GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• Recreational Scuba Instructor Trainer at Global Underwater Explorers
• Recreational Scuba Instructor at Global Underwater Explorers
• First Aid Instructor at DAN Europe
• Case Manager at DAN Europe
• Quality & Safety Manager (Deep Dive Dubai) (2015 - 2024)
• Quality & Risk Manager (Belgian Defence) (2011 - 2015)
• Prevention & Environment Manager (Belgian Defence) (2011 - 2015)
• Logistics Officer (Belgian Defence) (2005 - 2015)

Education

• Master in Political and Military Sciences
• Senior Logistics Manager
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
• Certified Internal Control Specialist

Diving Qualifications

• GUE Recreational Instructor Trainer
• GUE Fundamentals Instructor
• GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 & 2 Instructor
• GUE Doubles & Drysuit Primer Instructor
• GUE CCR-2 Diver
• GUE Tech-2+ Diver
• GUE Cave-2 Diver
• GUE Scientific Diver
• GUE Documentation Diver
• GUE DPV-1 Diver
• DAN Instructor
• Trained in Human Factors, Just Culture, and Non-Technical Skills in Diving

Diving Experience

• + 1500 dives, including cold water dives, wreck dives, cave dives, trimix dives, deco-dives, dives with multiple stages, DPV dives

Community Involvement

• Driving member of GUE UAE
• Former GUE Designated Trustee of Standards and Procedures
• Co-founder of GUE-BE, the non-profit organization that aims to unite the Belgian GUE-community.
• Participation in the Project Baseline Program
• Participation in the Eco-duikers Program
• Participation in the Morpheus Cave Project

Publications

• Content developer for GUE's Rescue Primer (2019)
• Content developer for GUE's Navigation Primer (2019)
• Content developer for GUE's Doubles Primer (2018)
• "The Valve Drill: why we do it the way we do it", Guest Vol. 15, No 3 (2015)

Languages I teach classes in

• Dutch
• English
• French

Additional languages

• German, Spanish and Italian, at different levels of proficiency

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