The 5-part process to becoming a Divemaster:

Becoming a Diving Professional requires more intensive training than recreational courses, however the process can be broken down into 5 sub-sections:

• Knowledge Development
  • With a combination of instructor-led and self-study modules, you will learn all about the standards and procedures of being a dive professional.  Your knowledge of dive-related physics, physiology and environmental systems and practices will be enhanced, and you will gain a full understanding of why diving is taught and run the way it is today.
• Skills Development
  • A Dive Professional is expected to have excellent dive skills, and therefore a major component of a Divemaster program is the development of these skills to demonstration standard.
• Practical Sessions
  • Divemasters are leaders in the industry, running dives, and making sure everyone has a good time.  You will learn skills such as effective dive planning, briefings, set up and management of dive sites, and also practice scenarios where those skills and your in-water skills could be put to the test.
• Workshops
  • There are various programs that a Divemaster can run.  In a series of workshops, you will prepare to run these programs for customers, giving you a chance to hone you skills in specific areas.
• Course Assistance
  • Divemasters often take on the role of a teaching assistant for Instructors with students undergoing training.  By practising this role, you can ensure that you are fully prepared for course that you assist on.

SSI Divemaster courses at Aquatic Adventures

Becoming a Professional Scuba Diver is a huge step.  It doesn't matter how experienced you are as a diver, whether you are trained as a recreational Tech Diver, or if you have any previous professional sports experience - the transition from recreational scuba diver to professional is an extensive and in-depth procedure.  Turning the focus of your diving away from you, and on to the others who will be relying on you is not for everyone. 

People become SSI Divemasters for a variety of reasons: some simply want to be the best diver they can be, where others have aspirations of becoming an Instructor, while others still need the qualification for their future careers in commercial diving.

Whatever your reason for wanting to becoming a Professional Scuba Diver, Aquatic Adventures can help.  Our experienced team have worked all over the world, and bring their wealth of experience to training the next generation of SSI Pros.

We don't just churn out cookie-cutter candidates, we tailor our training to fit you and your unique needs.  There is no fixed schedule to a Divemaster course at Aquatic Adventures - we believe that part of becoming a professional is being able to organise your own time, and we expect you to do so.

Our standard Divemaster course is anything but "standard".  We have developed a program designed to not only produce an excellent SSI professional, but also one who will be more knowledgeable, more useful to the Scuba Diving industry, and therefore more employable.

The course includes the following:

• Full SSI Divemaster materials, including both online learning and physical materials.
• Nationally recognised Inspect & Fill SCUBA Cylinders certification
• Training in the SSI Marine Ecology program, allowing you to teach this upon course completion.
• Scuba CV writing workshop with our in-house Instructor Trainer

Pre-requisites:

• Minimum age to join the SSI Divemaster course is 18 years old.
• SSI Diver Stress & Rescue certification (or equivalent) is required to enroll in the Divemaster course
• Have the following SSI certifications (or equivalent): Deep Diving, Navigation, Night & Limited Visibility
• You must hold a current First Aid certificate to enroll in the SSI Divemaster course - see your options for getting your First Aid cert. by clicking HERE
• A Diving Medical, valid within the last 12 months is required to participate in the SSI Divemaster course.
• Minimum 40 logged dives are required to start your Divemaster course (60 dives required to finish)
• Your own personal Total Scuba Diving System is required to join the Aquatic Adventures SSI Divemaster course.  If you do not own a full set of equipment, contact us to find out options and offers available to help you get the missing items and start your course.