PADI Divemaster Course Bali – with AquaMarine Diving
Divemaster Internship and Certification with AquaMarine Diving – Bali
What Does it Mean to be a PADI Divemaster?
The Divemaster rating marks you as a person who has:
- A high level of personal diving skill
- Instructor-level knowledge of diving theory
- Received significant training in how to assist an instructor during training activities.
- The ability to assume appropriate responsibilities that benefit the welfare of other divers
As a PADI Divemaster you are certified to:
- Organise, conduct and supervise recreational diving activities, both land and boat based
- Assist PADI Instructors in conducting scuba diving courses
As a PADI Divemaster you are able to:
- Act as a certified assistant to PADI Instructors
- Supervise participants in PADI experience programmes for uncertified divers
- Generally supervise both training and non-training related diving activities, as well as planning, organising and directing dives
- Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
- Conduct the PADI Scuba Review programme for certified divers
- Enrol in PADI Instructor level training
How to Become a PADI Divemaster
To Qualify for PADI Divemaster Training You Must:
- Be certified as a PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent) with EFR training (or equivalent) in the past 2 years
- Have logged a minimum of 40 Open Water dives prior to starting PADI Divemaster training; 60 Open Water dives prior to certification as a PADI Divemaster
- Be at least 18 years old
- Be in good physical condition for diving and submit a medical exam form signed by a physician
Three Phases of the PADI Divemaster Programme
- Knowledge Development
- Water skills and stamina assessment
- Practical Application and assignment
1. Knowledge Development
- The Role and Characteristics of a PADI Divemaster
- Supervising General Diving Activities (2 Parts) *
- Assisting with Student Divers in Training *
- Dive Theory Introduction
- The Physics of Diving *
- The Physiology of Diving *
- Dive Equipment *
- Decompression Theory and the RDP *
- Divemaster Conducted Programme *
- Risk Management
- Business of Diving
- Your Diving Career
*With final exam
Additional exam = Skills and Environment (study from PADI Open Water Diver Manual, Adventures in Diving Manual, Rescue Diver Manual, and Diving Knowledge Workbook)
2. Water Skills and Stamina Module
- 400 yards swim
- 15 minutes tread
- 800 yards snorkel swim
- 100 yards inert diver tow
- Rescuing unresponsive, non-breathing diver underwater
Skill assessment
- Part 1: Skills Development
- Part 2: Performing 20 basic scuba skills
- Practical Application and Assignment
- Mapping Project and Emergency Assistance Plan
- Divemaster-Conducted Programme
- Equipment Exchange Exercise
3a. Practical Application (Internship option)
- One PADI OW Course confined water
- Four Additional confined water from any PADI Course
- One PADI OW Course Training Dive
- One PADI OW/Advanced/Rescue/Specialty training
- Three additional OW training from any PADI Course
- One Supervising Situation, not in formal course
3b. Practical Application (Role Model option)
- Certified Divers in open water
- OW Students in confined water
- OW Students in open water
- Con-Ed Students in open water
Practical Application involves training activities using various structured training sessions, simulated scenarios and internship sessions with actual PADI programmes. These training sessions with AquaMarine enable you to gain practical experience as an instructional assistant and a supervisor of open water diving activities, both as a coordinator and as an underwater guide.

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Next Step: PADI Instructor
Next Steps after DiveMaster
Maybe you want to go on to become a PADI Instructor? The training and experience you gain through the PADI Divemaster programme helps shape your abilities and attitude towards being a professional level diving educator.
We can assist you in finding a place on a Bali-based Instructor Development Course I(DC) and Instructor Exam (IE) programme.
We have other dive instruction available, so please
Contact us for full details of PADI Courses offered by AquaMarine.
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