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WHAT MAKES A GOOD DIVEMASTER:
Exemplary diving skills; Divemaster skills are used as demonstrations for student divers
Rescue skills; Divemasters can prevent and manage accidents
Professional 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
Competence as a certified assistant; Divemasters support instruction by handling logistical, supervisory and limited educational duties under an instructor’s supervision
Dive management and supervision abilities; Divemasters accept appropriate, limited responsibility for certified divers within the context of leading or managing diving activities. This requires good people skills and good judgement along with a strong working knowledge of dive environments and activities. Divemasters assists the dive operation with risk management
Ethical role model behaviour; Divemasters are expected to display common honesty and courtesy, and follow accepted, responsible dive practices. Their behaviour reflects well on them and the dive operation they work for
Enthusiasm and fun; People learn to dive for the excitement, adventure, and challenge. They look to divemasters to assist them in having fun within their interests. Divers expect divemasters to be pleasant and sociable.
Divemaster assists with the dive community’s diver retention efforts.
Prerequisites
1. Must be certified as a PADI Rescue diver or have a qualifying certification from another organization, (must pass diver rescue assessment.) with proof of 20 or more logged dives, documenting experience in deep & underwater navigation diving. You must have 60 logged dives to become a certified Divemaster.
2. Be certified as a PADI first aider (E.F.R) within the past two years or have a qualifying certifications from other training organizations.
3. Be at least 18 years old at the start of Divemaster training.
4. Submit to the instructor, medical clearance for diving signed by a physician. Medical clearance must be current within the previous 12 months (can be obtained in Tenerife).
Once you are certified as a PADI Divemaster you are qualified to:
Assist PADI Instructors during PADI courses
Supervise participants in PADI experience programs
Generally supervise both training and non training related diving activities
Teach and certify Skin Divers
Conduct PADI Scuba Review for certified divers
Enrol on PADI Assistant Instructor or Instructor Development Course.
Required Materials: You must own these, they are the tools of our trade.
PADI Divemaster manual
RDP all three versions (wheel, table and eRDP including associated instructions for use booklets
The encyclopaedia of recreational diving
Diving knowledge workbook
Divemaster Slates
Instructor guides for programs PADI Divemasters may conduct:
a. Discover scuba diving
b. Discover snorkelling/Skin diver course
c. Scuba review/Discover local diving
d. Full set of diving euipment
DIVEMASTER COURSE OUTLINE
Session One; Classroom: Topic 1: The Role and Characteristics of a PADI Divemaster. Practical: Water skills and Stamina. Exercises One and Two (Confined Water). Independent Study: Chapters 1 and 2 of the Divemaster Manual &Video. Emergency Assistance Plan.
Session Two; Classroom: Topic 2 (Part 1): Supervising General Diving Activities for Certified Divers (Objectives 1 to 18). Practical: Water skills and Stamina Exercises Three and Four Equipment Exchange Required Training Exercise Two. Independent Study: The Physics of Diving
Session Three; Classroom: Topic 2 (Part 2): Supervising General Diving Activities for Certified Divers (Objectives 19 to 25). Practical: Diver Rescue Assessment. Water skills Assessment. Independent Study: The Physiology of Diving. Chapter 3 and 4 of the Divemaster Manual
Session Four; Classroom: Topic 3: Assisting with Students in Training. Independent Study: Mapping Project, Required Training Exercise One. Equipment Chapters 5 and 6 of the Divemaster Manual.
Session Five; Classroom: Topic 9: Divemaster Conducted Programs, Topic 10: Risk Management. Practical: Divemaster Conducted Programs. Training Exercise Three Independent Study: RDP and Decompression Theory. Chapter 7 of the Divemaster Manual
Session Six; Classroom: Topic 4: Dive Theory Introduction. Topic 5: The Physics of Diving. Topic 6: The Physiology of Diving. Practical: Make up and Remedial Training. Begin Intern ship or Practical Training Exercises, Independent Study: Chapters 8 and 9 of the Divemaster Manual
Session Seven; Classroom: Topic 7: Equipment. Topic 8: Decompression Theory and the RDP Topic 11: The Business of Diving Practical: Intern ship and Practical Training Exercises
Session Eight; Classroom: Topic 12: Furthering Your Dive Career. Divemaster Exams, Practical: Intern ship and Practical Training Exercises.
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On our PADI divemaster course we will teach you how to work, survive and prosper in a physically and mentally demanding environment, giving you all the tools that you will need to overcome the day to day stresses and strains, that come from long hours of work looking after customers needs, both underwater and on the surface.
At Fun Dive Tenerife, we believe our role in your path along the PADI road, is to help you learn the best way to do things at the very beginning of your career. Teaching you from long experience, correcting and encouraging in a respectful manner, not with a, ‘I’m better than you, do it my way’ attitude. We let your own personality and determination shine though, giving you hints and tips to aid you in the process of getting to where you want to go. That said, you must talk to, and watch, other divemasters and instructors, to see what the demands of the job really are, and how they find the solutions to every day problems that arise working in the dive industry.
We will guide you through the long hours of book work, learning PADI standards and the theory of diving, from Boyle's law to Henry’s law.
