Divemaster Phuket | Become a Pro and Work !

A career in Scuba Diving ? So your first step into the professional levels of recreational scuba diving begins with the PADI Divemaster  Phuket programme. In this programme you will work together with one of SSS Phuket’s instructor to expand your knowledge and refine your skills to the professional level. However you will develop leadership abilities to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers. So divemaster is the prior and compulsory certification for both the Assistant Instructor and the Open Water Scuba Instructor certification.

With your Padi Divemaster Phuket certification you will be authorized to:

• Supervise both training and non-training-related activities by planning, organizing and directing dives
• Assist a Instructor during the training sessions for any Diver course
• Conduct the Skin Diver course and Discover Snorkeling program
• Conduct the Discover Local Diving experience
• Conduct the Scuba Review program
• Independently conduct the Discover Scuba Diving program if qualified as a Discover Scuba Diving Leader.
• Obtain the Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor rating to be able to teach the Digital Underwater Photographer specialty.
• Independently guide Open Water Diver course students on the tour portion of Open Water Diver course Training Dives 2, 3 and 4 (two student divers per certified divemaster).
• Accompany Open Water Diver students under the indirect supervision of an Instructor during:
o surface swims to and from the entry/exit point and during navigational exercises
o when the instructor conducts a skill, such as an ascent or descent, a Divemaster can remain with other student divers (with an individual student or buddy team)
• Accompany student divers during Adventure Dives or Specialty training dives under the indirect supervision of an Instructor.
• Conduct the Seal Team Skin Diver Specialist AquaMission
• Conduct subsequent dives under a SSS Phuket instructor’s indirect supervision for Discover Scuba Diving participants after participants have satisfactorily completed the first dive with an Instructor.
• Teach Emergency First Response courses after successfully completing an Emergency First Response Instructor course.

So take a look and compare what you can teach when you continue your professional diver education..

So during the Divemaster course, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You will assist an instructor during open water courses to understand and learn the teaching method. Also, you will have to complete water skills and stamina exercises, not forgetting training exercises that would extend your ability to organize and solve problems while helping others improve. You put this knowledge into practice through a series of practical training exercises and exams during your course of learning at SSS Phuket Dive center.

To take this course, you must be:

• 18 years old
• An Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• A Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• An Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (or qualifying first aid and CPR training from another organization) course completion within the past 24 months.
• Have at least 40 dives to begin the course and 60 for certification
• Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF) signed by a physician within the last 12 months.

So you would use all the basic scuba gear and some scuba accessories such as a dive slate, dive knife, compass, dive watch, etc.
It is highly recommended that you have your own scuba equipment, as familiarity with your personal gear improves general scuba diving. Everything that you would need during your dives are available in SSS Phuket and please feel free to ask us should you have any queries..

The Divemaster crewpak includes essential learning material and it is necessary for you to have it to start the Divemaster program. This set of material includes:
• The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving – a comprehensive overview of diving physics, physiology, and equipment
• Divemaster slates
• Divemaster Manual
• CD-ROM with instructor outlines for Divemaster-conducted programs

That set is available at the dive center but is not including in the price of that course. For more information, please send us an email.

Here is a suggestion of some other courses that may be useful to help make you more successful as a Padi Divemaster Phuket :
• Search and Recovery (Highly recommended)
• Deep Diver (Highly recommended)
• Boat Diver
• Coral Reef Conservation
• Digital Underwater Photographer
• Emergency First Response Instructor
• Emergency Oxygen Provider
• Enriched Air Diver (You can even sign up for the Enriched Air Course Online!)
• Equipment Specialist
• Night Diver
• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Underwater Naturalist
• Underwater Navigation