Begin your professional Dive Career with GWS
DIVEMASTER
Becoming a PADI Divemaster means stepping into a professional role where you oversee dive activities and support instructor-led training. It’s about mastering dive theory, safety procedures, and leadership skills to ensure enjoyable, safe experiences for all divers. This qualification opens doors to careers in dive operations and marine conservation, combining passion with responsibility below the surface.
INSTRUCTOR
Becoming a PADI instructor means teaching diving skills and ocean knowledge with expertise and excitement. You learn to guide beginners to become confident, safe divers while promoting marine respect, and you help experienced divers continue their knowledge development through continuing education courses. Being a PADI instructor requires ongoing learning, adaptability, and commitment to high training standards and continual growth. Being a PADI instructor is fun and rewarding!
Become a padi divemaster
About the Course
Learn how to lead underwater tours, assist with scuba classes and inspire others to care about the ocean. Hone your skills and be the diver everyone admires.
PADI Divemaster is the most popular and most recognized professional scuba certification in the world. PADI Divemasters enjoy abundant career opportunities, get paid to scuba dive and share their love for the ocean.
Certification Requirements
Prerequisites18 years old
Medically evaluated and cleared for diving by a physician within 12 months
PADI Rescue Diver certification (or qualifying certification)
Completion of Emergency First Response® Primary and Secondary Care training (or qualifying training) within 24 months.
Minimum 40 logged dives
Time Commitment
PADI eLearning: 10-16 hours, plus Dive Theory eLearning
Time on course varies, as you will be assisting with courses, around the dive shop, and with travel if available
Step 1
PADI eLearning
Interactive lessons cover divemaster-led programs and activities, diver safety and risk management, the aquatic environment and more. Study online or offline using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor whenever you have a question. Additional training materials are required. Please contact your dive shop or instructor for pricing.
eLearning time commitment: 8-12 hours
Step 2
With Your Instructor
Gain practical experience giving dive briefings, assisting with classes and leading underwater tours. Learn how to anticipate problems and provide assistance, create an Emergency Assistance Plan and improve your navigation and problem-solving skills through practical workshops
Total time commitment varies depending on your availability to help with courses and complete your coursework
What You'll Learn
As a PADI Divemaster-In-Training with Generation Wave Scuba
Leading dives and navigating sites
Assisting with classes and working with students
Give dive briefings and prepare emergency plans
Conduct refresher training
Help run TryDives and DSDs
Fill tanks using our compressor
Working the shop to help students pick out gear
Become a padi instructor
Certification Requirements
Prerequisites18 years old
Medically evaluated and cleared for diving by a physician within 12 months
Been a certified diver at at least six months.
PADI Divemaster certification (or qualifying certification)
Completion of Emergency First Response® Primary and Secondary Care training (or qualifying training) within 24 months.
You also need to be an Emergency First Response Instructor, but you can earn this rating during your instructor training.
At least 60 logged dives and 100 dives to attend an IE.
Time Commitment
PADI eLearning Dive Theory eLearning
Time on course varies, as you will be assisting with courses, around the dive shop, and with travel if available.
While some shops run their IDC over a week-long seminar, we at GWS sometime run ours over weeks or months depending on the candidate, to ensure you get the highest levels of hands-on training and teaching experience. This includes assisting on courses, shadowing our experienced instructors, and getting ample dive time to hone your skills and practice teaching!
About the Course
If you like people, have a passion for scuba diving and want an extraordinary life - become a PADI Instructor!
Teaching scuba diving allows you to share your love of the aquatic world with others while doing what you enjoy - being in, around and under water. PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors and PADI Assistant Instructors are the most sought-after dive professionals around the world because they've completed the program that sets the standard for training dive professionals.
You earn a PADI Instructor rating through hard work and commitment, but you're rewarded with a job that lets you share incredible underwater adventures with others - transforming their lives for the better and enriching yours.
The Instructor Development Course (IDC) is made up of two parts - the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program. Most dive professionals complete the entire IDC and go on to attend an Instructor Examination (IE), which is the final step to earn a PADI Instructor certification.
Successfully completing just the AI course results in a PADI Assistant Instructor qualification. When an AI is ready to progress, attending an OWSI program allows entry into an IE to earn a full PADI Instructor rating.
Dive professionals who hold an instructor rating with another diver training organization may be eligible to enroll directly in the OWSI program. This recognizes prior instructor training and provides a path to become a PADI Instructor.
Step 1
PADI eLearning
Interactive lessons cover instructor-led programs and activities, diver safety and risk management, the aquatic environment and more. Study online or offline using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor whenever you have a question. Additional training materials are required. Please contact your dive shop or instructor for pricing.
eLearning time commitment: 8-12 hours
Step 2
With Your Course dirctor
Gain practical experience underwater and on land. Learn how to anticipate problems and provide assistance, and help new and experienced divers through various stages of learning. You will also learn about the business of scuba diving, including marketing strategies, speaking presentations, and risk management.
Total time commitment varies depending on your availability to help with courses and complete your coursework
What You'll Learn
On an IDC with Generation Wave Scuba
Over a minimum of five days, the IDC teaches you to conduct all PADI core courses. You'll be able to organize and present information, conduct skill development sessions and control open water dives. You will become a better public speaker and get really good at demonstrating skills while watching out for student diver safety. Key topics include:
PADI Standards and Procedures for courses you can teach with in-water workshops
Learning, Instruction and the PADI System
Risk Management and Diver Safety
The Business of Diving and your role as an instructor
Marketing Diving and Sales Counseling
You may be able to get college credit for the Assistant Instructor course and Instructor Development Course.