Padi Dive Courses

PADI Advanced Open Water Course
Looking for the ultimate adventure? You found it! PADI’s Advanced Open Water Diver program fine tunes your dive skills and allows you to explore some of diving's top adventures. It’s your dive – go for it!The Advanced Open Water Diver program offers you a structured program where you gain additional experience and skills under the direct guidance of a Phi Phi Scuba Diving Center professional.Phi Phi Scuba Diving Center's Advanced Open Water Diver program has something for everyone. This in-water, performance based program includes a total of five dives from the list below.

PADI Rescue Diver Course
The PADI Rescue Diver program develops your knowledge and skills so you can effectively perform diver assists and rescues, manage diving accident situations and render first aid. The program is an important step in expanding your knowledge and experience as a diver. PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent) certification is also a prerequisite for all PADI leadership programs. You’ll also need to have successfully completed the PADI MEDIC FIRST AID program or a sanctioned program in CPR within the past three years. The PADI Rescue Diver program covers:

• self-rescue and diver stress
• diving first aid
• emergency management and equipment considerations
• swimming and nonswimming assists
• panicked diver response
• underwater problems
• missing diver procedures
• surfacing the unconscious diver
• in-water artificial respiration
• egress (exits)
• first aid procedures for pressure related accidents
• dive accident scenarios

• Has a high level of personal diving skill.
• Has instructor level knowledge of diving theory.
• Has had significant training in how to assist an instructor during training activities.
• Is able to assume appropriate responsibilities that benefit the welfare of other divers.

In other words, you’re the cream of the crop and we need you!

As you may know, many PADI Divemasters go on to become PADI Instructors. So, the training and experience you gain through the PADI Divemaster program helps shape your abilities and attitude toward becoming a professional level diving educator. To help shape you into a Dive Professional Phi Phi Scuba Diving Center will give you an excellent education!

As a PADI Divemaster, you'll be qualified to:

• Organize, conduct and supervise recreational diving activities, both land and boat based
• Assist PADI Instructors in conducting PADI Diver programs

• Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent)
• Be certified as a PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent)
• Have logged a minimum of 20 open water dives prior to entry into PADI Divemaster training, and completed and logged a minimum of 60 open water dives with experience in night, deep and navigation prior to certification as a PADI Divemaster
• Be at least 18 years old
• Be in good physical condition for diving and submit a medical exam form signed by a physician

1. Watermanship and skills assessment
Watermanship and stamina
General diving skills

2. Knowledge Development
Diving physics
Diving physiology
Diving skills and environment
Supervising students in training
Dive management and control
Dive planning
Emergency assistance plan for Diving emergencies in the local area
Mapping a local open water site

3. Practical Application
This involves training activities using various structured training sessions, simulated scenarios and internship sessions with actual PADI programs. These training sessions enable you to gain practical experience as an instructional assistant and a supervisor of open water diving activities, both as a coordinator and as an underwater guide.

• Act as certified instructional assistant to PADI Instructors
• Supervise participants in PADI experience programs for uncertified divers
• Generally supervise both training and no training related diving activities by planning, organizing and directing dives
• Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
• Conduct the PADI Scuba Review program for certified divers
• Enroll in PADI Instructor level training