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PADI DIVEMASTER COURSE

Looking for the first step in working with scuba as a career? Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers. PADI Divemaster is the prerequisite certification for both the PADI Assistant Instructor and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor certifications.

What You Learn

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During the PADI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems as well as help others improve their scuba. You put this knowledge into action through a structured internship or series of practical training exercises.

What You Can Teach

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After becoming certified as a PADI Divemaster you will be authorized to:

■ Supervise both training and non-training-related
activities by planning, organizing and directing
dives

■ Assist a PADI Instructor during the training
sessions for any PADI Diver course

■ Conduct the PADI Skin Diver course and PADI
Discover Snorkeling program

■ Conduct the PADI Discover Local Diving
experience

■ Conduct the PADI Scuba Review program

■ If qualified as a Discover Scuba Diving Leader,
independently conduct the PADI Discover Scuba
Diving program.

■ Earn the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer
    Specialty Instructor rating to be able to teach
    the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer
    specialty.

■ Independently guide Open Water Diver course
    students on the tour portion of Open Water Diver
    course Training Dives 2, 3 and 4 at a ratio of two
    student divers per certified divemaster.

■ Accompany Open Water Diver students under
the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor
during:

■ surface swims to and from the entry/exit point
and during navigational exercises

    ■ when the instructor conducts a skill, such as
        an ascent or descent, a Divemaster can
        remain with other student divers (with an
        individual student or buddy team)

■ Accompany student divers during Adventure
Dives or Specialty training dives under the
indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.

■ Conduct the PADI Seal Team AquaMission

■ Conduct subsequent dives under an instructor’s
    indirect supervision for Discover Scuba Diving
    participants after participants have satisfactorily
    completed the first dive with a PADI Instructor.

■ Teach Emergency First Response courses after
successfully completing an Emergency First
Response Instructor course.

At a glance, compare what you can teach when you continue your professional diver education.

The Scuba Gear You Use

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You use all the basic scuba equipment and some scuba accessories such as a dive slate, dive knife, compass, dive watch, etc.

It is highly recommended that you own all of your own scuba equipment, as familiarity with personal gear improves general scuba diving skills.

Learning Materials You Need

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The PADI Divemaster crewpak includes everything you’ll need to start the PADI Divemaster program. The complete set of materials includes:

■ The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving -
a comprehensive overview of diving physics,
physiology, and equipment.

■ The Diving Knowledge Workbook – a self-study
guide used in preparation for the Divemaster and
Instructor exams.

■ Divemaster slates

■ PADI Divemaster Manual

■ CD-ROM with instructor outlines for Divemaster-
conducted programs (exclusive item not available
for purchase separately)

Prerequisites

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To take this course, you must be:

■ 18 years old

■ A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
(or qualifying certification from another training
organization)

■ A PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification
from another training organization)

■ An Emergency First Response Primary and
    Secondary Care (or qualifying first aid and
    CPR training from another organization) course
    completion within the past 24 months.

■ Have at least 20 dives to begin the course and
60 for certification

■ Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement
signed by a physician within the last 12 months.