I really enjoyed my IDC with Mark and the Cape Town Dive Center crew. They made very sure that we were well prepared for the IE and that we had all the resources available to us that we needed. They were also just generally a great bunch to have spent all that time with, and they made sure it was a fun experience that I will always have good memories of!

in the last month in October, I was Staffing for Mark Soworka on an IDC course, I was extremely impressed with his how knowledgeable he is on Diveing and learnt a lot from him, by watching how he conducted and explained things to the IDC candidates.

if in the future I get another chance to work with him I will be extremely excited.

Our course director with his professionalism and spirit made the 2 week long IDC a really great experience. We became well prepared for the IE and the real teaching afterwards.
Thank you Bas!!

We started Al Realy nerves at our idc (preparations of the IE) but after day 1 Bas made us feel realy comfortable and believed in Al of us.
We had a realy caring and full on course director!! That guided me to the instructor I am today..

Thank you Sebastian and dive careers for guiding me!

If someone looking for to do the IDC or Staff, dive-careers will be the best choice. As the Course Director is the most experienced person i have met in my dive career.

Making my IDC with Sea Spirit Taormina / Dive-Careers was the best decision. Cilla and Carmelo together are the best team ever. The local facilities are amazing: Olympic pool for confined water, conference room for the academics, Isola Bella for the open water sessions, and the best part... it’s in Sicily.
I will remember the IDC time for the rest of my life.

All the IDC was very interesting. But I would really appreciate teaching real students. Because if you don't straight after the IDC, you don't have any expérience in teaching with real students.
Shayne and Peter were very good and patient with us.

Choosing this school to do my IDC was based on great recommendations and I can only praise them for their professionalism, wealth of knowledge and the fun atmosphere the course was delivered with. I can confidently say that I’m happy with the decision to study with this school. Shayne (my course director) had become not only a mentor but a good friend too.

I did my IDC and IE in Sicily, in the Sea Spirit 5 Stars PADI Resort, simply outstanding.
The dive director Carmelo Sgroi and the general manager Cilla Lentz are great. Always there for any need. The ambiance, reception, structure, everything perfect.

What an honour to do my IDC with the Legend that is Mark Soworka, and having the opportunity to do it at my home dive school just makes it all the more rewarding. Mark and the CTDC team were amazing. The IDC (which I came to believe is generally stressful) was thorough and the instructions were clear so I knew exactly what was expected and what I needed to do to achieve my goals.

Best course director, friendly good planing and teaching with fun and knowledge. No stress and very helpful you will get confidence by the way he teach.
The place in Bandos is fantastic class room ,accommodation and food is so great. Also very helpful dive team in Bandos dive center.

When i start thinking of doing idc and enquring the instructors where to do and about the Course director, the first and most suggested name is Mark sarwora. Really his lecture and class section is awesome...the remarkable days in my life ......Thanks to Mark for sharing and teaching a lot of dive experience and alot new knowledge.... really nice way of teaching....proud to ba an instructor

I would like to thank everyone who helped me during the idc. And I would say team bandos was very helpful and the course director mark is a very patient and very humble person who gave us a lot of knowledge that we didn’t think of. And Asraf from dive desk he have a lot of knowledge and he was helping us to understand better things in maldivian language. I would like to thank all of you.

I honestly couldn't recommend this course more. Mark and Asarey were so helpful, patient and insightful. I will be eternally grateful for Marks patience and diligence throughout the course. Thank you - you truly are the best of the best!

The structure of the course was really well done, meaning we could cover anything we weren't feeling confident with in the days leading up to the i.e..

Without Marks and Asarey's help who knows where I would be! Such a wonderful course, and I also found it very interesting.

Dive Bandos as a location was also just beautiful. The team at the dive shop are so welcoming, willing to help and lovely. They answered any questions I had and were really helpful.

Couldn't recommend doing your IDC at Dive Bandos more! A beautiful location, a wonderful team and a fantastic course... what more could you want!

I have been waiting for this moment ever since I had finished my open water course more than 6 years ago and it was more than worth it. The quality Mark Soworka offered with all of his experience is simply superb! I learned a lot, which I enjoyed and there were plenty of good laughs.
Apart from that, Mark Soworka does not make his effort end when the IDC. does. He will always help getting your career started and to improve. Besides he uses his broad network and knowledge to match dive centres with dive professionals according to their wishes and needs which proves to be extremely valuable. Anyone looking to start, extend or boost their career as a dive professional, the best advise I can give you is to turn to Mark Soworka's dive careers.

Dive India deserves some credits as well, being India's best dive centre with some of the the highest quality of courses which I came across. Therefore I decided to come here all the way from Amsterdam again for my IDC after finishing my Dive Master internship 3 years before. Since I came to the Island 2 months before the IDC started, I got the opportunity to gain more experience as an Assistant Instructor and extra lectures were organised way beyond the extent of the AI course, simply because of Dive India's love for teaching. If you are looking for diving in India, Dive India is the way to go.

All together this was a wonderful partnership between grade-A dive centre and one of the world's most experienced Course Directors, living up way beyond my expectations.

The best experience in my career with the best Cd ever witnessed so helpful in every way. The climb might be tough and challenging,but the view is worth it. There is a purpose for that pain you just can't always see it right away. Thank you Mark and Asarey for helping us to reach our goals.

Had the best time doing my IDC this past few weeks with Mark & his assistant Asarey at Dive Bandos Maldives!
Thank you so much!!!!
They were very informative and helpful in every single way.

Cheers!

It was the most amazing and life changing experience i have ever had in my life . Mark is THE best and he made it so easy .

Thanks Dive Careers staff!
Mark and his team run a knowledgeable preparation for IE at Budda View, Koh Tao. I've attended the last one. No regrets. I appreciated his emphasis in Coral Conservation and Marine Life. Marks always keep good mood and try in friendly way help you and advise about how to conduct your studies, despite the seriousness of the subject he always kept a good mood and made things easy.

I really enjoyed my IDC with Dive Careers, everything was perfect! My Course Director, Marc Soworka is an amazing person with a lot of knowledge and a good mood every day which is great. All the staff of dive career was also amazing and very friendly. I was well prepared for the IE that I have obtained perfectly.
One last thing which is also very important, once you are certified, they help you for your first steps in your new career and they help you for the jobs research.

The IDC held by Mark was very professional and structured, fun included! A lot of additional information and help was provided. Thank you Mark, I'm an instructor now!

Message to thank all the Buddha View Team !
I spend 3 three great months to achieve my training from AOW to DM, and I really enjoyed that time.
It was a chance to dive so many times and to share time with amazing , pro & fun instructors. During the DMT, we’ve got the chance to join some « lectures » with the IDC... Buddha View is the place where I defenitly felt I wanted to go pro !!

Really felt after I did all the dive-careers exams from Mark, that the IE questions were super easy..
Probs to the preparation and his presentations!

Couldn’t have asked for a better CD to teach the IDC. The amount of patience that Mark has is incredible. Everything was organised and on time. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Amazing experience and top notch training in Pondicherry. Very professional and helpful.
Thank you Mark Soworka.