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Dive Master
Course - 18 Days
The first of the PADI "professional" ratings,
the divemaster course is where your adventure as
a dive professional begins. Scuba diving can be
more than a recreational undertaking and through
this course you can explore the professional
potential that a diving career has to offer.
This rating will allow you to supervise
recreational diving activities, act as an
instructor's assistant and is the prerequisite
to becoming a PADI Instructor.
The 18 day course is divided up into specific
Divemaster training, assisting an instructor
teaching an Open Water, Advanced and Rescue
course (when available) and 2 x 3 day 2 night
live aboard dive trips to the outer Great
Barrier Reef. During these trips you will get up
to 20 dives consisting of a combination of
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Inclusions
- PADI Divemaster manual, Encylopedia
of Recreational diving, Diving knowledge workbook
- Passport photos if necessary
- Polo style T-shirt and name badge
- Accommodation transfers city and
Northern Beaches
- "Reef Teach" Marine Biology
presentation night before departure
- 20 Dives (weather permitting)
- Comprehensive dive insurance
- Two 3day 2night liveaboard trips to
the outer reef in twin accommodation
- All meals whilst on board
- Bed linen
- All dive equipment
- Personal underwater dive computer
- Prescription masks if needed
- Long leg wetsuit
- All Reef Taxes
Extras
- If undertaking a PADI Dive Master
course you are required to fill in the PADI medical statement
and also undertake a compulsory medical assessment. If you are
intending to work in the scuba diving industry you will undergo an
AS 2299 medical and if you are NOT intending to work in the industry
you will undergo AS 4005-1 medical.
- An AS4005.1 Dive Medical
is required. Some medical conditions may preclude you from diving.
Asthma, diabetes, epilepsy and pregnancy are the most common ones
encountered. Children must be accompanied by parent or guardian
during the medical assessment.
A Dive Medical will be arranged by
Pro Dive on day 1 of your course - a fee of A$49.50 (inc GST) payable
direct to the doctor. Australian Medical Standards are different to
those overseas. A medical obtained in another country will most likley
not be valid in Australia.
On successful completion of this course,
you will be required to submit to PADI, together with your Divemaster
paper work, PADI membership fees, PADI insurance if required, a
Divemaster medical report, and 2 passport size photographs.
Before commencing your Divemaster
Course, you must thoroughly read the PADI Divemaster Manual. You will
also need to have a copy of all PADI manuals, which include the Open
Water, Advanced and Rescue Diver Manuals, as well as the PADI Wheel for
study purposes. Copies of these texts can be loaned from Pro Dive Cairns
(A DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED for these texts). |
You must be sure
you are capable of completing all the swimming
test requirements on days 1 and 4 of the course.
You must also prepare to complete all the exams
on the specified days.
The course structure is a
guide and can be changed within reason although
any additional days required by you for
re-sitting exams, etc, may incur an additional
charge.
Assessment
To assist you
with understanding what a Divemaster does and
during the assessment process, you should attend
the initial briefing given to the certified
divers by the Divemaster at the beginning of
each trip.
Other than that briefing you should
attend all Open water Diver briefings and
debriefings with your instructor. Between dives
involve yourself with deck duties i.e. Tank
filling, logging divers in and out of the water
etc.
Other training
activities you need to cover on your trips are:
1) Radio
operations:
- Basic operation procedures and
protocol
- Procedures for May Day, Pan Pan and
Security calls
2) O2 and Emergency Equipment:
- Learn where O2 regulators and
cylinders are stored on each boat
- Launching procedures of life rafts
- EPIRB operation
3) Small Boat operations:
- Correct launching procedure
- Basic Boat handling i.e. approaching
diver, general driving and coming
alongside boats.
4) Surface
supervision and deck duties. As a Divemaster
you need to be familiar with all the
procedures involved in supervising divers
such as logging in/out procedures, tank
filling, surface supervision and general
diver assistance.
Requirements
- PADI Rescue
Diver Certification or equivilent with a
minimum of 20 logged dives. In order to
complete the certification, 60 logged dives
will be needed. Pro Dive can help arrange
extra dives if needed.
Minimum age
is 18 years, with no maximum age.
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Itinerary |
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DAY 1 AND 2
These two days are spent assisting a PADI
Instructor conducting the theory and pool
sessions of a PADI Open Water Diver Course.
These sessions will serve as a reintroduction to
the theory and skills of the Open Water Course
for those candidates who have been away from a
dive teaching environment for a long time.
Candidates are asked to observe all videos,
attend all lectures and complete all Open Water
Course quizzes and exams. During the practical
sessions you should observe your instructor with
regard to their control, positioning, skill
demonstration and problem solving - Although you
may be asked to demonstrate skills and assist,
these sessions are non-assessable.
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
DAY 6
8:00-14:00 Practical
- Evaluated Pool Session with Open
Water Course (Day 2)
14:00-17:30 Exams, Exam Review and
Pool session review/Evaluation
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Exams will be conducted
for: Supervising Student Divers in Training
Equipment. After examinations are complete
time will be given to review exams and for
further exam revision. Also your instructor
will conduct a review and evaluation of your
Pool session.
- Assisting with Day 1 of the PADI Rescue
Course
DAY 7
DAY 8
8:30-14:00 Practical
- Evaluated
Pool Session with Open Water Course (Day 2)
14:00-17:30 Exams, Exam Review and
Pool session review/Evaluation
- Exams will be conducted for: Divemaster
Conducted Programs Supervising Certified
Divers.
DAY 9, 10 and 11
These days will
be spent on the Outer Reef doing a 3 day, 2
night live aboard dive trip. In this section
of the course, you will complete 5 evaluated
training dives, assisting an Instructor with
both open water and Advanced courses on the
boat. During your 3 day 2 night trip you
will also be evaluated on Diver Rescue
skills and on other non teaching Divemaster
duties. Also you will have a dive site
designated for your mapping exercise.
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DAY
12
DAY 13
DAY 14
8:30-12:00 Exams, Exam Review and
Pool session review/Evaluation
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Exams will be conducted
for Recreational Dive Planner Skills and
Skills and the Environment. After
examinations are complete time will be given
to review exams, retests. Additional time
after exam revision & retests should be used
for completion of dive site mapping
exercise.
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-18:00 Practical
- Evaluated
Pool Session with Open Water Course (Day 1)
DAY 15
8:30-14:00 Practical
- Evaluated
Pool Session with Open Water Course (Day 2)
14:00-17:30 Exams, Exam Review and
Pool session review/Evaluation
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Exams will be conducted
for Diving Physics and Physiology. After
examinations are complete time will be given
to review exams, retests. Additional time
after exam revision & retests should be used
for completion of your Dive site mapping
exercise.
DAY 16,
17 and 18
During your
final 3 day 2 night trip you will be evaluated
again on both teaching and non teaching
Divemaster duties to complete your course
requirements.
Divemaster
Boat Training Schedule - Trip 1
DAY 1:
- Dive 1 :
Evaluated training dive with Open water
students. (Open water training dive 1) :
Rescue Evaluation
- Dive 2 :
Evaluated training dive with Open water
students.(Open water training dive 2)
- Dive 3 :
Evaluated training dive with Advanced
Navigation Dive.
- Dive 4 :
Free dive
DAY 2:
- Dive 1 :
Evaluated training dive with Open water
students.(Open water training dive 3)
- Dive 2 :
Evaluated training dive with Open water
students.(Open water training dive 4)
- After lunch
start on mapping exercise for Gordons
Mooring.
- Dive 3 :
Free dive
- Dive 4 :
Free dive (make up dive if necessary)
DAY 3:
- Dive 1 :
Conduct Discover Local Diving program
Briefing and Day guide (Training Dive). Can
be dive 2 also.
- Dive 2 :
Free dive (make up dive if necessary)
- Dive 3 :
Deck duties/Surface supervision. Dive Master
candidates (under supervision) should be
helping with back deck duties. i.e. Logging
divers in/out, filling tanks and other
general duties that happen on this last dive
to prepare the boat for departure from the
reef.
Divemaster Boat Training Schedule - Trip 2
DAY 1:
- Dive 1 :
Evaluated training dive with Open water
students.(Open water training dive 1)
- Dive 2 :
Evaluated training dive with Open water
students.(Open water training dive 2)
- Dive 3 :
Free dive
- Dive 4 :
Evaluated training dive with Advanced Night
Dive. NOTE**can be scheduled to day three
providing there are Advanced course dives
scheduled.
DAY 2:
- Dive 1 :
Evaluated training dive with Open water
students.(Open water training dive 3)
- Dive 2 :
Evaluated training dive with Open water
students.(Open water training dive 4)
- After lunch
continue on mapping exercise for Gordons
Mooring.
- Dive 3 :
Free dive
- Dive 4 :
Night Dive Briefing and Night Dive guide
(Training Dive).
DAY 3:
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Please bring on day 1:
Advanced certification, log book, voucher/money,
swimwear and towel.
The pre requisite
for this course is the PADI JNR Advance Open
Water certificate or equivalent rating with
another training agency. Courses in
English only. |
Dive Sites
Flynn Reef - excellent visibility, a
photographic haven
Gordons - intriguing coral mazes
which end at "Clown Fish City"
Coral Gardens - magnificent coral
enlivened by a myriad of marine life
Pellowe Reef - exclusive pristine
dive destination (weather permitting)
Thetford Reef - outlying bommies with
swim throughs (weather permitting)
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