padi divemaster course

Want to get paid to dive? The ocean could be your office!

As a PADI Divemaster you are entering the ranks of the Dive Professional. Not only will your dive skills and knowledge be exemplary, but you'll be a role model for other divers.

You'll be qualified to work in the scuba diving industry anywhere in the world - beautiful tropical islands the world over beckon, and you can choose to work for a dive school, on a liveaboard, for a marine conservation project, and many others. Becoming a PADI Divemaster opens up a whole new world of adventure in stunning locations - where you go is up to you!

What makes your training at Master Divers so different?

- Our team!

You will learn from instructors with years of experience both teaching and diving all over the world. They have dived in many different locations and conditions. They are technical and trimix divers, deep wreck exploration divers, cave divers, published underwater photographers. They are experienced professional level trainers having taught many PADI Divemasters.

You will work with these instructors which will not only offer you a fantastic experience base to pull from but also you will be able to learn from their different styles of teaching too. Exposure to this level of instructor will provide you with a head start when gearing up for your PADI Instructor Development Course.

Yet we are still a small dive centre meaning that you get the development and training that you personally need. You are not just a name on a board - we know who you are and what you need and are on hand to help!

what you will do...

on dry land...

• You will broaden your knowledge of dive theory gaining a more indepth understanding of critical dive topics
• You will study 9 chapters from the PADI Divemaster Manual which focus on teaching you the practical side of being a PADI Divemaster .  Topics covered are: The Role and Characteristics of a Divemaster, Supervising Diving Activities, Assisting with Student Divers, Diver Safety and Risk Management, Divemaster Conducted Programs, Specialised Skills and Activities, The Business of Diving and Your Career, Awareness of the Dive Environment; and Dive Theory Review.  For each topic, you will complete a knowledge review to consolidate your learning as you progress through the course. You will also attend lecture sessions with an Instructor to ensure maximum retention. Your knowledge will be tested with 2 multiple choice exams.
• You will create an Emergency Assistance Plan, similar to the one you created for your Rescue Diver Course to prepare you for dealing with any diver related emergencies, as a PADI Divemaster.

in the water...

• We will teach you to be able to demonstrate each Open Water skill to a very high standard.
• You will learn the principles of guiding certified divers and organising diving activities.
• You must perform stamina skills including timed swims, snorkel swims, survival floats and tired diver swims.
• Your comfort underwater will be tested by exchanging equipment with another diver whilst sharing one regulator.
• You will have your rescue skills refreshed and tested by completing an unconscious diver rescue scenario.
• You will understand the principles of diving logistics by assisting in boat and dive operations management.
• You will advance your underwater navigation skills by surveying an open water dive site and creating a map for future divers to navigate from.
• You will learn the fundamentals of search & recovery dives.
• You will build on the deep diver skills learnt in your Advanced Open Water course, we will provide you with additional experience to better prepare you for supervising deep dives as a PADI Divemaster.
• You will complete workshops for all PADI Divemaster conducted programs.
• You will have practical assessments for leading certified divers in open water,  assisting with Open Water Diver students in confined & open water and assisting with students completing continuing education courses in open water.
• By certification you will have logged 60 open water dives.

free internship

Upon certification we offer you the opportunity to stick around and learn more. We will get you conducting the programs and tasks that you are trained for but under supervision. We will give you feedback so that you can keep developing your skills and techniques.

You will also have the opportunity to be exposed to the wider business of diving, understanding what happens at the front of house as well as dive logistics. This is invaluable work experience for your CV when looking for jobs.

once certified, you will

• Be able to supervise certified divers in shore-based and boat-based diving activities.
• Be able to assist with training divers taking PADI courses.
• Be able to independently conduct specific PADI programs for certified divers and non-divers (e.g. Scuba Review, Discover Snorkeling, PADI Skin Diver course).
• Be authorized to accompany student divers during PADI Open Water dives,  PADI Adventure Dives or Specialty training dives under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.

• Be able to conduct subsequent dives under an Instructor’s indirect supervision for PADI Discover Scuba Diving participants after participants have satisfactorily completed the first dive with a PADI Instructor.
• If qualified as a PADI Discover Scuba Diving Leader, independently conduct the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program.

• Be able to teach Emergency First Response courses after successfully completing an Emergency First Response Instructor course.

• Have sufficient dive theory knowledge, water skills, rescue skills and experience to enter the PADI Assistant Instructor course and the PADI Instructor Development course.
• Be an asset to any dive-related business, understanding and meeting the dive community's needs and expectations in dive leaders.
• Be authorised to earn the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor rating to be able to teach the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty course..

PADI eLearning is available for the Divemaster course, click here to read more.

Price 25,000 THB