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Leadership Training

Leadership Training

The Divemaster course trains the individual in the leadership fundamentals required to handle the responsibility of other divers. This rating is also the first level of professional membership within NASE Worldwide and serves as prerequisites for all other leadership courses, acting as a stepping stone for careers in scuba diving.

NASE Divemasters function is multifaceted. Divemasters functions include: Dive Supervisor, Underwater Guide and assistant for dive training. The knowledge, skills and attitude developed during Divemaster training serve as the foundation for higher levels of accomplishment. However, The Divemaster certification itself is a non-teaching dive leadership rating.

Qualifications of Graduates

  • Supervise, plan, and organize (including briefings) non-training dives for certified divers who are certified at or above the NASE Worldwide Open Water Diver level, or if certified through other agencies its equivalent, on non-technical recreational scuba dives.
  • Demonstrate skills to the Open Water students during confined water training; independently accompany students during the Open Water Dives for Advanced Open Water or specialty training for which they are certified, under the indirect supervision of a NASE Worldwide scuba Instructor.
  • Independently guide Open Water Diver students under the indirect supervision of a NASE Worldwide scuba instructor during surface swims to and from water entry and dive site. Divemasters may also supervise Open Water Diver students at the surface or underwater and directly escort them to or from the surface and the training area while the scuba instructor is occupied with other students. (See course for ratios)
  • Independently guide Open Water Diver students under the indirect supervision of a NASE Worldwide scuba Instructor for all discovery tour portions of the Open Water Dive with the exception of dive one.
  • Provide “First Responder” level medical assistance for accident or scuba diving accident victims.

Assistant Instructor (A.I.)

The NASE Worldwide Assistant Instructor course prepares Divemasters (or equivalent) to assist NASE scuba instructors in the management, supervision and development of students at all levels of recreational diver training.

This course prepares the diver to enter into the NASE Worldwide Scuba Instructor Training Program.

Qualifications of Graduates

In addition to those qualifications outlined in the Divemaster course, graduates may:

  • Conduct Scuba Review/Refresher Programs for certified divers
  • Conduct academic sessions for any recreational level course under the in-direct supervision of an active status NASE Worldwide scuba instructor
  • During confined water review skills under direct scuba instructor supervision
  • During the open water dives of the OWD course, evaluate skills under direct scuba instructor supervision