Alvaro Diving Courses Koh Tao

PADI Divemaster

If you have developed the passion for scuba diving and you’re crazy about the underwater world on Koh Tao, it might be time to think of a career change. If you really love diving and you are good with people, here is your chance to join the PADI Professionals! If you want to live the divers lifestyle and you’re ready to explore the underwater world, go places and see things you have never even imagined, and if you want to make scuba diving to your profession, join our Divemaster and Instructor team at Alvaro Diving in Koh Tao. You can become a PADI Divemaster to begin with and earn your ticket to endless adventure and work opportunities around the globe. The scuba diving industry is vastly developing and growing every day, offering new job openings everywhere in the world.

How to become a Divemaster

First you have to do is go through the diving courses from Open Water Diver to Rescue Diver. Depending on what your current diving certification is, this can be done in a few days but it won’t take longer then two weeks. You also have to do a first aid course, prior to the Rescue Diver Course. If you have done a first aid course within the past 24 month, be it at your driving license or your school or at the red cross, please bring your certification. If you’re not sure if your first aid certification is valid, contact us and we will be happy to check it out for you. Otherwise it will only take one day to make an Emergency First Responder Course on Koh Tao. To start the PADI Divemaster course you also need to have 40 logged dives.

What you learn in the Divemaster Course

In the PADI Divemaster course, you will first of al learn dive leadership skills through both, classroom, and independent study. You will have to complete several water skills and stamina exercises to see you fit for the job. You will do training exercises to develop your ability to organize diving tours and to solve problems if they occur. You will learn to help other scuba divers improve their skills above and under water. Finally you will put your knowledge and your new learned skills into action through a structured internship and a series of practical training exercises. The PADI Divemaster course will change your life and will make you a more confident and responsible scuba diver. The Divemaster course is the first step towards becoming an OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor).

What you can teach after your Divemaster Course

• You can supervise training and non training related activities by planning, organizing and directing dives
• You can assist diving instructors during their training sessions for any PADI diving course
• You can conduct the Skin Diver course and the PADI Discover Snorkeling program
• You can conduct the Discover Local Diving experience
• You can conduct the Scuba Review program (tune up)
• If you have also qualified as a Discover Scuba Diving Leader, you can independently conduct the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program.
• You can earn the Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor rating to be able to teach the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer specialty.
• You can independently guide Open Water Diver students on the tour portion of Open Water Diver course Training Dives 2, 3 and 4 at a ratio of two student divers per certified Divemaster.
• You can accompany Open Water Diver students under the indirect supervision of a certified Instructor during:
  1.) surface swims to and from the entry/exit point and during navigational exercises
  2.) when the instructor conducts a skill, such as an ascent or descent, a Divemaster can remain with other student divers
• You can accompany diving students during Adventure Dives or Specialty training dives under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.
• You can conduct the PADI Seal Team Skin Diver Specialist AquaMission.
• You can conduct subsequent dives under an instructor’s indirect supervision for Discover Scuba Diving participants after participants have satisfactorily completed the first dive with a PADI Instructor.
• After successfully completing an Emergency First Response Instructor course, you can also teach Emergency First Response courses for students who want to become Rescue Divers or Divemastetrs

Please Contact Alvaro Diving in Koh Tao for inquiries or if you have any further questions about the PADI Divemaster Program.