Divemaster Internship

Ready to go pro?

During your divemaster training you will learn all you need to know to work in recreational diving, from briefing and leading customers, dive planning and equipment maintenance, to helping assist instructors on courses and running ReActivates and Discover Scuba Dives.

You will fine-tune your diving skills, sharpen your rescue skills and expand your knowledge of the underwater environment. And that’s just the start.

Our divemaster internship is focused around conservation, during your training you will also learn and practice coral restoration skills, become confident in running your own Dive Against Debris and Coral Watch events, learn how to lead fish surveys and join workshops to further your Fish Identification and Coral Identification knowledge. We will also teach you about Megafauna Identification and work with you to submit the information into global databases for scientists across the globe to use.

What does an average week look like?

Each week we will have a mixture of boat diving, shore diving and classroom sessions. Not only will you become a qualified Divemaster here but you will also improve your dive skills and learn a lot about the scuba diving industry. Dives will be a mixture of dedicated Divemaster skill dives, assisting on courses, briefing and leading fun dives (under supervision on an instructor), participating in clean up dives and coral gardening. Saturdays is usually our day off so you can use this time to relax and explore the island, or join the staff and volunteers here for an excursion (weather permitting).

The Divemaster Curriculum:

Knowledge Development:

  • PADI Divemaster eLearning.

  • Nine knowledge review classroom sessions of the Divemaster online manual chapters (these cover the role of a Divemaster, physics and physiology of diving, diving equipment and the environment, decompression theory and RDP tables, Divemaster conducted programs and the business of diving).

  • Final exams.

  • RDP / eRDPml workshop.

  • Preparing an Emergency Assistance Plan for a local dive site.

  • + Additional Fish ID, Coral ID & Coral Restoration workshops.

  • + Additional Dive Against Debris workshop.

  • + Additional Coral Watch Survey workshop.

  • + Additional Megafauna ID workshop.

  • + Additional Equipment Maintenance and Compressor usage workshop.

Professionalism:

  • Display active and positive participation in training sessions and show positive attitude and demeanour towards students, divers and staff.

  • Become a role model to student divers.

  • Show concern about the environment and propagate positive practices to protect it.

Water Skills Assessment:

  • Complete water skills exercises (swims, float, equipment exchange).

  • Pass a rescue diver assessment.

  • Complete a workshop and assessment of the 24 key diving skills.

Practical Application:

  • Prepare a map for a local dive site.

  • Assist with scuba maintenance and pre and post-dive boat preparation.

  • Brief and lead experienced divers on shore and boat dives.

  • Complete a search & recovery workshop and assignment.

  • Complete a deep dive scenario.

Divemaster-Conducted Programs Workshops:

  • Complete a ReActivate Programme

  • Advanced Snorkelling

  • Discover Scuba Dive in confined water

  • Discover Scuba Dive in open water

  • Discover Local Diving

  • + Additional Dive Against Debris workshop.

Practical Assessment:

  • Assist Aqua Dive instructors with their Open Water Course students during their confined and open water dives.

  • Assist Aqua Dive instructors in Continued Education courses.

  • Guide certified divers, under an instructors supervision, on their open water dives.

+ Reef Restoration:

  • Complete the Reef Guru Coral Reef Restoration Diver course during your internship (e-Learning must be purchased separately).

Prerequisites:

  • Minimum 18 years old.

  • Certified Rescue Diver.*

  • Minimum of 40 logged dives.*

  • EFR Primary and Secondary Care training completed within the last 24 months.*

  • Physical fitness confirmed by PADI Medical Statement, signed by a physician within the last 12 months.

  • Personal dive insurance.

*If you do not already hold these prerequisites, we can put a package together for you to include the additional training.