Divemaster
Take the first step in your dive career and become a Divemaster. Working closely with a Instructor, you'll expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills as you become a dive professional. Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities by training you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.
What can Divemasters do?
- Work at local dive centers, on live-aboard dive boats, yachts and at exotic resort locations
- Assist Instructors with students
- Lead Scuba Divers on guided dive tours
- Teach and certify Skin Divers
- Teach Discover Snorkeling programs
- Conduct Scuba Review programs for certified divers
- Teach Emergency First Response programs after successful completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor course.
What do I need to start?
- Advanced Open Water Diver certification
- Rescue Diver certification
- Medical clearance signed by a physician
- 20 logged dives
- 18 years old
What will I do?
- 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
How long will it take?
- Minimum of two weeks
What course materials are required?
The following materials are required unless they are unavailable in a language understood by the student diver.
- Divemaster Manual
- Recreational Dive Planner (RDP) – both versions (Table and eRDPML including associated Instructions for Use booklets)
- The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
- Diving Knowledge Workbook
- Divemaster Slates
- Instructor Guides for the programs that may be conducted by Divemasters
For more information on becoming a Divemaster, please contact Subtropic Dive Center.
