PADI Dive Master Course

Love scuba diving ? Take a PADI Divemaster course and turn your passion into a career! You will get to dive on one of the world’s best shipwrecks every week, while sharing the joy of diving with countless others.

The PADI Dive Master course is the first step on the professional qualification ladder and the minimum rating for employment in the dive industry. Your qualification will allow you to organise and supervise recreational diving activities (boat or land based), teach skin divers and snorkelers and assist PADI Instructors on all PADI courses. The Dive Master course is just one step away from becoming a PADI Instructor.

Our training is conducted from our Dive Centre at Alva Beach, with the world famous S.S. Yongala wreck as your dive site.   You can expect the highest standards in quality and you will expand your dive knowledge and refine your skills to a whole new level while developing key leadership abilities.

What you will learn:

To guide and supervise certified divers and organise dive activities

To fine-tune your dive skills

To lead others as you supervise scuba diving activities

Management and communication skills

Prerequisites and requirements

  • 18 years of age

  • Course – Rescue Diver certification with 40 logged and 60 logged dives to complete the course (If you don’t have 40 dives, pre course dives will be required at additional cost depending on skill level and availability)

  • Current First Aid qualification-24 months & CPR-12 months (Can be arranged – $200 for both)

  • Self Study – for theory

  • Internship – open water certification

  • Dive medical

Option 1
Dive Master Course: 12 days

A combination of theoretical classroom sessions, watermanship skills and practical application during a number of PADI courses in both pool and open water training. From there you go on to gain more experience after gaining your qualification.

 

Option 2
Dive Master Internship:
2-3 months

More than just the basics, this will prepare you to be the ultimate professional, gaining experience and skills to make you a well prepared and immediately employable Dive Master (most popular).