

Special interests

• Cave surveying/mapping/exploring
• Closed Circuit Rebreather technologies
• Indoor rowing
• Tennis
• Ski touring
• Downhill MTB
• Audio-HiFi

Languages I teach classes in

• English
• German

Additional languages

• English
• German
• basic French (not teaching)
• basic Spanish (not teaching)
• Latin (written)

Additional Info

Jan was born in Germany, holds a masters degree in Medical Engineering and is a trained Hyperbaric Chamber Operator. He is a passionate technical diver interested in diving medicine and rebreather technologies.

Full time diving educator in Mexico, owner of CaveCCR and a manufacturer approved JJ-CCR service technician; Jan has been diving on all 7 continents in various environments from ocean reefs to wrecks, quarries, ice, caves and mines. In his free time you can find him on expeditions or just surveying, mapping, exploring caves.