EFR Instructor Course now available

October 6, 2008

Archive post from 6 October 2008. Some details have changed since then. Since 2022 our daily thresher shark dives go to Kimud Shoal, not Monad Shoal, and we see threshers there every day of the year. For diving on Malapascua now, see our thresher shark guide and best time to dive.

The EFRI (Emergency First Response Instructor Course) is now available at Thresher Shark Divers.
Mike and Andrea completed their EFR Instructor Trainer Certifications this weekend with Thomas Kendrick, a top trainer from PADI headquarters. We will be adding this course to the ever increasing list of courses available at TSD.
From next year EFRI will be a prerequisite for the IDC, so for anyone wishing to become an instructor it is a must. But you do not have to be a PADI Dive Instructor to complete this course. Anyone can do the Emergency First Response or Emergency First Response Instructor Course, even a non-diver. It is also a great skill for Divemasters to have to make them more marketable. Contact us for more info.

About Andrea Agarwal

Andrea Agarwal is a PADI Master Instructor and the founder of Thresher Shark Divers on Malapascua Island, Philippines. Originally from the UK, she moved to the Philippines in 2003 and built what is now one of the largest and most respected dive operations in the country. TSD is a PADI 5-Star Career Development Center (CDC) and the only PADI TecRec facility on Malapascua. Malapascua is the world's best destination for daily thresher shark encounters, and Andrea has spent over 20 years diving its waters and making sure the world knows it.