DiveMaster

The PADI Divemaster course is your gateway to professional scuba diving. Guided by an experienced PADI Instructor, you’ll master advanced diving techniques, perfect your rescue skills, and gain the confidence to handle common challenges with ease. You’ll also develop leadership abilities, dive management expertise, and the know-how to become a role model in the diving community.

What Can a PADI Divemaster Do?

As a PADI Divemaster, you’ll unlock opportunities to:
– Work in dive centers, on liveaboard boats, yachts, and at exotic resorts worldwide.
– Assist PADI Instructors in training new divers.
– Lead certified divers on guided dive tours.
– Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers.
– Conduct PADI Discover Snorkeling programs.
– Run PADI ReActivate programs for certified divers.
– Teach confined water Discover Scuba Diver sessions (with DSD training).
– Deliver Emergency First Response programs after EFR Instructor certification.

 

The PADI Divemaster course equips you with leadership skills to manage and oversee a variety of diving activities. Through engaging classroom sessions, hands-on workshops, and practical exercises, you’ll learn to organize and lead with confidence.

Topics and Workshops:
– Characteristics and responsibilities of a PADI Divemaster
– Supervising dive activities and student assistance
– Diver safety and risk management
– Specialized skills and Divemaster-led programs
– Career opportunities in diving
– Environmental awareness in diving
– Dive site setup and management
– Mapping open water sites
– Conducting dive briefings and search & recovery projects
– Planning and executing deep dives
– Running scuba reviews and leading Discover Local Diving programs

Requirements

To enroll, you must meet the following criteria:
– Be at least 18 years old.
– Have 40 logged dives to begin and 60 dives by completion.
– Hold PADI Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver certifications (or equivalents).
– Have Emergency First Response certification within the last two years.
– Pass a medical evaluation for diving within the past 12 months.

**Note:** We recommend completing an HSE Dive Medical. This is essential for working in the UK and ensures eligibility as a support diver for advanced courses, such as Wreck Specialties.

 

What’s Included?

The PADI Divemaster Package at Eagle Divers NI offers:
– Digital Divemaster and Instructor Manuals (e-learning).
– The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving.
– Diving Knowledge Workbook.
– Divemaster Slates.
– Unlimited access to our on-site pool for practice during shop hours.
– Special discounts on SCUBA gear in-store.
– Free air fills during your course (excludes Nitrox and fills at Capernwray/Stoney Cove).
– Complimentary training for DSMB, Deep, and Search & Recovery Specialties (PADI certification fees and manuals not included).
– Equipment basics course, including care and maintenance.
– Compressor operation training.

 

Flexible Scheduling and Course Duration

We recommend completing your Divemaster course over the summer dive season. This allows ample time to gain hands-on experience with instructors, assist in various courses, and make the most of training weekends.

Your schedule will include a combination of:
– Classroom learning.
– Pool sessions.
– Weekend diving activities.

When you sign up, our dive team will work with you to create a personalized course schedule that accommodates your commitments and our Capernwray weekends.

 

Equipment Requirements

You’ll need a complete set of standard SCUBA equipment, including:
– Mask, fins, snorkel, BCD (jacket style preferred), and regulator set with gauges.
– Two air cylinders (recommended).
– Appropriate exposure protection, such as a drysuit.
– Dive computer.
– Compass.
– Knife or cutting device.
– Two surface signaling devices (whistle and DSMB).
– Slate with pencil.
– Torch for visibility.

-Start your journey to becoming a dive professional with Eagle Divers NI and discover the endless possibilities that await underwater!