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After you've completed the PADI Rescue Diver course, you're ready for PADI Divemaster. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities by teaching you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.

PADI Divemasters
Work with local dive centers, on live-aboard dive boats, yachts and at
exotic resort locations
Assist PADI Instructors with scuba classes
Lead PADI Scuba Divers on guided dive tours
Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
Conduct PADI Scuba Review programs for certified divers
Conduct Discover Local Diving orientations
Teach The Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Course after
successfully completing a Digital Underwater Specialty Instructor Training
Course.
Teach Emergency First Response CPR and First Aid programs after
completing the Emergency First Response instructor training program.

Prerequisites:
PADI Rescue Diver certification or qualifying certification from another organization
20 logged dives

What it takes:
Learn dive leadership skills through classroom sessions and by using the PADI Divemaster Manual and Video.
Complete a series of waterskills and stamina exercises in confined and open water environments.

Three required training exercises that test organizational and problem solving abilities.
1. Mapping a dive site, including underwater and surface features
2. Equipment exchange: demonstrate the ability to solve unanticipated problems underwater
3. Conduct a simulated or actual class, under the supervision of a PADI Instructor

Internship or Practical Training Exercises (choose one)
Internship: hands-on experience supervising and assisting divers in actual PADI programs, under the guidance of a PADI Instructor
Practical Training Exercises: simulated scenarios in supervising and assisting divers, under the supervision of a PADI Instructor
Must have a minimum of 60 logged dives to complete the PADI Divemaster course.

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