Become an SDI Divemaster in San Francisco, CA

TRAINING COSTS:

• $1500 Tuition per person
• $165 SSI E-learning materials
• $70 Professional Registration fee
• $34 SSI Slates ()

2 person minimum. If minimum participation is not met, the module will be cancelled and you can either be bumped to the next scheduled event, or refunded

OBJECTIVE: This is the most sought-after title within the SSI curriculum, as it gives you the experience and ability to safely lead others on daily fun dives! The SSI Divemaster qualification allows you to assist Instructors as a Certified Assistant on open water training dives. SSI Divemasters teach Snorkeling and any of the six Ecology courses. It is also a prerequisite to any further SSI Professional ratings if you are looking to make diving a new career and become an SSI Instructor.

DURATION:

• 8 hour Zoom
• 8+ hour Classroom
• 12+ hour Pool
• 4 days of Ocean Dives

TECHNIQUES/SKILLS:

• Dive Briefings
• Supervision/responsibilities
• Guiding certified divers
• Modeling good dive habits/behaviors
• Supervising students
• Contributing to the instructional team
• Debriefs/Logging dives

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Week 1 Mon: Classroom Tue: Pool Evaluations Wed: Pool Evaluations Thu: Zoom Sat & Sun: Ocean

Week 2 Mon: Class/Pool Tue: Zoom Wed: Pool Thu: Zoom Sat & Sun: Ocean

As an active SSI Divemaster you can:

• Guide certified divers on recreational scuba dives.
• Teach, supervise and issue recognition cards for the SSI Snorkeling program.
• Act as a certified assistant for all SSI recreational courses.
• Assist during open water training dives by taking no more than two (2) students at a time on excursion dives
• Qualify as a Training Specialist for the SSI Ecology Specialty programs.

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DIVER REQUIREMENTS:

• Open Water Diver Cert. or higher
• 18 years or older
• 40 logged open water dives at start of course (60 to complete)
• RSTC Medical Statement signed by a Physician within 1 year
• Perfect Buoyancy Cert. and/or able to demonstrate mastery
• Navigation Cert. and/or able to demonstrate mastery
• Night & Limited Visibility Cert. and/or able to demonstrate mastery
• Deep Cert. and/or able to demonstrate mastery
• First Aid/CPR
• O2 Provider
• Diver Stress & Rescue Cert.
• Science of Diving
• Boat dive experience

DIVER RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Perfect Buoyancy
• Finning Techniques Module
• Navigation
• Night
• Nitrox

GEAR REQUIREMENTS (not rentable):*

• Swimsuit & towel
• Mask & Snorkel
• Boots, Fins & Gloves
• Exposure suit
• BCD
• Regulator w/octo
• Dive computer
• Compass
• Dive tool/cutter
• Signaling device
• SMB (Surface Marker Buoy)
• 30’/10m Spool or Reel

*** This equipment list is gear that you should already own or be purchasing before the course, as being a Dive Professional is a commitment to leveling up your own skills and experience, as well as becoming a role model for others. This is best achieved in your own familiar gear set. If you are adding any new gear to your kit, please get some time in the water with it before class.**

GEAR RECOMMENDED:

• Dive lights (Primary & backup)
• Slate & pencil

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ADDITIONAL GEAR REQUIREMENTS (Certification Dives):

• Tanks
• Weights

Additional Gear Requirements for Certification Dives are available through rental at additional cost

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The payment of Course Fees guarantees TRAINING, not necessarily certification. Certification is EARNED only by successfully meeting all applicable standards and objectives.

• The Divemaster course will get you certified for any SSI facility in the world!
• This course is not a job application with Bamboo Reef.
• If you would like to work for Bamboo Reef, there is a required internship with additional training.