c.v. Owners and Instructors

Owner

Daniel O. Benson M.D.

Dan Goodrich: Chief of Operations (i.e. shop manager!)

Instructors

Trevor Oswald

Joe Sheldon

Photographer

Michele Benson

Daniel O. Benson

Dan Benson has been scuba diving for 20 years, and snorkeling for over 35 years.  He is a NAUI Course Director, a former PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, #169005, and a former SDI/TDI instructor #5464.  He has certified over 300 students, and has more than 900 career dives.

He is the Director of Education at Jefferson State Dive Locker.  His day job is an Ophthalmologist.

Publications

Courses qualified to teach:  

• NAUI 

•   Try Scuba

•   Scuba Passport

•   Skin Diver

•   Scuba Diver

•   NAUI Nitrox and Nitrox Diver

•   Advanced Scuba Diver

•   Scuba Rescue Diver

•   Master Scuba Diver

•   Assistant Instructor

•   Divemaster

•   Scuba Instructor

•   NAUITec Gas blender and Oxygen Service

•   Numerous specialties

Authorized to conduct Instructor Qualification Program, wherein instructors are certified to teach.

       Formerly a  PADI instructor teaching the following courses.

•       Medic/First Aide

•         PADI Specialties:

•             Deep Diver

•             Night Diver

•             UW Naturalist 

•             UW Search and Recovery

•             Drift Diver

•             Boat Diver

•             SDI: Snorkeling through Divemaster

•             TDI: Nitrox, Instructor number 5464

•             DAN Oxygen Provider

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• TDI     

•   Nitrox

•   Visual Inspection Procedures instructor trainer

• DAN

•     Dan Oxygen Provider

            Additional Certifications and experience

•            TDI Nitrox Blender 

•            TDI Advanced Nitrox Diving

•            TDI Decompression Diving

•            TDI Nitrox Equipment Technician

•            Draeger Rebreather

•            TriMix Blender

Extensive dive travel including: Malaysia, Hawaii, Caribbean, Fiji, Samoa, Belize, Cozumel, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Bahamas, Greece, Indonesia and Lake of the Woods.  

Trevor Oswald

Trevor is on the faculty at OIT in admissions.   Trevor is originally from Springfield, Oregon.  He is a NAUI Scuba Instructor.

Michele Benson

• Divemaster
• Master of Social Work (MSW)
• Trauma Counselor!

• Underwater photographer  Contact her for any matters relating to photography

• See some of her wonderful Underwater Photographs

Joe Sheldon

Joe is the former owner of Southern Oregon Divers, and is a PADI instructor.  He has been diving and teaching diving for many years.  He is a U.S. Coast Guard certified Captain, and has run commercial charter, fishing and tour boats for many years.