Youre an experienced diver and want to give something back to the sport whilst extending your own knowledge and skills both in and out of the water? Or perhaps youre looking for a career within the diving industry, either here or abroad. Why not help pass on your experience to new and less experienced divers.

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The PADI Dive master course is the first professional step on the PADI ladder. This course is unlike any of our other courses, as it gives you the opportunity to work with and assist your instructor during training. This will help you gain extended accident management and problem solving skills. You will be seen as a role model by recreational divers and learn the day-to-day operations of the dive industry.

This course is, run by our highly qualified instructors and is divided into 5 areas:

1.	Water Skills
2.	Stamina Tests
3.	In Depth Diving Knowledge Development
4.	Practical Assessments during actual PADI courses
5.	Gain practical first hand experience of working within the recreational diving industry

The course starts with your pre-course independent study of the PADI Dive Master Manual, and you should complete all the quizzes and knowledge reviews prior to your first formal training session. The manual also gives details of all the physical tests you will undertake and must pass during the course.

Formal training sessions include lectures, audio visual presentations, discussion sessions as well as confined water skills practice and assessments, Open Water skills practices and assessments, as well as assessments of your people and leadership skills when working along side the instructors during actual courses teaching real trainee divers.

It should be clearly understood that candidates are expected to be highly pro-active in their approach to this professional level course, personal commitment is essential and a willingness to become part of the team is paramount to getting the most from this course.

Due to the varied nature and the wide scope of the course content, combined with the necessity of linking it in with other courses to ensure candidates gain the maximum amount of interactive experience within the day to day operations of a working dive centre, timing and duration of the course will vary. However, you should expect to complete a minimum of 120 hours of actual participation spread over a period of time, as well as successful completion of the required physical performance requirements. We therefore recommend that you discuss your individual requirements with us.

Minimum age 18 years
Rescue Diver or equivalent level of training.
A minimum of 20 logged dives
At this level of training it is expected that candidates will have their own dive equipment.

Academic Materials, (crew pack)
Air Fills
Pool and Dive Site entrance Fees

All additional study materials; -

The Encyclopaedia of Recreational Diving
Diver Knowledge Work book
Instructor Manual
Training Slates
PADI Registration and Certification Fees.

400 meter timed swim, non-stop.
15 minutes tread water, the last 2 minutes with hands held out of the water.
800 meter timed snorkel, wearing only a swimsuit, non-stop using only your fins, (no arm strokes).
100 meter tired diver tow wearing full scuba equipment non-stop, timed.
Execute the 18 basic water skills to a high standard, scored assessment.
Execute a simulated rescue of an unresponsive non-breathing diver at the surface, pass or fail assessment.
Survey and map a dive site.

NB. Where tests are either timed or scored there are minimum pass marks or times needed!

Practical and Theory examinations are held covering all aspects of the syllabus at various times throughout the course.

The Role and Characteristics of a PADI Divemaster.
Supervising general diving activities for certified divers.
Assisting with student divers in training.
Dive Theory introduction.
Decompression Theory and the Recreational Dive Planner.
Divemaster conducted programs.
Risk management.
The business of Diving.
Your diving career.

By the end of this course you will be expected to have logged a minimum of 60 dives prior to registration and certification.

Swim Suit
Towel
Academic knowledge reviews, and all manuals, etc.
Medical Statement
Packed Lunch
Proof of your current level of training
4 passport sized photographs

Like all training courses where certain levels of performance are required to pass it is important to realize that you must reach the required levels of proficiency for each aspect of the course in order for the instructor to certify you, (just like on a driving test). If you fail to achieve the required standards we will endeavor to give you the opportunity for further training, however this would incur additional cost.

All participants are responsible for their own transportation arrangements between the dive centre and either the pool or the respective dive sites used during this course.

The next step in your diving career is the Assistant Instructor program, preparing you for the step up to full Open Water Scuba Instructor!
With employment opportunities both in the UK and abroad, pack your gear the challenge is out there!