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PADI Divemaster PADI DIVEMASTER
  Becoming a professional Diver

Entering the professional world of scuba diving brings exciting challenges and endless possibilities: There is the chance to explore nature’s fascinating underwater creatures, and the opportunity to share your professional knowledge and experiences with students who want to learn. Scuba diving is quickly becoming one of the most popular sports in the world. Imagine entering a realm that artists can only imagine in their wildest dreams, and on a daily basis! Getting paid to do something you enjoy is something everyone wants to achieve. Professional divers achieve this goal, and are both respected and admired for their hard work and accomplishments. From owning and operating a mainland dive center or resort, to working, teaching, and traveling across the ocean on a live-aboard dive boat, professional divers get to take part in a wide variety of fun and exciting experiences – both on land and under water. A career with PADI can break you out of a nine-to-five rut, or open the door to adventurous part-time or full-time possibilities.

Like many careers, PADI dive professionals are envied for the lifestyles they lead. Divemaster schedule and plan dives on yachts, as do Instructors, who also get to teach. Instructor Trainers travel to the world’s most exotic locations, while PADI employees are the eyes and ears of the dive industry.

What do all these people share? They are all diverse individuals who love their jobs. There are endless possibilities and paths are available to take advantage of through PADI, it only takes desire to make it happen. Why not be a role model in your community and get paid for something that you love to do anyway?

As a PADI Member, you are a part of the most successful company in the industry. There are more than 4000 (and growing) PADI Dive Centers and Resorts around the world, and an overwhelming majority of dive operations are PADI Members. At any given time, there are more positions available for PADI leaders than there are dive professionals to fill them. The bottom line is that whatever dive career path you choose, your PADI credentials will get you where you want to go, faster and easier. Contact your local dive center for more information on becoming a PADI professional diver. PADI has the answers, the choice is yours.

 

Ready for a challenge? Are you looking to join the leaders of the pack? Then look no further! The PADI Divemaster program is the first rung on the leadership ladder in the PADI System of diver education. This rating denotes you as a person who:
  1. Has a high level of personal diving skill.
  2. Has instructor level knowledge of diving theory.
  3. Has had significant training in how to assist an instructor during training activities.
  4. Is able to assume appropriate responsibilities that benefit the welfare of other divers.

In other words, you’re the cream of the crop and we want you!

You’ll complete three phases in the PADI Divemaster program:

As you may know, many PADI Divemasters go on to become PADI Instructors. So, the training and experience you gain through the PADI Divemaster program helps shape your abilities and attitude toward becoming a professional level diving educator. To help shape you into a Dive Professional, PADI has developed the PADI Divemaster Crew-Pak and various other material.

As a PADI Divemaster, you'll be qualified to:

  1. Act as certified instructional assistant to PADI Instructors.
  2. Supervise participants in PADI experience programs for uncertified divers.
  3. Generally supervise both training and no training related diving activities by planning, organizing and directing dives.
  4. Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
  5. Conduct the PADI Scuba Review program for certified divers.
  6. Conduct the Skin Diving Skills segment of the PADI Open Water Diver course, confined Water Diver four under the direction of a PADI Instructor.
  7. Enroll in PADI Instructor level training

To qualify for PADI Divemaster training, you'll need to:

  1. Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or hold a qualifying certification from another training organization.
  2. Be certified as a PADI Rescue Diver or hold a qualifying certification from another training organization.
  3. Have logged a minimum of 20 open water dives prior to entry into PADI Divemaster training, and completed and logged a minimum of 60 open water dives with experience in deep and navigation prior to certification as a PADI Divemaster.
  4. Be at least 18 years old.
  5. Be in good physical condition for diving and submit a medical exam signed by a physician prior to any in-water activities.
  6. At the time of certification, have current training in CPR. (Current means that the CPR training has not expired as defined by the CPR training organization.)
  7. At the time of certification, have current training in First Aid.
    (If the candidate does not hold a PADI Rescue Diver certification, he must have first aid training that has not expired as defined by the first aid training organization.)
Watermanship and skills assessment

1.Watermanship and stamina

2.General diving skills

Knowledge Development

1.Diving physics

2.Diving physiology

3.Diving skills and environment

4.Supervising students in training

5.Dive management and control

6.Dive planning

7.Emergency assistance plan for Diving emergencies in the local area

8.Mapping a local open water site

Practical Application

This involves training activities using various structured training sessions, simulated scenarios and internship sessions with actual PADI programs. These training sessions enable you to gain practical experience as an instructional assistant and a supervisor of open water diving activities, both as a coordinator and as an underwater guide.

Upon successfully completing the PADI Divemaster program, you’ll receive a certification card and wall certificate denoting this rating. You’ll also become a member of PADI and receive benefits, including the ability to purchase professional liability insurance (which may be required to conduct some activities).

Required Materials

1. The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving

Multimedia or book (for candidate

independent study of dive theory).

2. The PADI Diving Knowledge Workbook

(for candidate independent study of

dive theory).

3. PADI Underwater Navigator Manual

and Underwater Navigation video (for

navigation skill review and mapping

assignment) Aqua Marine will provide

4. PADI Deep Diver Manual and Deep Diving

video (for deep diving knowledge

development)  Aqua Marine will provide

5. PADI Rescue Diver Manual and Video

(for rescue accident management

knowledge development and training

exercises)

6. Giant RDPs, table and The Wheel

7. Discover the Underwater World video

(for divemaster conducted programs

knowledge development)  Aqua Marine will provide

8. Scuba Tune-up guidebook (for divemaster

conducted programs knowledge

development)  Aqua Marine will provide

9. The Business of Diving (for business of

diving knowledge development)

 

 

10. Divemaster Slates (for open water

training exercises)

11. Dive Roster slate (for open water

training exercises)

12. Divemaster Candidate Information

and Evaluation Form (for recording

candidate performance throughout

the program)

13. The Law and the Diving Professional (for

risk management knowledge development)

14. The Best of the Undersea Journal (for

risk management, business of diving

knowledge development, open water

and confined water training dives )

15. Peak Performance Buoyancy video  Aqua Marine will provide

16. Open Water Diver Multimedia (RDP

table and Wheel tutorial)  Aqua Marine will provide

17. Skill Evaluation Slate (for confined

waterskills evaluation and development)

18. Student Record File

19. Divemaster Skill Development Score

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20. Practical Application Record Sheets

21. Adventure Log

22. All training materials for courses

leading up to the PADI Divemaster

level, including the manuals, videos,

and multimedia products for the PADI

Open Water Diver course, Adventures

in Diving program and Rescue Diver

23.PADI Divemaster Kit (includes manual, and initial Divemastercards)

24. Confined Water Cue Cards

25. Open Water Cue Cards   

26.PADI Instructor Guide (Book or CD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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