PADI DiveMaster - Cost £375.00 (Excluding materials)
   
Begin your dive career with the first step 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.
 
PADI Divemasters are qualified to supervise and assist with both training and non training dive activities. Dive centers and resorts around the world need PADI Divemasters to assist with dive classes and guide underwater tours. PADI Divemasters may conduct the PADI Discover Local Diving experiences and Scuba Review programs for certified divers. They may also conduct the PADI Discover Snorkeling experience and the PADI Skin Diver course, as well as qualify to teach the Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty and Emergency First Response courses.
 
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.
 
Course Duration – 7 to 10 Days.
 
    Knowledge Development: 12 topics ranging from dive theory to assisting student divers in training 
   
   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.
   
   
  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 following links.
  
   
   
  1. Discover Scuba Diving
2. Discover Snorkeling/Skin Diver Course
3. Scuba Review/Discover Local Diving

  

Assistant Instructor - Cost £350
 
You’re getting close. Now it’s time to start your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC). The IDC consists of two sections, the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program. This structure lets you divide the course into two blocks for schedule convenience if you need to. However, you may prefer to complete the two portions together, going through the entire IDC in as few as seven days. The first part of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) is the PADI Assistant Instructor course. This course provides you with additional experience as a PADI Professional and teaches you the PADI System.

PADI Assistant Instructors:
   
  Teach knowledge development (classroom) presentations (under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor)
   
  Evaluate Open Water Diver surface skills (under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor)
  Teach the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course
  Teach the Project AWARE Specialty course
  Conduct PADI Discover Scuba experiences
  Teach Emergency First Response courses after successfully completing the Emergency First Response Instructor Course
     

Prerequisites:

   PADI DiveMaster rating or qualifying certification from another organization
   Be at least 18 years old
   60 logged dives (with experience in night, deep and navigation)
   Proof of CPR and first aid training within the last 24 months

What it takes:

  Self-study – Knowledge reviews, quizzes, lectures and presentations
  Confined water – Skills review and assessment, workshops and presentations
  Open Water – Workshops, rescue assessment and candidate presentations

Course Duration – 3-5 Days

     














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