PADI DIVE MASTERS
Do you have a deep and constant passion for diving? Or, more simply, is diving what you love the most? If so, you should consider doing what you love all your life: becoming aPADI dive masters.
Do you like diving? Do you want to share diving with others on a whole new level? Sign up for the PADI Divemaster course and turn what you love into a profession.
Divers look up to divemasters because they are the leaders who advise and motivate others. As a divemaster, you not only dive a lot but, while diving, you also experience the joy of seeing others having as much fun as you do.
The PADI Divemaster course is your first level of professional training.
Working closely with a PADI Instructor, you'll hone your diving skills – such as effortless hovering – and rescue skills, so you can easily anticipate and solve common problems. You will acquire theoretical knowledge of diving and management and supervision skills, so as to become a role model for any diver.
As a PADI Divemaster, as you will supervise dive activities and act as an assistant on courses, you will assume the role of a guide.
Whether you want to work at a far-flung dive destination or a local dive center close to home, you're in for the adventure of a lifetime.
PADI Divemasters are respected professionals who are members of the largest and most respected diving organization in the world – PADI.
PADI Rescue Divers who are 18 years or older can enroll in the PADI Divemaster course. You will also need to:
• Have completed an Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) course within the previous 24 months.
• Be in possession of a medical certificate with authorization signed by a doctor in the previous 12 months.
• Have logged at least 40 dives to begin the course, and at least 60 to become certified.
Note that certifications from other organizations may be valid - ask your PADI Instructor for information.
The PADI Divemaster course teaches you to be a leader and take responsibility for diving activities.
Through knowledge development sessions, in-water exercises, workshops and practical assessments, you will develop the skills to organize and direct a variety of dive activities.
Topics and workshops include:
• The role and characteristics of a PADI Divemaster
• Supervise dive activities and assist student divers
• Diver safety and risk management
• Divemaster led programs and specialist skills
• The diving business and your career
• Awareness of the aquatic environment
• Preparation and management of a dive
• Mapping of an open water site
• Conduct dive briefings
• Organize a search and recovery project and a deep dive
• Conduct a scuba review and skin diver course
• Assist Discover Scuba Diving and lead Discover Local Diving programs
Your instructor, along with the Divemaster training and to help you meet all the requirements and broaden your skills, may also offer you specialty courses.