Take the first step in your dive career and become a PADI Divemaster. 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.
What can PADI Divemasters do?
- Work at local dive centers, on live-aboard dive boats, yachts and at exotic resort locations.
- Assist PADI Instructors with students.
- Lead PADI Scuba Divers on guided dive tours.
- Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers.
- Teach PADI Discover Snorkeling programs.
- Conduct PADI Scuba Review programs for certified divers.
- Lead certified divers on Discover Local Diving experiences.
- Teach Emergency First Response programs after successful completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor course.
What do I need to start?
- PADI Rescue Diver certification or qualifying certification from another training organization.
- Medical clearance signed by a physician.
- 20 logged dives to start, (60 logged dives required to certify including Deep, Navigation and Night).
- CPR qualification within past 24 months such as Emergency First Response required to certify.
- 18 years old.
What will I do?
- Learn dive leadership through classroom and independent study sessions
- Complete water skills and stamina exercises in confined and open water
- Training exercises to test organizational and problem solving abilities
- An internship or series of practical training exercises
How long will it take?
We offer the Divemaster course as a referral (option 2 - Practical Training Exercises only), which will take 1 - 2 weeks to complete. This assumes that you have already completed the Knowledge Development and Exams and that you just need to complete the practical training sessions in open water.
We also offer a full Internship lasting 4 - 12 weeks. This will take you from Rescue Diver right through the entire Divemaster program. You will work at the Dive Center as part of the team on a daily basis. We will provide you with plenty of assistance to help you with the theory exams and you will also get to learn first hand what is involved in running a busy 5 Star Gold Palm Resort Dive Center.
What course materials are required?
The following materials are required unless they are unavailable in a language understood by the student diver.
- PADI Divemaster Manual
- Recreational Dive Planner (RDP) – all three versions (Table, Wheel and eRDP including associated Instructions for Use booklets)
- The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
- Diving Knowledge Workbook
- Divemaster Slates
- Instructor Guides for the programs that may be conducted by PADI Divemasters. You may purchase these guides from your PADI Dive Center/Resort or you may download PDF versions by clicking on the links below.
- Discover Scuba Diving
- Discover Snorkeling/Skin Diver Course
- Scuba Review/Discover Local Diving
For information on pricing, please visit our Price List page.
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