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PADI Divemaster course

PADI Master Scuba Diver course

PADI Divemaster course

Do you want to build a career with scuba diving? Maybe travel the world and earn money at the same time? Are you taking a break after your studies? Then the PADI Divemaster course is right for you!

As a divemaster you'll supervise scuba diving activities and assist with scuba classes and training dives to all levels. PADI Divemaster is the first step in your diving career.

The PADI Divemaster course teaches you to be a leader and take charge of dive activities. Through knowledge development sessions, waterskills exercises and workshops, and hands-on practical assessment, you develop the skills to organise and direct a variety of scuba diving activities.

Topics and practical workshops include:

  • The role and characteristics of the PADI Divemaster

  • Supervising dive activities and assisting with student divers

  • Diver safety and risk management

  • Divemaster conducted programs and specialised skills

  • Business of diving and your career

  • Awareness of the dive environment

  • Waterskills and stamina

  • Diver rescue assessment

  • Dive setup and management

  • Mapping an open water site

  • Conducting dive briefings

  • Organising a search and recovery project and a deep dive

  • Conducting a scuba review and skin diver course

  • Assisting with Discover Scuba Diving and leading Discover Local Diving programs

Your instructor may also offer the PADI Deep Diver and Search and Recovery Diver specialty diver courses along with your divemaster training to help you meet all requirements and to broaden your abilities.

Minimum age: 18 years old

 

PADI Master Scuba Diver course

Also known as the black belt rating of scuba diving! The Master Scuba Diver rating places you in an elite group of respected divers who have earned this rating through both significant experience and scuba training. Fewer than two percent of divers ever achieve this rating. When you flash your Master Scuba Diver card, people know that you've spent time underwater in a variety of environments and had your share of dive adventures.

Minimum age: 12 years old

The path starts with earning a PADI Open Water Diver certification, followed by PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certifications). You also need to earn five PADI Specialty Diver certifications and have logged a minimum of 50 dives.