{"id":2077,"date":"2024-04-08T14:39:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T19:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/dcbc-lifetime-achievement-award-goes-to-dave-geddes"},"modified":"2024-04-08T14:39:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T19:39:57","slug":"dcbc-lifetime-achievement-award-goes-to-dave-geddes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/dcbc-lifetime-achievement-award-goes-to-dave-geddes\/","title":{"rendered":"DCBC Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Dave Geddes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2078 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ddimage75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ddimage75.jpg 629w, https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ddimage75-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The recipient of this year&#8217;s DCBC Lifetime Achievement Award is Dave Geddes, recognizing his outstanding contributions to the Canadian Occupational Diving industry. With a career beginning in the early 1980s, Geddes has profoundly influenced the field through his leadership roles, including over 30 years as the director of Seneca College&#8217;s Underwater Skills Course and his active involvement in the CSA Dive Standards. As the subcommittee chair for the Z275.4 Competency Standard and a former president of the Canadian Association of Diving Contractors, Geddes has been a pivotal figure in advancing diving safety, education, and competency standards. His dedication and expertise have not only earned him the CSA Award of Merit but also solidified his status as a key advocate and recognized expert in diving safety and education. This award is a testament to Dave&#8217;s enduring impact and his significant contributions to the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recipient of this year&#8217;s DCBC Lifetime Achievement Award is Dave Geddes, recognizing his outstanding contributions to the Canadian Occupational Diving industry. With a career beginning in the early 1980s, Geddes has profoundly influenced the field through his leadership roles, including over 30 years as the director of Seneca College&#8217;s Underwater Skills Course and his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2079,"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions\/2079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}