Divemaster

The PADI Divemaster course is your first step towards becoming a dive professional.

The course is a combination of increasing your dive theory, improving your dive skills and gaining some real world experience, by assisting on courses and guiding newer divers.

If you are a people person and want to share a passion of diving with others, then this is the course for you.

Prerequisites:

be a Rescue Diver with a current First Aid certificate and dive medical
be 18 yrs of age or older
have a minimum of 40 logged dives, 60 dives are needed for completion of course

Our scheduled courses run part time over 12 weeks, but can be completed quicker if required.

Contact us for our next course start date.

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What's Involved?

The PADI Divemaster course teaches you to be a leader and take charge of dive activities. Through knowledge development sessions, waterskills exercises and workshops, and hands-on practical assessment, you develop the skills to organize and direct a variety of scuba diving activities. Topics and practical workshops include:

The role and characteristics of the PADI Divemaster
Supervising dive activities and assisting with student divers
Diver safety and risk management
Divemaster conducted programs and specialized skills
Business of diving and your career
Awareness of the dive environment
Dive setup and management
Mapping an open water site
Conducting dive briefings
Organizing a search and recovery project and a deep dive
Conducting a scuba review and skin diver course
Assisting with Discover Scuba Diving and leading Discover Local Diving programs

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Get in touch

Dive Wellington
      432 The Esplanade
      Island Bay
      Wellington 6023
      New Zealand
+64 (4) 939 3483
+64 (4) 939 8101
dive@divewellington.co.nz

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