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The
next PADI Divemaster Orientation will be held
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 6:30 p.m.
at Y-kiki Divers
Go
Pro! Become a PADI Divemaster
Begin
your dive career with the first step – PADI Divemaster.
You’re eligible to start your PADI Divemaster training
after 20 logged dives and successfully completing the PADI
Rescue Diver course. Working closely with a PADI Instructor,
you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the
professional level. The most fulfilling part of the course
is learning to supervise dive activities and assisting with
diver training. Want to know more? Join PADI Instructor Giorgio
Bucci as he hosts a Divemaster Orientation Evening at Y-kiki
Divers, Wed., Feb. 28, 6:30 p.m. Pre-registration is appreciated:
314-469-8722.
Are
you a PADI Rescue Diver?
After you’ve completed the PADI Rescue Diver course,
you’re ready for PADI Divemaster. 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.
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.
You put this knowledge into action through an internship or
series of practical training exercises.
 PADI
Divemasters ...
• Work with local dive centers, on live-aboard
dive boats, yachts and at exotic resort locations
• Assist PADI Instructors with scuba classes
• Lead PADI Scuba Divers on guided dive
tours
• Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
• Conduct PADI Scuba Review programs for
certified divers
• Conduct Discover Local Diving orientations
• Teach The Digital Underwater Photographer
Specialty Course after successfully completing a Digital Underwater
Specialty Instructor Training Course.
• Teach Emergency First Response CPR and
First Aid programs after completing the Emergency First Response
instructor training program.
Prerequisites:
• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
(or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification
from another training organization)
• 20 logged dives
• 18 years old
What
it takes:
• Learn dive leadership skills through classroom
sessions and by using the PADI Divemaster Manual and Video.
• Complete a series of waterskills and
stamina exercises in confined and open water environments.
• Three required training exercises that
test organizational and problem solving abilities.
• Mapping a dive site, including underwater
and surface features
• Equipment exchange: demonstrate the ability
to solve unanticipated problems underwater
• Conduct a simulated or actual class,
under the supervision of a PADI Instructor
• Internship or Practical Training Exercises
(choose one)
 Internship:
hands-on experience supervising and assisting divers in actual
PADI programs, under the guidance of a PADI Instructor
Practical Training Exercises: simulated scenarios
in supervising and assisting divers, under the supervision
of a PADI Instructor
Knowledge
Development: 12 topics ranging from dive theory to
assisting student divers in training
Minimum
Number of Logged Dives: 60 for certification as PADI
Divemaster
Materials
You’ll Need:
• PADI Divemaster Manual
• Recreational Dive Planner (RDP) –
all three versions (Table, Wheel and eRDP including associated
Instructions for Use booklets)
• The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
• Diving Knowledge Workbook
• Divemaster Slates
• PADI Divemaster Video
• Instructor Guides for the programs that
may be conducted by PADI Divemasters. You may purchase these
guides from your PADI Dive Center/Resort or you may download
PDF versions by clicking on the links below.
1. Discover Scuba Diving
2. Discover Snorkeling/Skin
Diver Course
3. Scuba Review/Discover Local Diving
To get
the latest information from PADI, click
here.
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