DIVEMASTER
Become a Diving Professional
YOUR DIVE CAREER STARTS HERE
The PADI Divemaster course brings you to the first professional level in scuba diving. In your Divemaster training or Divemaster internship you will learn what it is like to work in a diving center.
You will get involved in the daily life of the dive center, and make lots of dives. During the PADI Divemaster course, you will learn about diving theory, you will learn how to organize dives with customers and you will do training exercises that stretch your ability to avoid and solve problems.
You will put this all into action by working together with the diving staff on the daily dive trips and dive courses. Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and work together with Instructors who are teaching student divers.
BEFORE YOU START
You need to : Be 18 years old or older PADI Rescue Diver or equivalent (If you are not, you can do the missing courses with us).
You need CPR and First Aid training and 40 logged dives.
NOT THERE YET?
If you are not a Rescue Diver yet, you can do this course and other prerequisite courses with us befor the start of your Divemaster course.
This normally takes only a couple of days.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN
Dive Theory and Skills
- Complete the theory section of the PADI Divemaster course (online).
- Take the Divemaster theory exam (online).
- Make an Emergency Assistance Plan for a dive site.
- Complete swimming and stamina exercises and reach a combined minimum score.
- Complete a diver rescue skills assessment.
- Complete a dive skills workshop where you will learn to demonstrate all skills from the PADI Open Water Course to student divers.
Practical Application
- Dive Site Set Up and Management
- Mapping a dive site
- Give a dive briefing
- Practice a search and recovery scenario
- Practice a deep dive scenario
Workshops for PADI programs
- Reactivate
- Skin Diver course and snorkeling supervision
- Discover Scuba Diving Program in Confined Water
- Discover Scuba Diving Program – Additional Open Water Dive
- Guiding certified divers in Open Water
Assisting Instructors
- Open Water Diver Students in Confined Water
- Open Water Diver Students in Open Water
- Continuing Education Student Divers in Open Water
- Certified Divers in Open Water
WHAT A DIVEMASTER DOES
So what jobs can you expect to do as a qualified PADI Divemaster? There’s a lot!
Guiding
Main duties as Divemaster will be to supervise and guide certified divers. This is actually much more than swimming around and pointing at fish!!
In your Divemaster course you will learn all it takes to assure that your customers have an enjoyable diving experience; organizing equipment, choosing your dive site and planning your dive, anticipating and avoiding potential problems, etc.
Assisting with courses
As a qualified PADI Divemaster you can also assist Instructors in conducting dive courses of all levels. This can be a very useful and rewarding job. You can assist your Instructor by helping students to overcome learning difficulties and supervising students (that are taking their first breaths under water) when they are not under the immediate Instructors attention.
Being a PADI Divemaster allows you to apply to become a DSD Leader. A DSD Leader can take ‘Discover Scuba Diving’ participants in the pool or confined water, after a brief explanation of the basic diving knowledge. This allows you to take people in shallow water, let them practice their first breaths with scuba equipment and teach them the first basic diving skills like regulator clearing and mask clearing.
Teaching
There are also some PADI courses that you can teach as a Divemaster. For instance, a PADI Divemaster is allowed to teach all (AWARE) courses without dives. After completing the appropriate Specialty Instructor course a PADI Divemaster is also allowed to teach the Digital Underwater Photography course.
If a diver has not been active for a long time and wants to do the PADI Reactivate Program, that can also be taught by a PADI Divemaster.
No more time in the classroom
With PADI Divemaster online you can begin studying at home. At your own pace, you can work through the interactive sections of the Divemaster theory.
The PADI Divemaster online also includes the Divemaster theory exams. Once you completed all online sections and the exams, you can focus on the practical part of your Divemaster training and don’t need to spend time in the classroom.
You can view the Divemaster online material using a desktop or laptop computer or you can download it for offline viewing when using a tablet or phone.
We can send you the first chapter of the Divemaster online learning for free! Just send us a message and ask for the “intro to Divemaster online”.
Divemaster Theory
The PADI Divemaster course teaches you to be a leader and take charge of dive activities. The Divemaster theory prepares you for the practical exercises and workshops in the course. Topics 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
- IDC Dive Theory review
Interested to see how our online classroom works? You can have preview here and read our dive theory summary and make practice exams.
Ready to start your adventure as a dive professional?
Get in touch and we’ll show you how to become a PADI Divemaster.