RESUME - PETER BUCKNELL
PADI Open Water Instructor #324 602
PADI Teaching Certifications:
▪ Specialty Instructor in:
⁃ GoPro Underwater Videographer - wrote distinctive specialty, 2014
⁃ Search & Recovery
⁃ Underwater Videographer
⁃ Underwater Digital Photographer
⁃ Drysuit Diver
▪ OWSI - completed in Sydney - 2013
FECDAS Teaching Certifications Federació Catalana d'Activitats Subaquàtiques:
Instructor no IPR-2/0900071
⁃ Instructor en Prácticas - Nivel 2
⁃ Instructor Administración de Oxigeno
⁃ Instructor Soporte Vital Básico y RCP
⁃ Instructor Nitrox
Technical Diving Certification
- Full Cave - Open Circuit
- Full Cave - Rebreather
- Rebreather - Trimix
- Advanced Wreck Penetration - instructor: John Chatterton
- Advanced Nitrox and Deco Procedures - Bernie Chowdury
Employment:
▪ Saita Diving, Barcelona Instructor 2023 - 2024
▪ Pan Aqua Dive Shop, New York City 2013 - 2016
⁃ Open Water
⁃ GoPro Underwater Videography (Course Author)
⁃ Drysuit
▪ Mike Ball Dive Expeditions: Dive Deck Crew, 2013
▪ Oceanblue Divers: Club videographer, 2009-2012
▪ State University of New York: Professor, 2002-2005
Video work
▪ TV - Bizarre Foods, UW cameraman
▪ Video Promo for Cozumel's Northern reefs, Aldora Divers
▪ Video for Bernie Chowdhury: Tech Dive Business Promo: "Alpha Dive"
▪ Fifteen minute feature commercial for Aldora Divers, Cozumel
▪ Video piece on new dive sites in Cozumel
▪ Seafood Safari: tv show episodes, filming on wrecks to 175 feet (55 meters)
▪ Cave Dive Promo Videos for Blue Life, Playa del Carmen
Journalist
▪ Xray Magazine
▪ B & H Magazine
▪ Dive Medic Magazine
▪ Adventure Diver Magazine
▪ One Breath Magazine
Speaking engagements
▪ Beneath The Sea: "GoPro workshop" 2015, 2016, 2017
▪ Boston Sea Rovers "GoPro workshop" 2015, 2016, 2017
Education
▪ Bachelor of Economics: Majors: Marketing, Business Development in SE Asia
▪ Doctorate in Classical Music, Viola (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
Referees
▪ John Chatterton
▪ Bernie Chowdhury
Personality
I'm a punctual, reliable and motivated teacher with good problem solving abilities and a knack for making the learning experience fun. I follow orders well, take responsibility and get along well with colleagues and customers.
I have a high degree of expertise in Video, Social Network Marketing and Dive Travel, along with instructing.