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Dive Master ( Diver Level 3 - ISO 24801-3 "Dive Leader" )

Cost:

*all participants are required to own their own full set of dive equipment. After all, you want to be a professional!

Overview

As the entry to professional levels in diver training, the PADI Divemaster course plays a pivotal role within the PADI System of diver education. Those who join the PADI Divemaster ranks assist other instructors with training student divers. You will supervise diving activities for certified divers, snorkellers and skin divers. Obviously, as an entry-level professional you can strongly influence the safety and fun divers enjoy during training and diving. At the same time, you can look ahead gain professional experience and apply to become a PADI Assistant Instructor/Open Water Scuba Instructor. In conducting the PADI Divemaster course, you are training to be today's certified assistant and gain employment in 176 countries around the world. Your career awaits you!

Prerequisites

Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation. A qualifying certification is defined as proof of certification beyond entry level, and proof of 20 or more logged dives documenting experience in deep diving and underwater navigation.
Be certified as a PADI Rescue Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation. A qualifying certification is defined as proof of certification in diving rescue from a training organisation
other than PADI.
Have completed and logged at least 20 dives as documented by the individual’s personal log book.
Be at least 18 years old at the start of PADI Divemaster training.
Submit, to the instructor, medical clearance for diving signed by a physician, attesting to fitness to dive. The medical clearance must be current within the previous 12 months. The physician signing the form cannot be the individual.
Submit proof of Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) training(or other qualifying CPR/first aid training) within the last 24 months.

Objectives

To develop the knowledge, attitudes, judgment and skills for supervising certified divers in shore-based and boat-based diving activities.
To develop the knowledge, attitudes, judgment and skills for assisting with training divers in PADI courses.
To develop the knowledge, attitudes, judgment and skills for independently conducting specific PADI programs for certified divers and non-divers (e.g., Scuba Review, Discover Snorkeling,PADI Skin Diver course).
To develop the candidate’s dive theory knowledge, water skills, rescue skills and experience to the levels necessary to enter the PADI Assistant Instructor course and the PADI Instructor Development Course and to encourage the candidate to continue into those programs.
To promote each candidate's growth to meet individual needs and interests, and to meet the dive community's needs and expectations in dive leaders (e.g., risk management, personal health and safety, the needs of the dive retailer).

There are number of tasks and modules that you are required to complete. You can complete this course within 11 days but you can tailor the course to suit your schedule.

Certification Requirements

Show proof of 60 logged dives documenting experience in night diving, deep diving and underwater navigation.
Read and agree to abide by the PADI Membership and License Agreement.
Have current CPR and first aid training within the last 24 months.
Completed all components of the PADI Divemaster course (8 x exams at a performance mark of 75%, water skills and stamina assessment, mapping exercise, knowledge reviews, emergency assistance plan, skill development and practical application assessments).
When all of the above is completed Scubajack will forward your application to PADI International Limited. At this point you will be required to enter your payment details (£64.62) as PADI will not authorise certification until this is paid. It will then take a few weeks while your application is processed and verified.

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
The PADI Divemaster video must also be viewed

Download required instructor guides:
1. Discover Scuba Diving
2. Discover Snorkeling/Skin Diver Course
3. Scuba Review/Discover Local Diving

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