The PADI Junior Divemaster course teaches you to be a leader. Through knowledge development sessions, water skills exercises and workshops, and hands-on practical assessment, you will develop the skills to organise and direct a variety of scuba diving activities. Topics and practical workshops include:

• The role and characteristics of the PADI Divemaster
• Supervising dive activities and assisting with student divers
• Diver safety and risk management
• Divemaster conducted programs and specialized skills
• The business of diving and your career
• Awareness of the dive environment
• Dive setup and management
• Mapping an open water site
• Conducting dive briefings
• Organising a search and recovery project
• Conducting a scuba review and skin diver course

• Complete the eLearning self study and the two Junior Divemaster exams.  These will be supported by 'in-class' sessions with your Rec2Tec Diving professional mentor to allow you to consolidate your learning, apply to real life diving scenarios and ask questions
• Prepare an Emergency Action Plan for a designated dive site
• Complete the following water skills
  • 400m swim
  • 15-minute tread
  • 800m Snorkel / Fin swim nonstop
  • 100m Diver Tow - nonstop
• Compete the following in water exercises
  • Diver Rescue
  • Dive Skills workshop
• Undertake training exercises to test organisational and problem solving abilities
• Refine your personal diving skills
• Work closely with members of the Rec2Tec Diving team and your own personal mentor
• Meet the professionalism criteria from the Divemaster course