PADI divemaster

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Divemaster course structure

What’s involved?

Prepare for the PADI Divemaster course with the manual and video or through Divemaster eLearning. Your Divemaster course will consist of independent study, instructor led presentations and discussions or a combination of both. 

The practical assignments

Hands on sessions

  1. Emergency assistance plan
  2. Mapping a dive site
  3. Conducting a dive briefing
  4. Learning to assist in learn to dive courses
  5. Learning to assist in continuing education courses
  6. Guiding certified divers
  7. Discover Scuba Diving program
  8. Learn how to conduct the PADI reactivate program
diver in the water

The 24 PADI dive skills of the skill circuit are:

Have a pool or body of water, then prepare yourself for the PADI skill circuit.

I urge you to work on your buoyancy, especially that hover… Check out the videos below to show you what a demonstration quality dive skill looks like. You are exaggerating the skill so that your student sees everything broken down into sub-skills to master the dive skill.

The skill circuit is listed below:

  • Equipment assembly, adjustment, preparation, donning and disassembly
  • Pre dive safety check (BWRAF)
  • Deep water entry
  • Buoyancy check at surface
  • Snorkel to regulator & regulator to snorkel exchange
  • Five point descent (SORTED)
  • Regulator recovery and clearing
  • Mask removal, replacement and clearing
  • Air depletion exercise and alternate air source use (stationary)
  • Alternate air source ascent
  • Free flowing regulator breathing
  • Neutral buoyancy, using both methods oral & low pressure inflation
  • Five point ascent
  • Controlled emergency swimming ascent (CESA)
  • Hover motionless for 30 seconds
  • Underwater swim without mask
  • Remove & replace weight system underwater
  • Remove & replace scuba unit underwater
  • Remove & replace scuba unit on the surface
  • Remove & replace weight system on the surface
  • Head-first surface dive, snorkel out of mouth
  • Disconnect low-pressure inflator
  • Re-secure a loose cylinder band
  • Perform an emergency weight drop

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kai@diveinstructor.net

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