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PADI Divemaster Course

Looking for the first step in working with scuba as a career? Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers. PADI Divemaster is the prerequisite certification for both the PADI Assistant Instructor and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor certifications. What You Learn During the PADI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems as well as help others improve their scuba. You put this knowledge into action through a structured internship or series of practical training exercises. Get a Life as a PADI Divemaster and scuba dive for work anywhere in the world! What You Can Teach After becoming certified as a PADI Divemaster you will be authorized to:

• Accompany Open Water Diver students under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor during:
• Independently guide Open Water Diver course students on the tour portion of Open Water Diver course Training Dives 2, 3 and 4 at a ratio of two student divers per certified divemaster.
• Earn the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor rating to be able to teach the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer specialty.
• If qualified as a Discover Scuba Diving Leader, independently conduct the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program.
• Conduct the PADI Scuba Review program
• Conduct the PADI Discover Local Diving experience
• Conduct the PADI Skin Diver course and PADI Discover Snorkeling program
• Assist a PADI Instructor during the training sessions for any PADI Diver course
• Supervise both training and non-training-related activities by planning, organizing and directing dives
• Surface swims to and from the entry/exit point and during navigational exercises
• When the instructor conducts a skill, such as an ascent or descent, a Divemaster can remain with other student divers (with an individual student or buddy team)
• Accompany student divers during Adventure Dives or Specialty training dives under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.
• Conduct the PADI Seal Team Skin Diver Specialist AquaMission
• Conduct subsequent dives under an instructor’s indirect supervision for Discover Scuba Diving participants after participants have satisfactorily completed the first dive with a PADI Instructor.
• Teach Emergency First Response courses after successfully completing an Emergency First Response Instructor course.

At a glance, compare what you can teach when you continue your professional diver education. Expand your scuba diving knowledge and experience as a PADI Divemaster The Scuba Gear You Use

• You use all the basic scuba equipment and some scuba accessories such as a dive slate, dive knife, compass, dive watch, etc.
• It is highly recommended that you own all of your own scuba equipment, as familiarity with personal gear improves general scuba diving skills. You can find most everything at your local dive shop

The Learning Materials You Need The PADI Divemaster crewpak includes everything you’ll need to start the PADI Divemaster program. The complete set of materials includes:

• The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving – a comprehensive overview of diving physics, physiology, and equipment.
• The Diving Knowledge Workbook – a self-study guide used in preparation for the Divemaster and Instructor exams.
• Divemaster slates
• PADI Divemaster Manual
• CD-ROM with instructor outlines for Divemaster-conducted programs (exclusive item not available for purchase separately)

Prerequisites To take this course, you must be:

• 18 years old
• A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• A PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• An Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (or qualifying first aid and CPR training from another organization) course completion within the past 24 months.
• Have at least 20 dives to begin the course and 60 for certification
• Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF) signed by a physician within the last 12 months.

Other Courses That Will Prepare You for Success as a PADI Divemaster Continue your scuba education to become a more successful PADI Divemaster. Here are some suggestions for other PADI courses that will help make you more successful as a PADI Divemaster:

• Boat Diver
• Coral Reef Conservation
• Digital Underwater Photographer
• Emergency First Response Instructor
• Emergency Oxygen Provider
• Enriched Air Diver (You can even sign up for the PADI Enriched Air Course Online!)
• Equipment Specialist
• Night Diver
• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Underwater Naturalist
• Underwater Navigation

Stop by Hoi An Diving Center in Historical Hoi An, Vietnam for more information about PADI Divemaster Course, DM Internship Programs, or any other PADI Courses or Training in Hoi An. You can also check us out on our Facebook page.

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Getting paid doing something you enjoy!? Well, that is something everyone wants to achieve.

You have completed your Open Water Course, Advanced Open Water Course, Rescue Course. Now it’s time to enter the first level of the PADI “professional” rating, which no doubt will bring exciting new challenges, endless possibilities, and interaction with the fascinating life of the underwater world on the daily basis. You will be able to share your professional knowledge and experience with guests and students who want to learn.

PADI GoPro

Your first step into professional levels of recreational diving begins with the PADI Divemaster Program. You will work closely with Hoi An Diving Center’s PADI instructors to expand your knowledge, develop your leadership abilities and hone your skills to the professional level.

Upon successfully completing the PADI course with Hoi An Diving Center, you will become a PADI member and receive membership benefits, including a subscription to the Undersea Journal, as well as member pricing on PADI material and services.

If you wish to have more information about our PADI Divemaster Course or DM Internship Program, please do not hesitate to contact Hoi An Diving Center in Hoi An.

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Just passing through Hoi An and you don’t have time to do your Advanced Open Water Course? Would you like to gain some experience under PADI instructor supervision?

Why not get a few PADI Adventure Dives under your belt?

Our professional and experienced PADI Instructors and Divemasters will ensure that you have a safe and fun experience throughout your dives.

Here are a few dives that Hoi An Diving Center can offer you:

Adventure Dives available to divers 10 years old and older:

• AWARE-Fish Identification
• Underwater Naturalist
• Boat Diver
• Underwater Navigator
• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Underwater Photography

Additional Adventure Dives available to divers 12 years old and older:

• Altitude Diver
• Multilevel Diver
• Night Diver
• Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• Search and Recovery Diver
• Underwater Photography

Stop by Hoi An Diving Center in historical Hoi An, Vietnam for more information about PADI Adventure Dives Program or any other PADI Courses or Training in Hoi An.

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PADI Adventure Diver

The Adventures in Diving program offers both the Adventure Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver certifications. If you complete any three adventure dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure Diver certification. If you complete your Deep Adventure Dive, Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and three Adventure Dives for a total of five, you can earn your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

Why PADI Adventure Diver?

Have you always wanted to try underwater photography? How about drift diving? Here’s your chance because you can sample three dives of your choice, get a taste of what you like, and feel more comfortable in the water, strengthening your underwater skills and letting you enjoy diving more than ever.

What do I need to start?

• PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
• Minimum age: 15 years old (10 for PADI Junior Adventure Diver)

What will I do?

This certification includes three of the following Adventure Dives:

Adventure Dives available to divers 10 years old and older:

• AWARE-Fish Identification
• Underwater Naturalist
• Boat Diver
• Underwater Navigator
• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Underwater Photography

Additional Adventure Dives available to divers 12 years old and older:

• Multilevel Diver
• Deep Diver
• Night Diver
• Search and Recovery Diver
• Drift Diver
• Underwater Photography

What will I need?

• Adventures in Diving Manual
• Adventures in Diving DVD
• Log Book

Where can I go from here?

After your PADI Adventure Diver certification you can take the next step by completing two more adventure dives. If you’ve completed five total adventure dives that include deep and navigation, you’re an PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.

PADI Adventure Dives can also count towards PADI Specialty Diver certifications. If you liked your Drift Adventure Dive so much that you wanted to take a complete PADI Drift Diver Specialty course, your Drift Adventure Dive can count as the first dive of that specialty.

Stop by Hoi An Diving Center in historical Hoi An, Vietnam for more information about PADI Adventure Diver Program or any other PADI Courses or Training in Hoi An.

Stop by Hoi An Diving Center in historical Hoi An, Vietnam for more information about PADI Adventure Dives Program or any other PADI Courses or Training in Hoi An.

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PADI Rescue Diver Course

“Challenging” and “rewarding” best describe the PADI Rescue Diver course. Building upon what you’ve already learned, this course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur. The Fun Part The fun part about this course is rising to challenges and mastering them. Most divers find this course both demanding and rewarding, and at the end, say it’s the best course they’ve ever taken. What You Learn

• Self rescue
• Recognizing and managing stress in other divers
• Emergency management and equipment
• Rescuing panicked divers
• Rescuing unresponsive divers

The Scuba Gear You Use You use all your basic scuba gear including a dive computer and accessories. Check with your local dive shop about the gear you’ll use during this course. You can find all the equipment and PADI material a Blue Coral Diving’s dive shop.. The Learning Materials You Need The PADI Rescue Diver crewpack includes all materials required to complete the PADI Rescue Diver course – including a pocket mask. You’ll learn how to think like a rescue diver and preview skills you’ll practice with your PADI Instructor. Once your Rescue Diver course is complete, you can review the DVD to refresh your dive safety skills as needed. This tool box of knowledge and technique will give you the expertise to handle almost any emergency situation. Prerequisites To enroll in the PADI Rescue Diver course, you must:

• Be 15 years or older
• Have a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Be trained and current for first aid and CPR within the previous two years (ask your instructor about Emergency First Response CPR and first aid courses).

Pricing and Schedule

Pricing

4 days $390 for 1 pax, 2 pax less $10, 3 pax less $20 and 4 pax less $30 per person. (includes all equipment hire, instruction, PADI ID card, transfers, lunch and free T-shirt).

Course Schedule

Day 1 The first day focuses on the theory side of the course, which is more involved than the Open Water and Advanced courses. Watch the DVD and complete the knowledge reviews. Complete a final exam. Day 2 Complete 10 exercises in the pool involving self rescue, diver rescue on the surface, and underwater. Also discuss and practice other aspects of the course. Day 3 Open water scenario 1 and 2. This will put into practice what you have learned in the pool and in the theory session. Day 4 Open water scenarios 3 and 4. This is the last day of the course and can be quite intense, as there is lots going on and you have to manage all aspects of the rescue and the boat. Great fun day for you and our staff! Once completed, you will be a Rescue Diver and you will never dive the same way again. This is the best course PADI offers for the non-professional by far.

“Have FUN and be safe with Hoi An Diving Center”

Your Next Adventure After completing CPR and first aid and the PADI Rescue Diver course, you should take the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider course. Together, these three courses round out your ability to handle scuba diver emergencies. If you wish to have more information about our PADI Rescue Diver Course, please do not hesitate to contact Hoi An Diving Center.

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Primary Care (CPR)

Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) teaches you how to deal with emergencies that are immediately life threatening.. You will focus on primary care through a combination of knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice to make sure you have the knowledge, understanding and confidence to use your skills. Here are the Primary Care (CPR) skills:

• Scene Assessment
• Barrier Use
• Primary Assessment
• Rescue Breathing
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Serious bleeding management
• Shock management
• Spinal injury management

Secondary Care (First Aid)

Secondary Care (first aid) covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening or when  local EMS is unavailable or delayed. You focus on secondary assessment and first aid through knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice. The Secondary Care (first aid) skills are:

• Injury Assessment
• Illness Assessment
• Bandaging
• Splinting for Dislocations and Fractures

People attending this course who have taken CPR training through another organization gives an orientation to these three Primary Care course subjects areas:

• Serious Bleeding Management
• Shock Management
• Spinal Injury Management

Most other CPR courses do not include these critical skills needed for patient care.

Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

You may also participate in an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training component, learn how to help a conscious choking adult and have an emergency oxygen use orientation.

Emergency Oxygen Use

Receiving adequate oxygen is crucial, especially after a serious injury or illness. You can decrease patient stress and support the respiratory system by administering emergency oxygen.

For more information on our EFR First Aid Courses, any other PADI Courses or Training, do not hesitate to contact Hoi An Diving Center.

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PADI Search and Recovery Diver Course

Have you ever dropped something in the water? Are you looking for lost “treasure”? The PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course will teach you effective ways to find objects underwater and bring them to the surface. Small, large or just awkward, there is a way to bring them up. The Fun Part Find lost items and lift them to the surface. It’s fun to use the lift bag. Not only are these skills fun, but very practical and ultimately useful because eventually, you’ll lose something in the water. As a Search and Recovery Diver, you’ll know how to search for and recover it. What You Learn

• Search and recovery dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and how to deal with potential problems
• How to locate large and small objects using search patterns
• How to use a lift bag and other recovery methods
• Limited visibility search techniques

The Scuba Gear You Use You will use the basic scuba diving equipment, an underwater compass and a lift bag. The Learning Materials You Need The Search and Recovery crewpak (DVD and manual) includes everything needed to prepare for the PADI Search and Recovery Specialty course. The manual includes a search pattern reference guide, knot-tying diagrams and an overview of how to organize a search. The video on DVD provides additional information on performing search patterns and how to plan a search in variety of conditions. All PADI products and learning materials are available for purchase at Hoi An Diving Center in Hoi An. Prerequisites To take the PADI Search and Recovery Diver course, you must be:

• A certified PADI (junior) Advanced Open Water Diver
• A  PADI (junior) Open Water Diver and a PADI Underwater Navigator (or equivalent certification from another organization)
• At least 12 years old

Your Next Adventure Because you often need to navigate to specific spots to find lost items, the Underwater Navigator course can help you perfect your navigation skills. Stop by Hoi An Diving Center in historical Hoi An, Vietnam for more information about our PADI Search and Recovery Diver Courses Program or any other PADI Courses or Training in Hoi An. You can also check us out on our Facebook page.

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Maximize your dive time so you can explore more!

In this course, you learn how to plan dives that extend your bottom time by crediting you for slower nitrogen absorption when you ascend to a shallower depth. That’s the way you really dive, after all.

The Fun Part

This is a great way to learn how to make multilevel dives even if you forget to bring your dive computer.

What You Learn

You’ll learn what multilevel diving is and why you want to plan for multilevel dives. You’ll also get to see the various types of multilevel dive calculators (including dive computers), as well as learn about multilevel dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques, and potential problems. You’ll plan a multilevel dive profile and dive it with your PADI Instructor.

You learn how to:

• Plan and execute multilevel dives (different depths on the same dive)
• Back up your dive computer and plan multilevel dives
• Maximize your no stop time

The Scuba Gear You Use

Dive computers are essential on multilevel dives. You’ll need your basic scuba diving equipment. It’s helpful to have your dive computer.

Hoi An Diving Center can provide you with gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at our scuba diving shop in Hoi An.

The Learning Materials You Need

The electronic Recreational Dive Planner (eRDP ML), Multilevel version is a great tool to help you plan your multilevel dives.

• Plan up to 5 consecutive dives
• Plan up to 3 consecutive multi-level dives

All PADI products and learning materials are available for purchase at Hoi An Diving Center located in the heart of Hoi An, Vietnam.

Prerequisites

You must be:

• A PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization)
• At least 12 years old

Your Next Adventure

Multilevel diving is often conducted while deep diving or wreck diving. Multilevel diving combined with Enriched Air Nitrox provides the longest no stop dive times possible.

Stop by Hoi An Diving Center in historical Hoi An, Vietnam for more information about our PADI Multilevel Diver Courses Program or any other PADI Courses or Training in Hoi An.

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