Overview and Learning Objectives
I. The Divers You Supervise
1. Why do certified divers want the assistance of a PADI Divemaster?
2. What individual differences in divers does a dive-master have to be prepared to accommodate?
3. What are six characteristics of responsible diver behavior?
4. What are four ways to encourage responsible diving?
II. Dive Planning
5. What is the role of the divemaster in dive planning for a group of certified divers?
6. How do you plan a dive by “thinking through the dive”?
7. What aspects of dive planning are and are not the divemaster’s responsibility?
8. What aspects of dive planning and diving must each diver retain responsibility for?
9. How do you assess divers before a dive for experi-ence level, possible stress and possible equipment problems?
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Supervising Diving Activities for Certified Divers Supervising Diving Activities
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■The Divers You Supervise
■The Divers You Supervise
■Dive Planning
■Dive Planning
■Dive Management
■Dive Management
■Helping Divers Manage Predive Stress
■Helping Divers Manage Predive Stress
■Mapping Dive Sites
■Mapping Dive Sites
10. What is Discover Local Diving, and for who is it intended?
11. How do you evaluate general dive conditions, and how do conditions affect diving?
12. What are three aspects of planning dives for remote areas?
III Dive Management
13. What are four aspects of supervision in managing dives?
14. What are the advantages and disadvantages of inwater versus out of water supervision, and the advantages and disadvantages of supervision van-tage points inwater versus out of water?
15. What eight types of equipment can assist in super-vising certified divers?
16. What is the primary purpose of diver accounting procedures?
IV. Helping Divers Manage Predive Stress
17. What are the characteristics of predive stress, and how do you help divers deal with it?
V. Mapping Dive Sites
18. What are the general steps for mapping a dive site, and what elements do you include in a dive site map?
Outline
I. The Divers You Supervise
A.Why do certified divers want the assistance of a PADI Divemaster?
1. Although there may be some situations in which divers need supervision, the primary reason they dive under divemaster supervision is they want the services, education and benefits a divemaster pro-vides. Practices vary greatly from one area to an-other and the successful divemaster recognizes that neither supervisory recommendations nor proce-dures apply to all locales and circumstances.
a. The divemaster makes the dive more fun by guid-ing divers to the best divguid-ing.
b. The divemaster can help divers improve their safety by providing information such as local dive condi-tions and protocols/techniques, and by being avail-able to manage and assist with a dive accident.
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Why do certified divers want the assistance of a PADI Divemaster?
Why do certified divers want the assistance of a PADI Divemaster?
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■Guidance
■Guidance
■Safety
■Safety
■Handling logistics
■Handling logistics
■FUN
■FUN
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What individual differences might you encounter?
What individual differences might you encounter?
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■Skill level
■Skill level
■Physical and intellectual challenges
■Physical and intellectual challenges
■Cultural differences
■Cultural differences
■Responsible behavior
■Responsible behavior
c. The divemaster often assists with boat handling and logistics, freeing the divers to simply relax and enjoy the trip.
d. The divemaster can help divers assess whether their skills and experience level match the
planned dive, by being available to answer ques-tions, and by helping them brush up on skills when they feel it necessary.
e. The divemaster adds to the enjoyment by being a fun person – friendly, approachable, warm, and someone others like to be around. The divemaster adds to the fun by giving local area information or history of a dive site.
B. Being a person other divers want as a divemaster is important to your success and the success of the dive operation you represent.
C.What individual differences in divers does a divemaster have to be prepared to accommo-date?
1. As a professional divemaster, you need to accept divers you supervise as they are.
[Ask candidates: Why? Encourage a brief discussion about this before continuing. How candidates an-swer is less important than that they think about this and come up with their own reasons.]
2. Divers will vary in several ways:
a. Skill level — adapt your interaction based on general skill levels. (e.g., known skill levels may influence where you take the boat, or suggested techniques or courses to follow.)
[Ask candidates: If everyone had leadership-level dive skills, would there be any need for
divemasters?]
b. Physical/intellectual challenges — individuals with special challenges may need your assistance with unusual, but acceptable, dive techniques.
c. Different cultures — culture affects how people approach the social interaction side of diving. Be sensitive to cultural needs of those you supervise, and the local culture where you work.
d. Responsible behavior — a divemaster can encour-age responsible behavior in divers. The divemas-ter is alert for the appropriate behavior or lack of, and tries to encourage it, but this doesn’t imply
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Demand for you as a divemaster
= Success
Demand for you as a divemaster
= Success
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Why do divemasters need to accept people
as they are?
Why do divemasters need to accept people
as they are?
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How can you encourage responsible behavior?
How can you encourage responsible behavior?
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■Role modeling
■Role modeling