Personal Details
Date of Birth: 18th March 1966
Nationality: Dutch
Languages:

Contact Details
Mobile: (00-34) 677 106 360
E-mail:
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Background
Joop started diving in 1982, but didn’t dive much
after certification. In 1984 he fulfilled his military obligation,
afterwards he joined as a regular until 1990 and worked
as a press photographer. Joop spent 6 months with the Multinational
Force & Observers (MFO) at the Red Sea in Sharm-El-Sheik,
Sinaï, where he got interested in diving again.
From 1990–1996 Joop studied at the Academy of Journalism
in Holland. During his studies he helped out several times
at a dive centre in the Maldives during the high-season.
After graduating he was offered a full-time job as an instructor
in the Maldives.
Diving Qualifications
- Master Instructor & IDC Staff Instructor
- Specialty Instructor in 20 specialties, incl. Cavern, Nitrox and Dräger Dolphin Rebreather
- Emergency First Response Instructor
- Instructor Trainer & Certifier
- Specialty Instructor Trainer in 16 Specialties, incl. Nitrox
- Platinum 1000 Instructor
- Oxygen First Aid Instructor Trainer
- Course Director (International Association for Handicapped
Divers)
- Advanced Instructor
- 3-Star Instructor
- Technical Cave Diver
- Intro to Cave Instructor

- NACD-NSS Full Cave Diver
- Advanced Trimix Diver
- Dolphin SCR Diver
- Trimix Gas Blender
- Dräger Dolphin/Ray SCR Instructor
- Instructor OC Level I (Nitrox)
Over 800 student certifications
Over 5700 logged dives (January 2008)
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