Enable the candidate to
organise, conduct and supervise recreational dive training, both land and boat
based
- Enable the candidate to effectively act as an instructor assistant to a teaching status PADI OPEN WATER INSTRUCTOR (or higher)
- Develop the theoretical knowledge of candidates to a level sufficient to become an Instructor
- The course consists of 3 modules of work.
- MODULE 1 - WATERSKILLS & STAMINA
- Stamina Assessment and Development
- Diver Rescue Assessment and Development
- Confined Waterskill Assessment and Development
- MODULE 2- KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT
- Role and characteristics of a PADI Divemaster
- Supervising general diving activities for certified divers
- Assisting with student divers in training
- Dive theory introduction
- Physics of diving
- Physiology
- Dive Equipment
- Decompression theory and dive tables
- Divemaster conducted programmes
- Risk management
- Business of diving
- Furthering your dive career
- MODULE 3 - PRACTICAL APPLICATION
- Internship: Each candidate must participate in at least:
- One PADI Open Water Diver course confined water session.
- Four additional confined water training sessions from any PADI course or programme.
- One PADI Open Water Diver course open water training dive.
- One PADI Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver or PADI Specialty Diver course open water training session.
- Three additional open water training dives from any PADI course or programme.
- One supervisory situation with certified divers not in a formal course.
- Further to this, candidates have to produce an emergency assistance plan, a map of the local underwater terrain suitable for entry-level training, and perform a problem solving assignment.
- The internship programme at CDC requires attendance at 4 complete Open Water courses with on-board experience and assisting with Advanced Open Water and Specialty Courses. You will complete a minimum of 40 Open Water dives during this programme.
- $1,800 exclusive of PADI application fees
- PADI Advanced and Rescue Diver certification or equivalent
- 18 years of age or older.
- Diving medical gained within the last 12 months.
- Logged a minimum of 20 dives.
- Required Materials
- PADI Divemaster Manual*
- RDP - all three versions (Wheel, table and eRDP including associated Instructions for Use booklets)
- The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
- Diving Knowledge Workbook
- Divemaster Slates
- Instructor Guides for programs Divemasters may conduct:
- Discover Scuba Diving
- Discover Snorkeling/Skin Diver Course
- Scuba Review/Discover Local Diving
- *The PADI Divemaster video must also be viewed.
- Recommended Materials
- Adventures in Diving
- Professional Log Book
- PADI Encyclopaedia
- PADI Diving Knowledge workbook
- Equipment care and maintenance
- Course sessions can be organised to be run whenever it is convenient for you to attend. Divemaster candidates can be tutored initially on a 1:1 basis then merged into small groups for final exercise
- Please note:
- Knowledge Development Topic 1 - Course Introduction: The Role and Characteristics of a PADI Divemaster must precede all other components of the PADI Divemaster course.
- Knowledge Development Topic 9 - Divemaster Conducted Programmes must precede Required Training Exercise 3 - Divemaster Conducted Programmes.
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