DIVEMASTER COURSE

Working closely with a PADI Instructor, you'll expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills as you become a dive professional. PADI DIVEMASTER training develops your leadership abilities by training you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers

People dive to enjoy the underwater world in comfort and safety and Divemasters are an essential part of that. You gain experience in communicating with divers and you will assume a role of responsibility for the welfare of others divers in your charge.

For you to advance to this professional level it takes 20 days of development in the following three areas.

1. A Divemaster has a high level of personal diving skills.

As a professional whose duties include supervision of others, you must possess a certain degree of watermanship ability and physical stamina. Since you will conduct skill demonstration during diver training, a high degree of skill competence is necessary.

You will be able to analyze and accomplish a task with another diver while underwater with some degree of stress, which you will demonstrate during the problem-solving assessment. Also you will refresh the skills you learned during the Rescue Diver course to verify your rescue ability prior to certification as a Divemaster

2. Development of your diving knowledge:

In this segment we will organize your academic training so you possess an in-depth knowledge of general diving theory and of the effects that physics, physiology, environment, equipment, dive tables, and various diving skills have upon a diver.

One of our goals is to encourage and prepare you for instructor-level training. In addition you will learn about Dive Planning. You’ll gain practical experience in Dive management and control in the session - Supervising Students in Training.

3. Practical Application of your knowledge and skills:

During this Internship you will gain working experience in organizing half-day and full-day boat diving excursions, supervising certified divers and assisting at every level of PADI diver training. You’ll probably find this part of your training most rewarding because you are interacting with divers before, during and after diving.

Divemaster Course
Duration starts weekly
Price 590 Euro / 690 US$
Prerequisites:

Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water or PADI Advanced Plus, or have an equivalent rating. "Equivalency" is defined as proof of certification beyond entry level, and proof of 20 or more logged dives documenting experience in deep diving and underwater navigation.

Be certified as a PADI Rescue diver or have an equivalent rating. "Equivalency" is defined as proof of certification in diving rescue from another organization than PADI. If the candidate enters with an equivalent certification, then the candidate must submit proof of CPR and first aid training within the past 36 months. If the candidate with an equivalent demonstrate poor and inadequate performance during the diver rescue assessment, then the candidate must complete the PADI rescue diver course.

Have completed and logged at least 20 dives as documented by the individual’s personal logbook.

Be at least 18 tears old at the start of the PADI Divemaster training.

Submit, to the instructor, medical clearance for diving signed by physician, attesting fitness for diving. The medical clearance must be current within the previous 12 months. The physician signing the form cannot be the individual.
Course Materials
  • PADI Divemaster manual
  • The Encyclopedia of Recreational diving
  • The PADI knowledge workbook
  • Divemaster slates
  • Recreational dive planner table and wheel

ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR COURSE

The PADI ASSITANT INSTRUCTOR Course is a natural continuation training of the program of the Divemaster Course: it provides you with additional training as an instructional assistant and dive educator.

The course builds upon your ability to organize and supervise dive activities. Now you feel confident with the responsibility for the safety and well being of others, and we will take you to the next level by developing your teaching skills.

Through independent study that prepares you for classroom sessions and particular applications, you will learn how to construct effective academic teaching presentations. You will also gain practical experience in conducting skills development sessions, PADI Skin Diver and Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty courses, Discover Scuba, Discover Local Diving and Discover Snorkeling experiences.

You will become familiar with PADI Standards and Procedures, legal responsibility and risk management and basic marketing ideas including sales philosophy. As an Assistant Instructor you can decide to enroll in Specialty Instructor Course such as Medic First AID, Oxygen First Aid and Equipment maintenance.

The PADI Assistant Instructor course has three main modules:

1. Academic Training

You will become familiar with the PADI System of Diver Education and learn lesson planning and delivery techniques for classroom, pool and open water teaching presentations. You will also learn how to organize and conduct PADI Experience Programs and the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course.

2. Organized study methods allowing for self paced learning.

With the help of the Assistant Instructor Workbook you gain experience in using the Instructor manual, the most important support reference you have as an Instructor. The 10 Knowledge Reviews in your workbook guide you through for reference. Your workbook also contains information about PADI and the Dive Industry, the Business of diving and other relevant topics for the diving professional

3. Practical Application

Assistant Instructor Course
Duration 1 week, starts weekly
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Prerequisites:

  1. Be certified as a PADI Divemaster or leadership level certification with another recreational diver training organization. To meet the leadership level certification requirement the candidate must be a current instructor member in good standing with another recreational diver training organization. OR show certification beyond a entry level, documenting experience in deep diving, and underwater navigation; show proof of certification in diving rescue; and diver supervision and management with another recreational diver training organization. If an equivalent rescue certification is accepted, proof of CPR and first aid training within the past 36 month is required.

  2. Be at least 18 years old

  3. Submit, to the instructor, medical clearance for diving signed by a physician, attesting fitness for diving. The medical clearance must be current within the previous 12 months. The physician signing the form cannot be the course candidate.

  4. Have completed and logged at least 60 dives

  5. Successfully complete a knowledge and skills pre-assessment exam and the PADI skill evaluation in confined water

  6. If not a PADI Divemaster, successfully complete the PADI Divemaster course diver rescue skills assessment.
Course Materials
  1. PADI Instructor manual
  2. Assistant Instructor workbook
  3. The best of the undersea journal
  4. The law and the diving professional
  5. Peak performance specialty outline
  6. PADI open water diver manual
  7. Log book

 

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