PADI Divemaster

Why not Take the first step in your Scuba Diving Career and jump on the road to become a PADI Professional, by doing the Divemaster Course in Essex. You will work closely with one of our PADI Professional Dive Instructors, and you'll expand your dive knowledge and hone and tune up your dive skills as you become a Dive Professional.

With our Divemaster Training in Colchester at Essex School of Diving this will develop your leadership abilities by training you to supervise dive activities, and assist our instructors with student divers. We have people travel from all over Essex, Suffolk, East Anglia to train with us. Places include Braintree, Chelmsford, Clacton, Maldon, Witham, Southend, Tiptree, Ipswich, Cambridge, and we have even had people travel from London.

Why not join us here at Essex School of Diving and start your Professional Diving Career? Once Qualified you can even help us in Confined Water Pool Training Sessions, and help Open Water Students to master their Dive Skills. Come with us on Qualifying dates to gain the experience in the Open Water environment.

What can Divemaster's 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
• Lead certified divers on Discover Local Diving experiences
• 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 or qualifying certification from another training organization
• Rescue Diver certification or qualifying certification from another training organization.
• 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?

• Two weeks - three months

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) – all three versions (Table, Wheel and eRDP 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 Divemaster's. You may purchase these guides from us or Download from the PADI website