The SDI Divemaster Course is the first professional level certification. During this course you will be challenged and learn what it is like to work with divers as they experience the underwater world for the first time and you will learn how to lead already certified divers and show them some of your favorite critters or dive sites. Your SDI Instructor will also teach you how to manage divers, work the dive deck of a boat, and conducting safe and enjoyable dives. Other things you can expect to learn is diving Physics and Physiology, and being a professional SDI Divemaster. Your skills will be refined to demonstration quality and your knowledge increased to that of a professional. After you have completed the SDI Divemaster course you can move onto the SDI Assistant Instructor Course where you will learn more about academic presentations and have the ability to teach certain SDI specialties.

As a SDI Divemaster you’ll be able to:

• Act as a certified instructional assisitant to SDI instructors
• Supervise participants in SDI experience programs for uncertified divers
• Generally supervise both training and non training related diving activities by planning, organizing and directing dives
• Enroll in SDI Instructor level training

Upon successfully completing the SDI Divemaster program, you’ll receive a certification card denoting this rating. You’ll also become a member of SDI and receive benefits, including the ability to purchase professional liability insurance. Here’s your chance to share your love of diving with others.

Course Requirements

• Divemaster Exams with scores 75 percent or better
• Knowledge Review from Leadership Manual
• Completed Waterskills and Stamina Module
• Completed Practical Application Module
• Proof of 40 dives

Course Prerequisites

• Be certified as Advanced Open Water Diver or have an equivalent rating.
• Be certified as Rescue Diver or have an equivalent rating.
• Be at least 18 years old
• Have completed and logged at least 20 dives.
• Within the past two years(24months) successfully completed CPR and basic first aid
• Complete Medical Clearance form signed by physician(medical clearance, if required)
• Sign Liability Release(Wavier) and Express Assumption of Risk
• Sign Standard Safe Diving Practices Statement of Understanding

The course is broken down into the following 3 sections:

1) Knowledge Developement

• Course Introduction
• Supervising General Diving Activities
• Assisting with Student Divers in Training
• Dive Theory Introduction
• The Physics of Diving
• The Physiology of Diving
• Dive Equipment
• Decompression Theory and the RDP
• Divemaster Conducted Programs
• Risk Management
• The business of Diving
• Your Diving Career

2) Waterskills & Stamina Module

• 400 meter swim
• 15 minutes float/tread water
• 800 meter snorkel swim
• 100 meter tired diver tow
• Diver Rescue Assessment
• Developing Demonstration Quality Skills
• Performing the 20 Basic Scuba Skills

3) Practical Application Module

• Mapping Project
• Equipment Exchange
• Divermaster Conducted Programs
• Internship Confined Water - Open Water Course
• Internship Open Water - Open Water diver Course
• Internship Open Water - Continuing Education Course
• Internship - Certified Divers in Open Water
• Emergency Assitance Plan

Course Includes:

• Instructor fees
• 3 x Accommodation and all meals at Pulau Aur
• SDI Leadership Manual
• SDI Divemaster Slates