PADI DIVEMASTER

The Gili Islands are regarded as one of the best places in the world to begin a career as a PADI professional diver. Beautiful tropical islands surrounded by a plethora of intriguing dive locations, as well as a thriving dive community and an active social scene.

What the PADI Divemaster Course teaches you

Divemaster students learn and build their own dive leadership skills through a combination of classroom lectures and independent study in addition to supporting Instructors. You will engage in skill demonstration workshops and renew your Rescue Diver skills during your Divemaster training. You’ll also learn how to supervise and manage certified diver dive operations, as well as participate in training exercises that will test your ability to plan and solve problems while also assisting other divers in improving their skills.

What a licensed PADI Divemaster can teach

As a certified PADI Divemaster you can:

• Supervise both training and non-training-related activities by planning, organizing and directing dives
• Assist a PADI Instructor during training sessions for any PADI Diver course
• Conduct the PADI Skin Diver course and PADI Discover Snorkeling program
• Conduct the PADI Discover Local Diving experience
• Conduct the PADI Scuba Review program
• Qualified Discover Scuba Diving Leaders can independently conduct the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program.
• Apply for the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor rating allowing you to teach the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer specialty.
• Independently guide Open Water Diver course students on the tour portion of Open Water Diver course Training Dives 2, 3 and 4 at a ratio of two student divers per certified divemaster.
• Accompany Open Water Diver students under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor during:
  • surface swims to and from the entry/exit point and during navigational exercises
  • when the instructor conducts a skill, such as an ascent or descent, a Divemaster can remain with other student divers (with an individual student or buddy team)
• Accompany student divers during Adventure Dives or Specialty training dives under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.
• Conduct the PADI Seal Team Skin Diver Specialist AquaMission
• Conduct subsequent dives under an instructor’s indirect supervision for Discover Scuba Diving participants after participants have satisfactorily completed the first dive with a PADI Instructor.
• Teach Emergency First Response courses after successfully completing an Emergency First Response Instructor course.

The learning materials you need to take the PADI Divemaster Course

The PADI Divemaster crewpack contains all of the materials required to start the PADI Divemaster program. It includes:

• The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving.
• Divemaster slates
• PADI Divemaster Manual
• PADI Instructor Manual
• RDP Table or eRDPML^TM
• Scuba Tune-Up Guidebook

If you’re have limited time available to complete your Divemaster training then we recommend that you consider completing the theory portion of the course online through PADI Divemaster eLearning.

Divemaster elearning is available online and you can sign up today. Please also contact us to confirm when you will arrive to the Gili Islands to complete your practical training.

What are the prerequisites for the PADI Divemaster Course

To take this course, you must be:

• 18 years old
• A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent from another training organization)
• A PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent from another training organization)
• An Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (or qualifying first aid and CPR training from another organization) course completion within the past 24 months.
• Have at least 40 dives to begin the course and 60 for certification
• Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months.

How long does the PADI Divemaster Course Take

The Divemaster course should be finished in 3 to 4 weeks, with most courses being completed within the 5 week term agreed upon by all dive schools on the Gili Islands. You will have unrestricted free fun diving during your training, and we will run up to four dives per day, so many applicants will complete their course with far more than the needed 60 dives.