PADI Divemaster Course Instructor Guide, PADI

Guide......Page 0 Contents......Page 3 How to Use This Guide......Page 5 Divemaster Course Instructional Philosophy......Page 7 Goals and Purpose of the PADI Divemaster Course......Page 11 PADI Divemaster Duties......Page 13 Benefits and Renewal Requirements of PADI Divemaster Certification......Page 14 Course Prerequisites......Page 15 Training Materials......Page 16 Referrals......Page 17 Course Overview......Page 18 Sequencing within the PADI Divemaster Course......Page 19 Sample Divemaster Course Schedule......Page 20 Conduct and Standards......Page 25 Evaluation......Page 26 Assignment......Page 27 Topic 1 – Course Introduction......Page 28 Topic 2 – Supervising General Diving Activities......Page 35 Part 2......Page 51 Topic 3 – Assisting with Student Divers in Training......Page 69 Topic 4 – Dive Theory Introduction......Page 81 Topic 5 – The Physics of Diving......Page 85 Topic 6 – The Physiology of Diving......Page 102 Topic 7 – Dive Equipment......Page 121 Topic 8 – Decompression Theory and the RDP......Page 132 Topic 9 – Divemaster Conducted Programs......Page 146 Topic 10 – Risk Management......Page 150 Topic 11 – The Business of Diving......Page 157 Topic 12 – Your Diving Career......Page 161 Stamina Assessment and Development......Page 165 Diver Rescue Assessment and Development......Page 167 Confined Waterskill Assessment and Development......Page 168 Conduct and Standards......Page 171 Exercise 1......Page 172 Exercise 2......Page 173 Exercise 3......Page 174 Internship (Option 1)......Page 177 Practical Training Exercises (Option 2)......Page 180 Appendix......Page 185