Week 1

Well, just completed Knowledge Review 1 ( Divemaster Role) with Jay and Dan (fellow DMT's) all went as planned.

Pool Session One - Rugby

Once we were pool side the skills learning commenced.

First there was the kit assembly and the weight belt assembly. If I remember correctly I scored a 4.

Once in the water we started looking at the following skills

• Buoyancy Check at surface
• Regulator recovery and clearing
• Mask clearing
• Mask removal, replacement and clearing
• Air depletion exercise and alternate air source use

I found demonstrating these skills harder than I thought, I must remember to add the little things that will get me extra marks. On the above skills I scored either 3 or 4's - Not bad for a first attempt.

Well that's it till next week where its more skills and Knowledge Review 2

What I have to do !!!

To get the PADI Divemaster Qualification I will need to complete all the things below.

SKILLS

1. Kit Assembly
2. Buddy checks
3. Deep water entry
4. Buoyancy check at surface
5. Snorkel / Regulator exchange
6. Five point decent
7. Regulator recovery and clearing
8. Mask removal, replacement and clearing
9. Air depletion exercise and alternate air source use (stationary)
10. Alternate air source assisted ascent
11. Free flowing regulator breathing
12. Neutral buoyancy
13. Five point ascent
14. C.E.S.A
15. Hover motionless for 30 seconds
16. Underwater swim without mask
17. Remove and replace weight system underwater
18. Remove and replace scuba unit underwater
19. Remove and replace scuba unit on the surface
20. Remove and replace weight system on the surface
21. Vertical, head first skin dive
22. Swim at least 15 metres underwater on single breath whilst skin diving
23. Snorkel clear using blast method after ascending from skin dive
24. Snorkel clear using displacement method after skin dive

KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT

Knowledge Review 1 - Role and Characteristics
Knowledge Review 2 - Supervising Dive Activities
Knowledge Review 3 - Assisting with Students
Knowledge Review 4 - Diving Safely and Risk Management
Knowledge Review 5 - Divemaster Conducted Programs
Knowledge Review 6 - Specialized Skills and Activities
Knowledge Review 7 - The Business of Diving and Your Career
Knowledge Review 8 - Awareness of the Dive Environment
Knowledge Review 9 - Dive Theory Review

FINAL EXAMS

Part 1
Part 2

WATERSKILLS EXCERCISES

Exercise 1 - 400m swim
Exercise 2 - 15 tread water
Exercise 3 - 800m snorkel swim
Exercise 4 - 100m diver tow
Exercise 5 - Equipment Exchange

PRACTICAL SKILLS

Skill 1 - Dive site set up and management
Skill 2 - Mapping Project
Skill 3 - Dive Briefing
Skill 4 - Search and Recovery
Skill 5 - Deep Dive Scenario (OR PADI Deep Diver)

DIVEMASTER CONDUCTED PROGRAM WORKSHOPS

Workshop 1 - Scuba Review in Confined Water
Workshop 2 - Skin Diver Course and Snorkelling Supervision
Workshop 3 - DSD Program - in Confined Water
Workshop 4 - DSD Program - Additional Open Water Dive
Workshop 5 - Discover Local Diving in Open Water

PRACTICAL ASSESSMENTS

Practical Assessment 1 - Open Water Diver Students in Confined water
Practical Assessment 2 - Open Water Diver Students in Open Water
Practical Assessment 3 - Continuing Education Student in OW
Practical Assessment 4 - Certified Divers in OW

After all the above and maybe one or two other things I will become a PADI Divemaster.

Things are moving

Got my hands on the PADI Divemaster crew pack today including

• PADI Instructor Manual
• PADI Divemaster Slates
• PADI Divemaster Manual
• Training Log
• Scuba Tune Up Guidebook
• PADI bag
• The Encyclopaedia of Recreational Diving

A few dates have also been set so this weekend (26/01/2013) it starts in Rugby.

Me and My Diving

OK here I am about to start the DM course, so I thought I'd share my Diving Experiences with you.

 

Me Diving at KH8 - Coventry

 

I started diving in 2006 and completed my open water dives in Crete, whilst on holiday.

After qualifiying I then decided to take a trip to Egypt in early 2007 and completed a handful of dives. After this I didn’t do any diving until late 2009 when I was going on a cruise to the Caribbean.

In June 2011 I wanted to get into UK diving and started looking for a local dive centre and found Scoobaboosta. Since then my diving has gone from strength to strength.

In the last 18 months I have completed the following Courses

·         Advanced Open Water

·         Rescue Diver

I also gained the following Specialities

·         Dry Suit

·         Nitrox

·         Equipment Specialist 

·         Deep Diver

·         Emergency o2 Provider

With the above complete I attained the Master Scuba Diver rating.

I've dived some amazing sites and here are 10 great dive sites / loactions / wrecks that I have dived

1. Thistlegorm, Egypt.
2. RMS Rhone. Tortola, BVI.
3. Bells to Blue Hole. Dahab, Egypt.
4. Shark Dive. Blueplanet Aquarium. Cheshire. UK
5. Canyons. Dahab, Egypt
6. Caves. Dahab, Egypt.
7. Porthkerris. Cornwall. UK
8. Scallop Drift Dive. Weymouth. UK
9. Mullion’s Cove. Cornwall. UK
10. Capernwray. Lancashire, UK

For the geeks out there reading this here are some geeky stats

Dive Count: 100  (as of Jan 6^th 2013)
        2012 Dives =60
        2013 Dives =0

Longest Dive: 64 mins.

Deepest Dive (Wet): 35.0 m 
Deepest Dive (Chamber Awareness - Dry): 50.9m

Total Dive time: 59hrs 51mins

 

You can follow my diving on my webpage www.robmayor.com/scuba.php  

Signing Up

So it's January 5th and I have decided to enrol in the PADI DiveMaster Course with Scoobaboosta - a local dive centre in Warwick.

Loads of hard work to come ... hopefully I can get it done by end of 2013.

Go Pro !!!