PADI Divemaster Course

Overview

Divemaster certification is the first step in PADI professionals path. It precedes the PADI Assistant Instructor and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor certifications where you become a fully qualified and licensed Scuba Diving Instructor.

Simply put, this is how you turn your passion into a job!The Dive Master builds on the skills and knowledge you’ve already learned from your previous courses and hones your skills to a professional level, focusing on building your leadership skills to a point where you can organize and lead diving trips and even assist in training learning divers alongside instructors.

The Dive Master is a ten-day course, giving you enough time to get through the five main segments that you study, through independent reading and hands-on practical sessions, before your assessments. The five segments that you’ll be assessed on are Knowledge Development, Water Skills, Practical Application, Practical Assessment, and Professionalism.

Certification Requirements:

Divemaster candidates meet course performance requirements and:

1. Complete knowledge development segments including Knowledge Reviews in the PADIDivemaster Manual or through Divemaster eLearning, and pass the Divemaster Final Exam.
2. Create an Emergency Assistance Plan for a designated dive site.
3. Complete water skills exercises.• Complete a diver rescue assessment.
4. Complete the dive skills workshop and assessment.
5. Complete practical application skills.
6. Complete divemaster-conducted programs workshops.
7. Complete practical assessments.
8. Meet the professionalism criteria.

Diver Prerequisites:

1. Certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and PADI Rescue Diver.
2. 18 years old.
3. Logged 40 scuba dives.
4. Completed EFR Primary and Secondary Care training within 24 months.
5. Medically evaluated and cleared for diving by a physician within 12 months.

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