RESUME

Patrix S. Heschel – CD #158458

11899 W. Portage River S. Rd.

Oak Harbor, OH  43449 USA

PH.  419-341-2102

www.patrixsscuba.com

patrix@patrixsscuba.com

 

OBJECTIVE:           

 

Providing the Diving Community with Recreational, Instructor, and Public Safety Training.

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

 

 

2009 to Present            Treasure Cove Scuba and Ski #        Niles, OH

 

PADI Professional (Course Director)

·         Counsel instructors on continuing education

·         Train EFR Instructors

·         Train DAN Instructors

·         Schedule instructor development programs

2007 to Present       Just Add Water  #2758              Willoughby, OH

 

PADI Professional (Course Director)

·         Counsel instructors on continuing education

·         Train EFR Instructors

·         Train DAN Instructors

·         Schedule instructor development programs

 

2005 to Present            Underwater Connection Inc. #2064      Columbus, OH

 

PADI Professional (Course Director)

·         Counsel instructors on continuing education

·         Train EFR Instructors

·         Train DAN Instructors

·         Schedule instructor development programs

 

 

2004 to Present            Divers Incorporated Dive Center #917              Ann Arbor, MI

 

PADI Professional (Course Director)

·         Counsel instructors on continuing education

·         Train EFR Instructors

·         Train DAN Instructors

.         PADI Public Safety Instructor Trainer

·         Schedule instructor development programs

 

 

2002 to Present            Underwater Dive Center #789              Elyria, OH

 

PADI Professional (Course Director)

·         Counsel instructors on continuing education

·         Train EFR Instructors

·         Train DAN Instructors

·         Schedule instructor development programs

 

 

 

1993 to Present            New Wave Dive Center #15151                        Port Clinton, OH

 

PADI Professional (Currently Course Director) / Training Manager

·         Powerful influence behind New Wave Dive Center’s Advancement to a PADI Five Star and Five Star IDC Facility

·         Webmaster for website at www.newwavescuba.com

·         Counsel customers on equipment purchases and class selections

·         Collaborate with dive center owners in order to determine how to best manage industry changes and promote center growth Counsel instructors on continuing education

·         Train EFR Instructors

·         Train DAN Instructors

.          PADI Public Safety Diving Instructor Trainer

·         Schedule instructor development programs

·         Schedule and oversee class calendars and instructor assignments

·         Strive to implement PADI classes as curriculum in area colleges and universities

 

Equipment Service Technician

·         Repair and service various pieces of customer and store dive equipment  

·         Certified to service Genisses, Seaquest, Spare Air, Aqualung Master Technician, Apeks, Ocean Reef Full Face Mask, Sherwood, Dive Rite, OMS, Interspiro AGA Full Face Mask, PSI Tank Inspector #11205, Dry Suit Repairs and Leak Tests

 

1999 to Present            Rescue Marine                                     Marblehead, OH

 

            Salvage Diver, Recovery Specialist and Deck Hand

·         Perform underwater inspections of electrical lines, dock walls, search and recovery

·         Train new employees to perform underwater rigging, inspections and search patterns

·         Work on boat deck as towing hand and line tender

·         Rig lift bags underwater for salvage operations

·         Underwater cutting

·         Inspected and searched for breaks on Edison’s Put in Bay power lines

·         Underwater photography and videography

 

 

 

1990 to Present            Ohler and Holzhauer Inc.                    Port Clinton, OH

 

Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning Installer

·         Install heating and cooling systems in new buildings as well as retrofit systems in existing buildings.

·         Train new employees to perform as helpers and future journeyman

·         Complete projects in various facets of the industry including residential homes, commercial structures and industrial buildings

·         Read and interpret blueprints and specifications

·         Custom design, build and install required air distributing systems to complete projects.

·         Strive to keep up to date with National and Local Plumbing, Heating, and Electrical Codes by reviewing updated materials and attending training seminars

 

Certified Service Technician

·         Perform periodic service to heating and air conditioning systems to keep them in good working order

·         Trouble-shoot and repair heating and air conditioning systems in poor working order.  

·         Certified to install and service Lennox, Carrier, Weil McLain Boilers, Wirsbo, Wardflex, Coleman, and many more brands of equipment    

 

1986 to 1991                 McDonalds Corporation                       Port Clinton, OH

 

Crew Chief / Manager Trainee

·         Supervise a team of 30 employees

·         Anticipate problems and work to prevent or quickly resolve them

·         Maintain a fast daily work pace for my team and myself

·         Clearly communicate with others to get work done on time with little or no rework

 

                       

EDUCATION:

 

1995 to Present                 Diver Education                                   Various Locations

 

Professional Diver Education Certifications

·         Course Director

·         Master Instructor  

·         IDC Staff Instructor

·         IDC Staffings completed at:  Great Lakes Diver Center (MI); Eastern Academy of Scuba Education, EASE (FLA); Subaqautics (OH)

·         Master Scuba Diver Trainer

·         EFR Instructor

·         EFR Instructor Trainer

·         EFR Care for Children Instructor

·         EFR Care for Children Instructor Trainer

·         DAN Instructor for:  Oxygen, Advanced Oxygen, AED, DEMP, Diving First Aid for Professional Divers and Hazardous Marine Life

·         DAN Instructor Trainer for:  Oxygen, Advanced Oxygen, AED, DEMP, Diving First Aid for Professional Divers and Hazardous Marine Life

·         Sea Signs Underwater Sign Language Instructor

.        Public Safety Diving Association Instructor

.        PADI Public Safety Diving Instructor Trainer

·         Specialty Instructor Trainer for: Digital Underwater Photographer, Boat Diver, Enriched Air (NITROX), Ice Diver, Ice Tender, Drysuit, Underwater Navigator, Equipment Specialist, Search and Recovery, Full Face Mask, Wreck, Drift Diver, DPV Diver, River Diver, Underwater Archeology, Underwater Sign Language and Deep Diver

·         Specialty Instructor for: Public Safety Diver, Digital Underwater Photographer,  Drysuit, Drift Diver, Wreck, Search and Recovery, Night Diver, Equipment Specialist, Boat Diver, Deep Diver, Enriched Air (NITROX), Full Face Mask, Ice Diver, Ice Tender, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Aware Coral Reef Conservation, Project Aware, Underwater Sign Language, Underwater Archeology, River Diver and Underwater Navigator   

·         Open Water Instructor

·         Divemaster

 

 

Recreational Diver Education Certifications

·         Specialties including:  Drysuit, Equipment Specialist, Enriched Air Diver, Drift Diver, Underwater Sign Language and O2 Provider

·         Medic First Aid

·         Rescue Diver

·         Advanced Open Water Diver

·         Open Water Diver

 

Other Forms of Diver Education

·         DEMA Course Director Updates  

·         PADI Business of Diving Symposium 2004 

·         Member Forums: 1998 To Present

·         PADI Staff Development Seminar’s 2004 To Present

·         All PADI Career Education Videos

·         Aqua Lung Master Technician Course

·         MAST Underwater Archaeological Workshop 2004 To Present

·         Gary Gentile’s Advanced wreck diving seminar

 

2002 to 2003                 Adult Continuing Education                 Fremont, OH

 

            Microsoft Front Page Web Page Design and upkeep 

            Starting and running a small business

 

1990 to 1992                 Terra Community College                  Fremont, OH

 

Associates Degree Course for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

 

 

1986 to 1990                 Port Clinton High School                    Port Clinton, OH

 

Graduate

 

 

 

 

ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS:

 

 Four Time Recipient of a PADI Certificate of Recognition for Excellence

 

                Recipient of a PADI Certificate for seating EFR in my community

 

            Recipient of a PADI Certificate for Fifteen years of service

 

Member of local and regional Dive Organizations

·         Vice President for Bay Area Divers Scuba Club

·         Sponsor and Committee Member For Shipwrecks and Scuba Show

·         Three Year Trustee of The Ohio Council of Skin and Scuba Divers Inc.

·         Sponsor and Committee Member for Annual Scubafest Show

·         Active member of a committee for which House Bill # 64 passed to allow O2 for use by scuba divers in the state of Ohio

·         Active member on the pharmaceutical board to select rules

 

Commander and Diver for the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Underwater ResponseTeam

·         Perform evidence and body recovery operations

·         Oversee selection of new team members and team training

·         Oversee selection of new team equipment

·         Coordinate and Manage dive scenes and recovery operations

·         Organize Team Fundraisers

·         Work with US Coast Guard 

·         Recipient of Life Flights Dr Frank Foss Excellance In EMS award

·         Two Time Recipient of Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Service.

·         Recognition for Outstanding Rescue Efforts and a High Level of Proficiency without Regard for Personal Safety.

·         Recipient of Ottawa County Sheriff’s Double Lifesaving Award

 

Great lakes Coordinator for the Rolex/ Our World Underwater Scholarship Society and Host for Scholars

PAST Committee Member/ Organizer and Major Sponsor of the Ohio Coast Week’s Annual DIVE! Put-in-Bay Underwater Cleanup (Put-in-Bay, OH)

 

Speaker for many local schools on Careers in Diving, Project Aware, Marine Biology, Scholarships in Scuba and Conservation

 

Speaker for many scuba shows and dive club meetings Becoming A PADI Professional, Ice Diving, Jobs In Scuba Diving,Wreck Diving Lake Erie, Public Safety Diving, Archaeology and Many More

 

PAST Board of Directors of Maritime Archaeology Survey Team (MAST)

·         Dedicated to the documentation of Ohio's underwater historic resources

·         Participate in Shipwreck surveys for future registered archaeological sites

·         Train MAST members as DAN O2 Providers

·         Help Instruct MAST Programs

 

Active Member of the Boy Scouts of America

·         Erie Shores Boy Scout Troop #370 Committee Member

·         PAST Co Chair for the annual Invitational Boy Scout Camporee for over 1,500 scouts on South Bass Island in the village of Put-in-Bay, OH

 

Member of the Loyal Order of the Moose

·         Member of Port Clinton Lodge #1610

·         Member of Maumee Valley Moose Legion #30

·         Donate time for various scholarship fund raising events such as the annual Wild Game Feed and the annual Hog Roast