PADI Divemaster - $750
Become a PADI Divemaster and enter the professional levels of recreational scuba. Expand your dive knowledge, hone your diving skills to a professional level, develop your leadership abilities, and earn yourself a qualification that allows you to work all over the world.
During the course you will learn your Divemaster skills through a combination of independent study, classroom sessions, water skills and stamina exercises, and lots of practical in-water training.
ATI Divers Divemaster Internship
Our Divemaster internship will give you the best possible preparation for working as a Divemaster. You will be mentored by one of our Instructors. Each day you will dive with them and our customers, working along side them, assist them and learning from them.
At the same time you will be studying from your PADI materials the Divemaster Manual, Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving, PADI Instructor Manual, and PADI Divemaster Video as well as classroom sessions with your instructor. When ready you put into practice the knowledge you are learning through a combination of practical workshops, exercises and real scenarios.
You will give dive briefings, assist our Instructors as they teach Open Water, Advanced or Rescue courses, conduct Scuba Reviews, Discover Scuba Diving and Skin Diving programs and lead certified divers on dives.
During your stay here, you will see and experience all aspects of working as a Divemaster, from meeting customers and making sales, to learning compressor operation and equipment maintenance, to perhaps doing something a little different like a cleanup dive, doing some underwater photography or a helping out on an environmental project. You will also map a dive site, practice search and recovery techniques, and deep diving skills.
Why choose Ati Divers for your Divemaster Course?
You will be working along side our instructors as they take our customers diving. The exercises and practical training you do will be conducted on these real customers (always under our close supervision). It is this real experience which is invaluable to help you learn. Real situations are a much better way to gain the experience you will need to be a Divemaster. You will not find yourself involved in unrealistic artificial scenarios using other candidates during your training.
As a small dive centre we are able to offer you very attentive Divemaster training. The opportunities for experience will not be shared amongst a group of candidates, you will receive our full attention.
Our courses are not done in 8 days or two weeks. We will not rush you through once you have completed the bare minimum. We will allow you the time to complete all the aspects of the course thoroughly, and to a level which allows you to confidently seek work anywhere in the world.
Course Duration
How long the course lasts is up to you. An minimum is one month, but if you have longer you will gain more experience. If you are missing some of the prerequisite certifications let us know, and we will arrange a program for you that will include any extra course and dives that you need to be ready to do your Divemaster course.
Accommodation
During your course you will get free accommodation. There can also be opportunities for you to volunteer in the hostel during your course earning you free food as well as accommodation. Please check in advance for this option. It is dependent on availability of volunteer places, and it may mean a slightly longer course duration, to account for the extra workload.
What's Included
- All Materials (PADI Divemaster and Instructor Manuals, Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving, Divemaster Slates)
- Equipment Rental if needed
- Free Accommodation (and meals, if volunteering at the hotel)
- PADI Altitude Specialty Certification
- TrekCATS membership (discounted diving at selected dive centers in Central and South America)
- Opportunity to remain with us after certification to gain more experience
- Include Deep and/or Search and Recovery Specialties for an extra $100 each
- Price does not include PADI annual membership fee which should be paid by the candidate on certification. The fee for 2011 is $86.
Prerequisites
To start the Divemaster course you must be:
- 18 years old
- A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
- A PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
- An Emergency First Responder Primary and Secondary Care (or qualifying first aid and CPR training from another organization) course completion within the past 24 months.
- Have at least 40 dives to begin the course and 60 for certification (if you do not have 40 dives, we can help you reach that figure at minimal extra cost).
- Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
Interested?
Do you want to step onto the ladder of PADI professional divers and earning yourself a qualification that will allow you to work in exciting locations all over the world? Contact us to find out more, discuss a program that will suit you, and begin your professional diving career with us.
