PADI Divemaster

Take the PADI Divemaster course and do what you love to do as a career!

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PADI Divemaster is the first step in your diving career.

Love scuba diving? Want to share it with others on a whole new level? As a divemaster you’ll supervise scuba diving activities and assist with scuba classes

There are many reasons to become a PADI Divemaster: to work and travel, to share your love of the underwater world with others, or simply for the personal challenge. Along the way, you’ll hone your scuba diving skills and emerge as a leader in the world’s largest community of divers bound together by a shared passion for adventure and ocean conservation.

 

Divemaster candidates meet course performance requirements and:

  • Complete knowledge development segments including Knowledge Reviews in the PADI Divemaster Manual or through the Divemaster Online, and pass the Divemaster Final Exam.
  • Create an Emergency Assistance Plan for a designated dive site.
  • Complete water skills exercises.
  • Complete a diver rescue assessment.
  • Complete the dive skills workshop and assessment.
  • Complete practical application skills.
  • Complete Divemaster conducted programs workshops.
  • Complete practical assessments.
  • Meet the professionalism criteria.

Divemaster Duties – What can you do as a Divemaster:

  • Supervise both training and non training-related activities by planning, organizing and directing dives.
  • Assist an instructor during confined and open water training.
  • Accompany student divers during Adventure Dives or specialty course dives under the instructor’s indirect supervision.
  • Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers independently. This also includes conducting the PADI Seal Team Aqua Mission: Skin Diver Specialist.
  • Conduct the Discover Snorkeling program.
  • Conduct the Discover Local Diving experience.
  • Conduct the Reactivate program for certified divers, or for PADI Scuba Divers who are refreshing their skills.
  • Conduct the skin diving skills segment of the Open Water Diver course during any confined water dive.
  • Accompany certified PADI Scuba Divers on subsequent dives.
  • ………………and much much more!!!

FAQ

Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.

Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice. Only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.

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