Do you love to go out to the seas and take a plunge into the sparkling and inviting waters? Have you ever wished to have taken up an underwater job as your profession? Would you just not love to pass on your passion for the sea on to somebody else? Well, in that case you could think of becoming a divemaster.
Who is a divemaster? Every time you go on for scuba diving remember that friendly chap who assists your instructor and helps you work on your dive moves? Would you just not love to do his job? Yes that chap in control of the underwater situation is a divemaster.
How can you become a professional dive master? The PADI or Association of Professional Divers Instructors has a certificate course for all you aspiring divemasters.
So next you wonder, what makes you eligible for this course.
You basically have to produce your age proof showing that you have completed eighteen years of your life.
You also need to produce a medical certificate signed by your doctor recently (which means not more than 12 months old) stating that you are medically fit for this course.
There are three other certificates that you need to have acquired before being allowed to enroll in a divemasters course.
These are the advanced open water course, the rescuer divers' course and the Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary care.
So what do you really learn during this course? This course is one of the best underwater courses as it not only trains you in the top notch practical skills but also allows you to get a theoretical and scientific understanding of your skill.
You first and foremost learn to work on your underwater skills.
You are taught to perfect under water navigation and at the same time make to take deeper water dives.
Your stamina to stay under water is pushed further.
Along with that you are taught how to operate in a better manner all kinds of under water equipments like the underwater compass and dive computers.
At the same time you are given a theoretical understanding regarding the practical aspects of anything dealing with the underwater activity.
You are taught the effects and problems of staying underwater for too long on your body and the problems and steps that could be taken to overcome them.
Needless to say, this is one of the most comprehensive courses that you could get to hone your underwater skills.
So if you are all about diving, this course is one worth having done.