What to Expect From the PADI Divemaster Internship – Open Water to Rescue Diver
The PADI Divemaster Internship is the quickest route from having zero experience in scuba diving, to becoming a diving professional. It is known as one of the best ways to start your career in diving and is open to anybody over 18 years old (for Junior Divemaster is 15 years old). The internship is an intensive program, where you train almost everyday with a dedicated dive instructor and other dive professionals. As well as going through the courses and building your skills and knowledge to become a PADI Divemaster, you also are a key member of the team in the dive shop you train in. Through the experience, you get to meet and gain contacts in the local area, build your confidence and get a real understanding of the day to day runnings of the dive shop. Therefore, succeeding in the internship will almost guarantee you a job straight away.
The time required to do the whole PADI Divemaster Internship can vary from a minimum of 2 months to 3 months. There is no time limit, schedule is flexible and can be catered to your availability. Although recommended, it is not required that you do the whole internship all at once. So if you are working or have other responsibilities and can only do it in bits on the side, this is also a possibility. If you already hold any diving certification, the PADI Divemaster Internship can be begun at any level, from PADI Scuba Diver to PADI Rescue Diver. If you have trained with another organisation, this is also not a problem and conversion training can be applied to the internship. More information on this can be found on our blog: How Long Does a PADI Divemaster Course or Internship Take?
Here we breakdown the courses involved in the PADI Divemaster Internship to help you understand what really goes on. We will use PADI’s Continuing Education Flowchart as reference to this:
PADI Open Water Diver Course
When you start your PADI Divemaster Internship, you are firstly enrolled in PADI’s introductory course: Open Water Diver.
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For further information on the PADI Open Water Course, check out our page here PADI Open Water Diver Course.
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
Once you have completed your Open Water Diver Course, it’s time to expand your dive skills further. The PADI Advanced Open Water Course enables you to experience different types of diving through “Adventure Dives”. You are required to complete 5 adventure dives including 2 compulsory dives: Underwater Navigation and Deep Diving. The other 3 are up to you depending on your local environment and personal interests.
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For further information on the PADI Advanced Open Water Course, check out our page here PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course.
Emergency First Response (EFR)
The EFR course goes hand in hand with the PADI Rescue Diver course and covers basic primary and secondary emergency care.
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For further information on the PADI Advanced Open Water Course, check out our page here PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course.
PADI Rescue Diver
On completion of the Advanced Open Water and EFR training, your next step is the PADI Rescue Course. This course is recognised as the most rewarding as you learn to manage the safety of other divers as well as yourself through rescue exercises and scenario practice. It’s full of surprises, extremely fun and very fulfilling.
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For further information on the PADI Rescue Diver Course, check out our page here: PADI Rescue Diver Course.
And last but by no means least, eventually you reach your PADI Divemaster Course, the first professional level course in the PADI curriculum. For a breakdown on what a PADI Divemaster Course really involves, we have created a part 2 of this blog here.
