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PADI Divemaster Course Phuket

PADI Divemaster Course Phuket - As the entry to professional levels in scuba diver training, the PADI Divemaster Course plays a very important role within the PADI system of diver education. Those who join the PADI Divemaster ranks assist instructors with training student divers. They also supervise diving activities for certified divers, snorkellers and skin divers. Obviously, Divemasters can strongly influence the safety and fun divers enjoy during training and diving. At the same time, many PADI Divemasters are gaining valuable professional experience they will use in the future, as PADI Assistant Instructors and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors.

 

Become a PADI Divemaster or Instructor and open up a whole new wealth of opportunities. You can work in Thailand, or anywhere in the world where there’s scuba diving. Can you imagine getting paid to go scuba diving? Do you dream of a career change or just need to take a long break from work? Maybe you just want to improve your scuba diving skills to professional standards? Whatever your reasons, sign-up for a PADI Divemaster course in Phuket, and change your life!

Becoming a PADI Dive Master will open the doors to a whole new world of adventure and allow you to:

  • Work in tropical paradise at resort locations, dive centers and on liveaboard dive boats anywhere in the world!
  • Assist PADI instructors in a variety of courses and programs.
  • Independently guide open water students on the tour portion of training dives two, three and four, at a ratio of two students per certified Divemaster.
  • Conduct any subsequent dives for Discover Scuba Diving participants, after they have already completed dive one with a PADI Instructor.
  • Carry out the PADI Discover Local Diving Experience and the Scuba Review program with certified divers.
  • Accompany student divers during training dives for the PADI Adventures in Diving program.
  • Lead those divers with the PADI Scuba Diver rating on guided underwater dive tours.
  • Teach Emergency First Response Courses after successfully completing the EFR Instructor Course.

The rating of PADI Divemaster conveys you as an individual who has the following characteristics:

  • Great leadership skills
  • Demonstration quality diving skills
  • The know-how to assume the role of a certified assistant
  • Supervision and dive management abilities
  • Exemplary rescue skills
  • Ethical, good role model behaviour
  • Enthusiasm and makes diving fun

The training you receive in the PADI Divemaster Course develops your leadership abilities by teaching you to assist instructors with student divers and supervise dive activities.  This will serve you well should you decide to continue your education and become a PADI Instructor! Many PADI Divemasters choose to go on to become PADI Instructors by sitting an Instructor Development Course (IDC). This is because PADI Instructors are the most sought after employees in the dive industry due to their versatility.

The PADI Divemaster Course takes anywhere from between two to twelve weeks to complete. You may think this is quite a wide ranging time scale (and you would be right!) but it’s largely down to how self motivated you are as an individual. Most Divemaster trainees take around four to eight weeks to finish the course.

The PADI Divemaster Course is structured into three areas:

  • Knowledge Development.
  • Water Skills and Stamina.
  • Practical Application.
Knowledge Development
Knowledge development builds the foundations you'll need as a professional-level PADI scuba diver.

You'll study topics through a mixture of independent study, classroom sessions, and lectures from your PADI Instructor. There is a short knowledge review to fill out and complete for each section.

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Water Skills and Stamina
The Water Skills and Stamina Module has three roles. Firstly, it confirms that candidates retain previously learned skills, allowing time for practice and redevelopment as necessary. Secondly, it confirms that candidates have the watermanship appropriate for someone working in a leadership capacity, developing these in candidates if necessary. Thirdly, this module develops skills so they are more suited to teaching, which is important both for a PADI Divemaster assisting with student divers in training and for progressing to the PADI Assistant Instructor and Open Water Scuba Instructor levels.

  • In the stamina assessment you will complete several timed swims and other exercises to develop and evaluate your swimming skills and stamina. 
  • There is a diver rescue assessment that concentrates on refreshing and refining your rescue skills beyond the Rescue Diver level. 
  • The confined water skills assessment aims to improve upon your existing scuba skills, by polishing and developing them, so that they are of demonstration quality. You will be a role model for student divers so your dive skills will need to be second to none.

Practical Application
The Practical Application Module allows Divemaster candidates to put into practice the knowledge and skills they will use as functioning PADI Divemasters. This module contains two segments. The first part includes required training exercises that all candidates must complete. These exercises develop the candidate's organizational and problem solving skills. Through actual or simulated activities, candidates develop and apply Divemaster skills under instructor supervision. The Internship options allow candidates to work with real students or divers. During Practical Training Exercises, candidates gain experience while simulating assisting and supervisory roles.

We can also conduct all PADI courses on Koh Phi Phi. Please contact us for details.

Total Course Price Phuket B39500 per person.

  • The course price is inclusive of all materials.
  • The price does not include the PADI Divemaster application fee.

Minimum requirements for the PADI Divemaster program.

  • Minimum age is 18 years old.
  • Be certified to PADI Rescue Diver level or equivalent.
  • Must have logged proof of 40 or more logged dived including experience in deep diving and underwater navigation. Must have a minimum of 60 logged dives before student can be certified as a Divemaster.
  • Must have successfully completed a sanctioned CPR course within the last 24 months. THE Emergency First Response program meets this requirement and is highly recommended.
  • Be in general good health.
  • Submit medical clearance to dive - signed by a Doctor.
  • Read and abide to agree to the PADI membership and license agreement.
  • Be ready to have fun!

You can also continue your scuba diving training and take the next step on the PADI ladder with the PADI Instructor Development Course . If you’re thinking you’d like a career change and would like to work as a PADI Divemaster or PADI Instructor, have a look at our Career Packages section.