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Divemaster | PADI
Divemaster | PADI
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Our Divemaster course offers a comprehensive internship program designed to provide an immersive, hands-on experience. You'll be welcomed as an integral part of our dive school, and as such will gain a thorough and encompassing understanding of diving, from theory to practical application and beyond. Our unique approach ensures you develop the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in your diving career.
Additionally, our program includes exclusive perks and benefits, enhancing your learning journey and making your time with us even more rewarding.
Your time will be split between classroom sessions, pool sessions and weekends at The Delph and/or Capernwray. Once you sign up for the PADI Divemaster course you will sit down with our dive team and discuss the course schedule to fit around our dive site weekends and your work schedule.
The PADI Divemaster Course is an exciting, rewarding and transformative experience. As a divemaster candidate, you’ll gain the knowledge, tools and experience you need to lead diving activities both independently and alongside other PADI Professionals.
As with other PADI courses, the divemaster course includes knowledge development (in-person and online), confined water practice sessions and open water training. Your PADI Instructor will also lead you through skill workshops and hands-on practical activities.
Discussion topics and workshops include:
- Assisting with student divers
- Diver safety and risk management
- Skill demonstration
- The business of diving and your career
- Protecting the diving environment
- Dive setup and management
- Mapping a dive site
- Dive site briefings
- How to lead a dive
- Organizing a search and recovery project
- Assisting with Discover Scuba Diving programmes
Divemaster is the first rung on the professional ladder, so how you interact with your instructor will be a bit different than your diver-level training. Instead of explaining exactly what to do and watching you do it, your instructor will sometimes act as a mentor, providing guidance and plenty of helpful feedback.
After successfully completing your Divemaster training, you’ll receive a PADI Professional Member number and access to PADI's Job Board, where you can browse part-time or full-time job opportunities nearby and across the globe.
Learn how to lead underwater tours, assist with scuba classes and inspire others to care about the ocean. Hone your skills and be the diver everyone admires.
PADI Divemaster is the most popular and most recognized professional scuba certification in the world. PADI Divemasters enjoy abundant career opportunities, get paid to scuba dive and share their love for the ocean.
Take This Course If You Want to
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Gain professional-level dive skills -
Start your scuba diving career -
Share your passion for the ocean -
Mentor other divers
Learn How to
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Lead guided dives -
Assist with classes -
Give a dive briefing -
Conduct refresher training
Prerequisites and Minimum Age:
Minimum Age: 18*
Course prerequisites:
- PADI Rescue Diver certification (or qualifying certification)
- Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care training (or qualifying training) within 24 months
- 40 logged dives
- Medically evaluated and cleared for diving by a physician within the past 12 months
* Divers who are younger than 18 but at least 15 may enrol in the PADI Junior Divemaster program.
Junior Divemaster is a sub-set of the PADI Divemaster course. Junior Divemaster candidates may complete a significant portion of the divemaster course, but additional training is required when the Junior Divemaster turns 18.
Junior Divemaster program prerequisites:
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and PADI Rescue Diver diver certifications
- 20 logged dives
- Medical clearance to dive
Total time commitment: Varies
- Minimum age: 18 (15 for Junior Divemaster)
E-Learning Home Study
Interactive lessons cover divemaster-led programs and activities, diver safety and risk management, the aquatic environment and more. Study online or offline using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor whenever you have a question.
- eLearning time commitment: 8-12 hours
After this course:
As a certified PADI Divemaster, you’re eligible to enrol in the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) and become a PADI Instructor or Assistant Instructor.
You can also work with a PADI Course Director and become qualified to teach PADI Select Courses. Divemasters may also qualify to teach:
*Entry fees and air fills at The Delph/Capernwray are not included in the course prices.
*PADI Divemaster fees are paid directly to PADI after completion of the course and are not included in the above course costs.
