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Divemaster

D I V E M A S T E R

PRICE: $1200

Do you have a deep and abiding passion for diving? Or, do you merely love it with all of your heart?  If so, you should consider doing what you love for a living: become a PADI Divemaster. When you Join the Tribe™ by becoming a PADI Divemaster, you align yourself with the largest and most respected dive tribe in the world—that of PADI Professionals. These are PADI Divemasters and Instructors sharing a passion for diving and an active concern for the health of the world’s underwater habitats.  

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.

Prerequisites:

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 40 dives to begin the course and 60 for certification

  • Complete a Medical Questionnaire as a prerequisite to a recreational scuba diving

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Learning Materials (includes everything you need):

  • PADI Divemaster manual version 3.0

  • Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving

  • Divemaster slates version 3.0

  • PADI Instructor manual

  • Divemaster application

  • eRDPML (access card)

  • PADI Pro logbook

  • Discover Scuba Diving Cue Card

  • Scuba Tune-Up Guidebook

  • Sturdy briefcase bag

Scuba Gear You'll Need:

It is highly recommended that you own all of your own scuba equipment, as familiarity with personal gear improves general scuba diving skills. We can help you find and choose your gear at the best possible value.

What Will You Learn?

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.  As you progress through your Divemaster course, you’ll expand your diving knowledge, hone your skills, and increase your confidence. Then, as a PADI Divemaster, you’ll use these attributes to lead, mentor, and motivate other divers and experience the joy of seeing them transformed by the majesty of the aquatic realm.

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What You Can Teach 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 Skin Diver Specialist 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.

INCLUDED IN THE COURSE

  • Mentoring and training in confined & OW

  • Classroom Presentations

  • Course materials (value $380)

NOT INCLUDED IN THE COURSE

  • Transportation to open water dive sites

  • Lodging at an open water dive site

  • Entry and parking fees to open water dive sites (when applicable)

  • Meals

  • Equipment

  • Coldwater wetsuit ($45)

How To Sign Up?

This class is scheduled upon request. To sign up/schedule this class, please call/text Kent or Samuel at 970-286-0072

If you want to send us a message, use the contact form on the Contact Us page.

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