PADI Dive Master Internship

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At Rich Coast Diving, Playas del Coco, Costa Rica, we have been training PADI Dive masters since 1993 and our highly qualified and experienced dive staff will help you get the most out of your dive training. We take the training very seriously obviously with serious amount of fun thrown in. Our training has been deemed as the most comprehensive in Costa Rica by those that know our methods. We treat our Dive master intern candidates like customers, not like slaves, so you can focus on learning the material and not on carrying tanks.
There is a common misconception that the "internship" option is the "free" Dive master course, this is not true. With the internship you work with actual students as opposed to shop staff simulating students. We feel the internship provides a far better learning experience and it is the only option we teach. We love to train PADI divemasters but place the emphasis on great dive training and the fact that there is much more to being a dive master than possessing the certification card.


Dive Master Course prerequisites:

Be a certified PADI Rescue Diver or have an equivalent rating. (If equivalent candidate must submit proof of CPR and first aid training within the past 24 months.)
Have completed and logged at least 20 dives as documented by the individual's personal logbook. Note: at least 60 dives are required to complete the program.
Be at least 18 years old at the start of training.
Submit medical clearance for diving signed by a physician, attesting to fitness to dive.

Schedule:

	Much of the Dive master learning is self-directed and while the motivated candidate can complete the DM program in two weeks, allowing a month makes for a more relaxed pace and gives plenty of time for all the dive course objectives to be met. Our dedicated Dive Master internship program here at Rich Coast Diving is 3 months.

Required materials:

PADI Divemaster Manual
RDP table and eRDP-ML including associated Instructions for Use booklets)
The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
Diving Knowledge Workbook
Divemaster Slates
Instructor Guides for programs PADI Divemasters may conduct:
1. Discover Scuba Diving
2. Discover Snorkeling/Skin Diver Course
3. Scuba Review/Discover Local Diving
Or the PADI Instructor Manual (Supplied if continuing to the PADI IDC, the Instructor Development Course).

Do your Dive Master Internship with the IDC center in Costa Rica working with the RDP wheel

Experience:


	The candidate must have completed and logged at least 60 dives as documented by the individual's personal logbook. These dives must include experience in night diving, deep diving and underwater navigation in order to get certified. We stipulate the minimum of 60 dives but the internship approach will ensure approximately 100 dives for the student.


Knowledge Development:


	Candidates must read the PADI Dive-master Manual and complete all the Knowledge Reviews Each dive master candidate must complete an Emergency Assistance Plan. This is essentially an emergency plan for evacuation and assistance in the unlikely event of a diving accident. There are eight exams:

Physics.
Physiology and First Aid.
Equipment.
Decompression Theory and the RDP (Recreation Dive Planner)
Dive Skills and the Environment.
Supervising Activities for Certified Divers.
Supervising Student Divers in Training.
PADI Divemaster Conducted Programs.


Stamina and Water Skills:

Candidates must perform four exercises. Points are awarded from 1-5 based on candidate performance, a minimum of 12 points are required to pass.

The candidate must swim 400 meters/yards without stopping using no swimming aids and using any stroke or combination of strokes desired.
Using no aids and wearing only a swimsuit, the candidate will stay afloat by treading water, drown proofing, bobbing or floating for 15 minutes, with hands (not arms) out of the water during the last 2 minutes.
Using a mask, fins, snorkel and swimsuit only (no BCD or flotation aids) and swimming with the face in the water, the candidate must swim nonstop for 800 meters / yards.
Wearing full scuba equipment, the candidate must push or tow an inert diver in full scuba at the surface 100 meters/yards nonstop without assistance.

Rescue Assessment:

Candidates must perform a simulated rescue of an unresponsive, non-breathing diver. The exercise is pass/fail, but the candidate's performance must be of demonstration quality. Being a divemaster in training you'll be assisting with many rescue diver courses ensuring that your skills are sharp

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Skill Demonstration:

Candidate must demonstrate the 20 basic dive skills, with all skills earning a 3 or higher, and the total score for all 20 skills at least 68 points.

Required Training Exercises:

• Mapping Project.
• Dive Skill circuit.
• Equipment Exchange. (Exchanging full equipment whilst buddy breathing at about 5 meters in depth - character building)
• Divemaster Conducted Program.

Dive Internship Requirements:

Divemaster candidates must participate in at least:
• One PADI Open Water Diver course confined water session.
• Four additional confined water training sessions from any PADI course or program.
• One PADI Open Water Diver course open water training dive.
• One PADI Adventures in Diving, Rescue Diver or PADI Specialty Diver course open water training session.
• Three additional open water training dives from any PADI course or program.
• One supervisory situation with certified divers not in a formal course.

We state the very least requirements but here in our Rich Coast divemaster internship extensive experience shall be gained in all areas.

Your next Dive Course: IDC - Instructor Development Course.
This includes the AI - Assistant Instructor Course and prepares you fully for the IE (Instructor Examination) to become a fully licensed PADI Scuba Diving Instructor or OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor).

PADI Dive master training with Rich Coast Diving, the IDC center in Costa Rica

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