Divemaster

Course Goals

To develop the previous characteristics in an individual, the PADI Divemaster course has five broad goals:

1. To develop the knowledge, attitudes, judgment and skills for supervising certified divers in shore-based and boat-based diving activities.

2. To develop the knowledge, attitudes, judgment and skills for assisting with training divers in PADI courses.

3. To develop the knowledge, attitudes, judgment and skills for independently conducting specific PADI programs for certified divers and nondivers (e.g., Scuba Review, Discover Snorkeling, PADI Skin Diver course).

4. To develop the candidate’s dive theory knowledge, waterskills, 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.

5. 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).

Divemaster

Goals and Purpose of the PADI Divemaster Course

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 you and other instructors with training student divers. They supervise diving activities for certified divers, snorkelers and skin divers.

Obviously, these entry-level professionals can strongly influence the safety and
fun divers enjoy during training and diving. At the same time, many PADI Divemasters are looking ahead, gaining professional experience they will apply
as PADI Assistant Instructors and Open Water Scuba Instructors.

In conducting the PADI Divemaster course, I am training today’s certified assistants and laying the foundation for many of tomorrow’s instructors.

Who is a PADI Divemaster?

The dive community expects several characteristics of an individual with the PADI Divemaster rating.
These include:

• Exemplary diving skills. The PADI Divemaster’s skills can be used as
demonstrations for student divers.

• Rescue skill. The PADI Divemaster can prevent and manage accidents, and role model rescue skills for student divers in training.

• Professional-level knowledge of dive theory. Depth of theoretical knowledge goes hand-in-hand with expertise and professionalism. This is the foundation for problem solving and creativity in the divemaster’s duties, and for subsequent growth as a PADI Assistant Instructor.

• Competence as a certified assistant. PADI Divemasters know how to support
instruction by handling logistical, supervisory and limited educational duties under an instructor’s supervision.

• Dive management and supervision abilities. PADI Divemasters accept appropriate, limited responsibility for certified divers within the context of leading or managing diving activities. This requires good people skills and good judgment along with
a strong working knowledge of dive environments and activities. The PADI Divemaster assists the dive operation with risk management.

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