PADI Dive Master - Cortez IDC

Take the first step in your dive career and become a PADI Divemaster. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, you'll expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills as you become a dive professional. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities by training you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.

What can I do as a PADI Divemaster?
› Learn dive leadership through classroom and independent study sessions
› Complete water skills and stamina exercises in confined and open water
training exercises to test organizational and problem solving abilities
› An internship or series of practical training exercises

What course materials are required?
› PADI Divemaster Manual
› Recreational Dive Planner (RDP) – all three versions (Table, Wheel and eRDP including associated Instructions for Use booklets)
› The Encyclopaedia of Recreational Diving
› Diving Knowledge Workbook
› Divemaster Slates

How long will it take?
›Two weeks - three months

The prerequisites for this course are:

What can PADI Divemasters do?
› Work at local dive centers, on live-aboard dive boats, yachts and at exotic resort locations
› Assist PADI Instructors with students
› Lead PADI Scuba Divers on guided dive tours
› Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
› Teach PADI Discover Snorkeling programs
› Conduct PADI Scuba Review programs for certified divers
› Lead certified divers on Discover Local Diving experiences
› Teach Emergency First Response programs after successful completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor course.

› PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or qualifying certification from another training organization
› PADI Rescue Diver certification or qualifying certification from another training organization.
› Medical clearance signed by a physician
› 20 logged dives
› 18 years old