Join Pro Dive Cairns to complete your PADI Divemaster course diver course and visit up to four easterly Outer Great Barrier Reef locations, taking in sites selected for their extravagance of marine life, and excellent visibility. "Divemaster" is the first level of the PADI "Professional" ratings. On successful completion of this program you will be qualified to supervise recreational diving activities either boat or land based. It also allows you to act as an Instructional Assistant and is the minimum rating for employment in the diving industry.
The 18 day course is divided up into specific Divemaster training, assisting an Instructor teaching Open Water, Advanced and Rescue courses (when available) and 2 x 3 day/2night live-aboard dive trips to the outer Great Barrier Reef. During these trips you will get up to 20 dives consisting of a combination of training and recreational dives.
The pre-requisites for this course are PADI Rescue Diver
certification or equivalent and minimum age of 18 yrs, with
a minimum of 20 logged dives. In order to complete your certification
you will need to have 60 logged dives. Any additional dives
you may need to acquire these 60 dives can be arranged by
Pro Dive.
Itinerary
Days
1-2:These two days are spent assisting a PADI Instructor conducting the theory and pool sessions of a PADI Open Water Diver Course. These sessions will serve as a reintroduction to the theory and skills of the Open Water Course for those candidates who have been away from a dive teaching environment for a long time.
- Day 3:Study & preparation for the remainder
of the course.
- Day 4: 8:00-17:30 theory.
- Day 5: 8:00-12:00 theory. 13:00-18:00 Evaluated
Pool Session
- Day 6: 8:00-14:00 Evaluated Pool Session. 14:00-17:30
Exams will be conducted for: Divemaster Conducted Programs
Supervising Certified Divers. After examinations are complete
time will be given to review exams and for further exam
revision. Also your Instructor will conduct review and evaluation
of your Pool session.
- Day 7: 8:30-12:00 Theory & Watermanship Assessment.
13:00-18:00 Evaluated Pool Session
- Day 8: 8:00-14:00 Evaluated Pool Session. 14:00-17:30
Exams will be conducted for: Supervising Student Divers
in Training Equipment. After examinations are complete time
will be given to review exams and for further exam revision.
Also your instructor will conduct a review and evaluation
of your Pool session.
- Days 9-11: These days will be spent on the Outer
Reef doing a 3 day, 2 night live aboard dive trip. In this
section of the course, you will complete 5 evaluated training
dives, assisting an Instructor with both open water and
Advanced courses on the boat. During your 3 day 2 night
trip you will also be evaluated on Diver Rescue skills and
on other non teaching Divemaster duties. Also you will have
a dive site designated for your mapping exercise.
- Day 12: Time off to study for exams.
- Day 13: Assisting with Day 1 of the PADI Rescue
Course.
- Day 14: 8:30-12:00 Exams will be conducted for
Recreational Dive Planner Skills and Skills and the Environment.
After examinations are complete time will be given to review
exams, retests. Additional time after exam revision & retests
should be used for completion of dive site mapping exercise.
13:00-18:00 Evaluated Pool Session
- Day 15: 8:30-14:00 Evaluated Pool Session. 14:00-17:30
Exams will be conducted for Diving Physics and Physiology.
After examinations are complete time will be given to review
exams, retests. Additional time after exam revision & retests
should be used for completion of your Dive site mapping
exercise.
- Days 16-18: Boat Training. 3 day 2 night reef trip
during which you will be evaluated on both teaching and
non-teaching Divemaster duties to complete your course requirements.
Dive
Sites
- Milln Reef - perfect introduction to the outer reef, relaxed
and varied, sleeping turtles
- Flynn Reef - excellent visibility, a photographic haven
- Gordons - intriguing coral mazes which end at "Clown Fish
City"
- Coral Gardens - magnificent coral enlivened by a myriad
of marine life
- Pellowe Reef - exclusive pristine dive destination (weather
permitting)
- Thetford Reef - outlying bommies with swim throughs (weather
permitting)
- Weather permitting, we never dive the same dive site more
than twice.
Course Commences
- Courses commence on Fridays
Inclusions
- PADI Divemaster manual, Encyclopedia of Recreational diving, Diving knowledge workbook
- Passport photos if necessary
- Polo style T-shirt and name badge
- Accommodation transfers city and Northern Beaches
- 20 Dives (weather permitting)
- Two 3 day 2 night live aboard trips to the outer reef in twin accommodation
- All meals whilst on board
- Bed linen
- Dive Insurance
- All dive equipment
- Personal underwater dive computer
- Prescription masks if needed
- Long leg wetsuit
- Torch batteries and cyalume sticks for night diving
Extras
- Dive medical
- An additional fee of $45 per person, which includes a $15 Government Environmental Management Charge as well as a Fuel Levy, a Port Departure Tax and Administration costs payable at the end of the trip.
On successful completion of this course, you will be required to submit to PADI, together with your Divemaster paper work, PADI membership fees, PADI insurance if required, a Divemaster medical certificate, and 2 passport size photographs.
Before commencing your Divemaster Course, you must thoroughly
read the PADI Divemaster Manual. You will also need to have
a copy of all PADI manuals, which include the Open Water,
Advanced and Rescue Diver Manuals, as well as the PADI Wheel
for study purposes. Copies of these texts can be loaned from
Pro Dive Cairns (A DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED for these texts)
You must be sure you are capable of completing all the swimming
test requirements on days 1 and 4 of the course. You must
also prepare to complete all the exams on the specified days.
The course structure is a guide and can be changed within
reason although any additional days required by you for re-sitting
exams, etc, may incur an additional charge.
Requirements
PADI
Rescue Diver Certification or equivalent with a minimum
of 20 logged dives. In order to complete the certification,
60 logged dives will be needed. Pro Dive can help arrange
extra dives if needed.
- Minimum age is 18 years, with no maximum age.
- An AS4005.1 Dive Medical is required. Some medical conditions
may preclude you from diving. Asthma, diabetes, epilepsy
and pregnancy are the most common ones encountered.
Costs
Join Pro Dive Cairns to complete your PADI Divemaster course diver course and visit up to four easterly Outer Great Barrier Reef locations, taking in sites selected for their extravagance of marine life, and excellent visibility. "Divemaster" is the first level of the PADI "Professional" ratings. On successful completion of this program you will be qualified to supervise recreational diving activities either boat or land based. It also allows you to act as an Instructional Assistant and is the minimum rating for employment in the diving industry.
