PADI DIVEMASTER COURSE

Included is:

All classroom, pool, and open water instruction

All diving on our boat

Not included:

PADI Divemaster Manual ($26.40)

PADI Diving Knowledge Workbook ($19.99)

PADI Pool and Open Water Cue cards ($61.30)

PADI Wheel ($48.40)

Passport photographs (4) - (available at FDU for $20.00)

All dive equipment (listed below)

Certification fee to PADI ($51.00 for 2000)

Divemaster training is the first step in leadership progression in the PADI system.

This certification denotes an individual who: (1) has a high level of personal diving skill; (2) understands a great deal about diving theory; (3) has experience in training student divers; (4) is able to assume a tremendous amount of responsibility for the welfare of other divers in his/her charge.

COURSE PREREQUISITES:

To qualify for PADI Divemaster training, the candidate must:

Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent.

Be certified as a PADI Rescue Diver or equivalent.

Be 18 years of age or older.

Have a minimum of 20 logged dives

Submit a PADI Medical Exam Form, signed by a Medical Doctor (MD). This exam must be less than 1 year old. This medical form MUST BE submitted before any water session.

FLORIDA DOWN UNDER'S PADI DIVEMASTER COURSE cost is only $599.00.

The course tuition includes instruction and evaluation, all open water diving ( when performed on our boat ), the tuition does not include your required books and materials, any SCUBA equipment , wet suit, or your certification/registration fee paid directly to PADI.

COURSE STRUCTURE:

The PADI Divemaster Course consists of three phases ( modules ) that include:

Watermanship and skill assessment

Knowledge Development

Practical application ( internship )

The Watermanship and Skill Assessment consists of the following:

The PADI Watermanship and Stamina Assessment

The PADI General Diving Skills Assessment

The PADI Problem Solving Assessment

The PADI Diver Rescue Skills Assessment

Knowledge development is participation in regularly scheduled classroom academic sessions where the theory of diving is explored. This knowledge is assessed through written exams covering physics, physiology, equipment, the diving environment, recreational dive planners, first aid, dive planning, dive management and control, and supervising students in training. The minimum acceptable score on each exam is 75%. Retesting is available ( at an extra charge of $25.00 per exam).

Practical application of your abilities is developed in the internship program where the Divemaster candidate acts as an instructional assistant to an FDU Staff Instructor. Each student is responsible for obtaining the Instructors evaluation of their performance during all internship phases ( forms are included in your paperwork package ).

CERTIFICATION PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR PADI DIVEMASTER

Satisfactorily complete the PADI Watermanship and Stamina Assessment.

Satisfactorily complete the PADI General Diving Skills Assessment.

Satisfactorily complete the PADI Problem Solving Assessment.

Satisfactorily complete the PADI Diver Rescue Assessment.

Satisfactorily complete the PADI Divemaster written exams.

Prepare an Emergency Assistance Plan for diving emergencies in the local area and include the appropriate local contact information.

Prepare an outline of boat diving procedures useful for an area likely to be visited by the Divemaster.

Prepare a map of the shoreline and underwater terrain of a local open water training site selected by the Divemaster Instructor.

Satisfactorily serve as an instructional assistant for no less than 10 PADI open water training sessions and 5 PADI pool training sessions.

Turn in and have evaluated by your Instructor completed Knowledge Review questions from the PADI Divemaster Manual.

Sign a PADI Statement of Understanding and a liability release form.

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT:

Each Divemaster candidate MUST HAVE his/her own full set of open water diving equipment. The type and brand name of the equipment is a matter of individual preference, but because the Divemaster is a PADI Professional, his/her professionalism should be reflected in his/her equipment. Therefore, the equipment MUST BE state-of-the-art and in good working condition.

FDU WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED EQUIPMENT:

BCD with LP inflator

Regulator with SPG, depth gauge, and compass (dive computer recommended)

Whistle or other sound producing device such as Air-Alert

Full wet suit (3/2mm is recommended)

Two SCUBA tanks

One underwater light (two are recommended)

Knife

Underwater slate

First aid kit

Spare parts kit

Alternate air source

Personal basic equipment ( mask, fins, weight system, etc. )

Gloves

PADI Wheel

PADI RDP Dive Tables

PADI Open Water Cue Cards ( both open water and confined water )

REQUIRED REFERENCE MATERIAL

PADI Open Water Diver Manual

PADI Advanced Diver Manual

PADI Rescue Diver Manual

PADI Divemaster Manual

PADI Instructor Manual ( optional but highly recommended )

PADI Diving Encyclopedia

PADI Diving Knowledge Workbook

GENERAL PROCEDURES

Before the candidate can participate as an instructional assistant, he/she must first successfully complete all portions of the PADI Watermanship and Skill Assessment. Details of these assessments are on following pages of this document. For each water training session the candidate wishes to be evaluated, he/she must have the evaluating FDU Staff Instructor fill out a PADI Divemaster Internship Evaluation Form.

Upon satisfactory completion of all Divemaster requirements, a PADI Divemaster Application form and completed Medical Exam Form along with the appropriate fees ( to be paid by the candidate and is $51.00 for 1997), must be sent to PADI by the Divemaster Instructor.

The Divemaster is eligible for professional liability insurance. Having this insurance ( with FDU, Sarasota YMCA, Gulf Harbor Marina, and dive boat Giant Stride, named as an Additional Insured ) is required by FDU, Inc., to work with any of our classes or trips or on any FDU boat.

PADI WATERMANSHIP AND STAMINA ASSESSMENT:

The following exercises are to be performed:

400 yard swim

800 yard snorkel swim

100 yard diver tow

15 minute tread/float

The directions and evaluation criteria are as follows. The minimum acceptable score is a total of 12 points.

400 yard swim

Directions: The candidate is to cover the distance without aids and may use any stroke or combination of strokes desired.

Evaluation Criteria:

Time frame points

under 6 minutes 5 excellent

under 8 minutes 4 good

under 10 minutes 3 average

under 12 minutes 2 below average

over 12 minutes 1 poor

800 yard snorkel swim

Directions: Wearing mask, fins, snorkel, and swim suit ( only, no exposure suit is allowed ), the candidate is to swim the distance without using arms or swimming on the back.

Evaluation Criteria:

Time frame points

under 13 minutes 5 excellent

under 15 minutes 4 good

under 17 minutes 3 average

under 19 minutes 2 below average

over 19 minutes 1 poor

15 minute tread/float

Directions: With no aids and in a swimsuit only, the candidate is to stay afloat by whatever means desired ( tread, drownproof, bob, float, etc. ) for 15 minutes. During the last 2 minutes, the hands are to be removed from the water.

Evaluation Criteria: points

1. Performed satisfactorily 5 excellent

2. Stayed afloat but hands were not held out of water for the full 2 minutes 3 average

3. Could not complete exercise, touched pool side or bottom 1 poor

100 yard diver tow

Directions: In teams with both divers in full SCUBA. You may use snorkel or regulator and any tow or push desired. You may also change style during the tow. The inert diver is not to provide any assistance. This is not a rescue skill evaluation.

Evaluation Criteria:

Time frame points

under 2 minutes 5 excellent

under 3 minutes 4 good

under 4 minutes 3 average

under 5 minutes 2 below average

over 5 minutes 1 poor

PADI GENERAL DIVING SKILL ASSESSMENT

The skills to be evaluated are as follows:

PADI pre dive safety drill ( Big White Rabbits Are Fluffy )

Giant stride entry

Removal and replacement of weight belt or weight system

Fin pivot

SCUBA to snorkel exchange

Removal/replacement of SCUBA underwater

Hover motionless for 30 seconds

Buddy breathe stationary

Buddy breathe while swimming

Mask removal/replacement

Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent (CESA)

Alternate air source ascent

Each exercise is to be graded on a 1 to 5 basis. The candidate must score a 3 or higher on EACH exercise. A grade sheet is provided to each Divemaster student.

PADI PROBLEM SOLVING ASSESSMENT

This exercise is an equipment exchange. Each member of the buddy team is to be wearing full SCUBA equipment and exposure suit. Beginning in the shallow end of the pool, the team is to swim to the bottom of the deep end, stop, and exchange all equipment except exposure suits and weight belts, and return while buddy breathing ( one air source used ).

PADI DIVER RESCUE SKILLS ASSESSMENT

Both rescuer and patient are to wear full SCUBA equipment including an exposure suit. The Divemaster candidate is to rescue a simulated non-breathing, unconscious, submerged victim.

The assessment includes entry, approach, locating and surfacing the victim, artificial respiration, equipment removal, transportation and exiting with the patient ( no assistance is allowed - there will be equipment handlers to prevent lost equipment ). The total distance covered during the transport of the patient is to be approximately 50 yards.

PADI DIVEMASTER COURSE CURRICULUM

SESSION 1

Introduction

Administrative

Knowledge Development I

Dive Planning ( Section II of PADI Divemaster Manual ) Dive Management ( Section III of Divemaster Manual )

Supervising Students in Training ( Section IV of DM Manual )

SESSION 2

Watermanship and Stamina

Skill Evaluation

SESSION 3

Diver Rescue

Problem Solving ( equipment exchange )

SESSION 4

Knowledge Development II

Physics ( PADI Advanced Diver Manual p. 13-30 and PADI

Diving Encyclopedia Section 1 )

Physiology ( PADI Advanced Diver Manual p. 155-188 and PADI Diving Encyclopedia Section 2 )

First Aid ( PADI Rescue Diver Manual p. 24-44 )

Written exams on these sections

SESSION 5

Knowledge Development III

Equipment ( SCUBA Equipment: Care and Maintenance p. 29-74 and PADI Diving Encyclopedia Section 3 )

Diving Skills and the Environment ( PADI Advanced Diver Manual p. 134-164 and 99 PADI Diving Encyclopedia Section 4 )

Recreational Dive Planners ( Linear and The Wheel ) ( PADI Open Water Diver Manual Section 4 and 5 and The Wheel Instructional Manual )

Written exam on these sections.