Take the first step in your dive career
and become a PADI Divemaster. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, you'll
expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills as you become a dive
professional. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities by
training you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student
divers.What can
PADI Divemasters do?
- Work at local dive
centers, on live-aboard dive boats, yachts and at exotic resort locations
- Assist PADI Instructors
with students
- Lead PADI Scuba Divers
on guided dive tours
- Teach and certify PADI
Skin Divers
- Teach PADI Discover
Snorkeling programs
- Conduct PADI Scuba
Review programs for certified divers
- Lead certified divers on
Discover Local Diving experiences
- Teach Emergency First
Response programs after successful completion of an Emergency First Response
Instructor course.
What do I need to start?
- PADI Advanced Open Water
Diver or qualifying certification from another training organization
- PADI Rescue Diver
certification or qualifying certification from another training
organization.
- Medical clearance signed
by a physician
- 20 logged dives
- 18 years old
What will I do?
- Learn dive leadership
through classroom and independent study sessions
- Complete water skills
and stamina exercises in confined and open water
- Training exercises to
test organizational and problem solving abilities
- An internship or series
of practical training exercises
How long will it
take?
What materials are needed?
- Divemaster Training
Package
- Divemaster Video
- Encyclopedia of
Recreational Diving
- Diving Knowledge
Workbook
- PADI Instructor
Manual
- Log Book
PREREQUISITES FOR THE DIVEMASTER COURSE INCLUDE:
- Minimum of 18 years of age
- PADI Advanced Open Water or equivalent *
- PADI Rescue Diver certification or
equivalent *
- No less than 20 logged Scuba Dives, and 60
logged Scuba Dives prior to certification, showing experience in deep, night
and navigation dives
- Current First Aid and CPR certification
(within last 2 years).
THE PADI DIVEMASTER COURSE CONSISTS OF THREE MAIN
AREAS OF ASSESSMENT:
- Diving Knowledge Development
- Watermanship and Scuba Diving Skills
- Practical Application
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE INTERNSHIP ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- To gain familiarity with the student diver
training process
- Develop an awareness of typical student
problems
- Learn how to teach PADI Divemaster
Conducted Programs
TEXT BOOKS
The following materials are required
and are not included in the course fee.
- PADI Divemaster Manual
- PADI Diving Knowledge Workbook
- PADI Encyclopedia
- PADI RDP Table Version
The following materials are recommended
in addition to the above.
- PADI Instructor Slates - confined and open
water
- PADI Instructor Manual
