Divemaster Internship

Ready to go pro?

We offer two divemaster internships at Aqua Dive.

Option 1: The 4 week PADI Divemaster course which covers the divemaster curriculum along with additional training in coral restoration, coral & fish identification, megafauna surveying, reef surveying techniques, crown of thorns removal and Dive Against Debris events.

Option 2: Our 8 week conservation Divemaster course. Fully submerge yourself into marine conservation and become a Eco Dive Leader. After gaining the knowledge to care for our underwater environment you will but your skills to work, leading coral restoration dives, megafauna and coral health monitoring and clean up events. You will work with our students, divers and coral restoration volunteers to gain valuable experience in coordinating and leading eco tours and delve deeper into coral restoration with our team and Marine Biologists from our partner NGO, Atoll Marine Centre. Click to learn more!

What do I learn on the PADI Divemaster course?

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.

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:

    • 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 CoralWatch coral health survey workshop.

    • + Additional Megafauna identification and monitoring workshop.

    • + Additional REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation) survey workshop.

    • + Additional Equipment Maintenance and Compressor usage workshop.

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

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

    • Pass a rescue diver assessment.

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

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Fish ID, Coral ID & Coral Restoration workshops.

    • Dive Against Debris workshop.

    • Additional CoralWatch coral health survey workshop.

    • REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation) survey workshop.

    • Megafauna Identification and monitoring workshop.

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

    • Extra Coral Gardening Dives.

    • Equipment Maintenance and Compressor usage workshop.

    • 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.

Price: $1,600.00. Length: 4 weeks. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 18 years. Includes: Full equipment, PADI e-Learning & Divemaster Crew Pack. Excludes: Dive insurance, Reef Guru Restoration Diver e-Learning (bought directly from Reef Guru) & PADI Divemaster fee (paid directly to PADI upon course completion).