PADI DIVEMASTER COURSE

Love scuba diving? Want to share it with others on a whole new level? Take the PADI Divemaster course and do what you love to do as a career. Scuba divers look up to divemasters because they are leaders who mentor and motivate others. As a divemaster, you not only get to dive a lot, but also experience the joy of seeing others have as much fun diving as you do. The PADI Divemaster course is your first level of professional training. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, you’ll fine-tune your dive skills, like perfecting the effortless hover, and refine your rescue skills so you anticipate and easily solve common problems. You’ll gain dive knowledge, management and supervision abilities so you become a role model to divers everywhere.

As a PADI Divemaster, you’ll lead others as you supervise scuba diving activities and assist with diver training. Whether you want to work at a faraway dive destination or close to home at a local dive shop, the adventure of a lifetime awaits you. PADI Divemasters are respected dive professionals who are aligned with the largest and most respected dive organization in the world – PADI.

What Are The Requirements To Join A PADI Divemaster Course?

1. PADI Advanced Open Water and PADI Rescue Diver certifications (or qualifying certifications)
2. 18 years old
3. Medical clearance attesting to dive fitness signed by a physician within the previous 12 months
4. Min. of 40 logged dives before the start of the course
5. Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care course completion (or qualifying training) within the last 24 months
6. Min. 60 logged dives; documented experience in underwater navigation, night diving and deep diving before PADI Divemaster Certification

What can I do as a PADI Divemaster?

1. Supervise both training and nontraining-related activities by planning, organizing and directing dives.
2. Assist an instructor during confined and open water training.
3. Guide Open Water Diver course students on the tour portion of Open Water Dives 2, 3 and 4 at a 2:1 ratio, under the instructor’s indirect supervision.
4. Accompany Open Water Diver students under the instructor’s indirect supervision during surface swims to and from the entry/exit point and during navigational exercises; as well as supervise remaining students when the instructor conducts a skill.
5. Accompany student divers during Adventure Dives or specialty course dives under the instructor’s indirect supervision.
6. Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers independently. This also includes conducting the PADI Seal Team AquaMission: Skin Diver Specialist.
7. Conduct the Discover Snorkeling program.
8. Conduct subsequent dives under an instructor’s indirect supervision for Discover Scuba Diving participants at a 2:1 ratio, after participants have satisfactorily completed the first dive with an instructor.
9. Conduct the Discover Local Diving experience.
10. Conduct the ReActivate program for certified divers.
11. Conduct the skin diving skills segment of the Open Water Diver course during confined water dive 2, 3, 4, or 5.
12. If qualified as a Discover Scuba Diving Leader, independently conduct Discover Scuba Diving in a pool or in confined open water.
13. Accompany certified PADI Scuba Divers on subsequent dives.
14. After completing the corresponding instructor training and earning Specialty Instructor ratings, conduct:

• Digital Underwater Photographer specialty courses under the direction of a PADI Instructor
• Specialty courses that don’t include dive

The PADI Divemaster Course teaches you to be a leader and take charge of dive activities. Through knowledge development sessions, waterskills exercises and workshops, and hands-on practical assessment, you develop the skills to organize and direct a variety of scuba diving activities. Topics and practical workshops include:

• The role and characteristics of the PADI Divemaster
• Supervising dive activities and assisting with student divers
• Diver safety and risk management
• Divemaster conducted programs and specialized skills
• Business of diving and your career
• Awareness of the dive environment
• Dive setup and management
• Mapping an open water site
• Conducting dive briefings
• Organizing a search and recovery project and a deep dive
• Conducting a scuba review and skin diver course
• Assisting with Discover Scuba Diving and leading Discover Local Diving programs