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Divemaster Roles and Responsibilities

Divemaster Roles and Responsibilities. Objectives. Identify and discuss the roles of the NAUI divemaster. List and describe the duties of the NAUI Divemaster. Distinguish between the roles and duties of the NAUI divemaster. Definitions. Role A function or office assumed by someone Duty

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Divemaster Roles and Responsibilities

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  1. Divemaster Roles and Responsibilities

  2. Objectives • Identify and discuss the roles of the NAUI divemaster. • List and describe the duties of the NAUI Divemaster. • Distinguish between the roles and duties of the NAUI divemaster.

  3. Definitions • Role • A function or office assumed by someone • Duty • Conduct based on moral or legal obligation. • Any action, task, etc. Required by or relating to one’s occupation or position. (Taken from Webster’s New World Dictionary)

  4. Divemaster Roles • NAUI leader role model • Promote NAUI = promote yourself • All Assistant Instructor Roles • When acting as an AI • See later slides • Emergency management leader • As long as you are the most qualified • Dive activity Organizer and coordinator • Certified divers only

  5. Divemaster Roles • Dive trip Organizer and leader • Certified divers only • Diving Advisor • Private/recreational • Professional • Transfer Responsibility • Underwater guide • Arranged in advance • Business contract

  6. Divemaster Duties • All AI duties and responsibilities • When assisting • Planning, organizing, promoting and coordinating diving activities for certified divers. • Conducting pre-dive equipment inspections • Transfer responsibility • Announce everyone is responsible for his/her own equipment • You are all certified divers • Perform inspections • For everyone or no one • Only by request • Not at all

  7. Divemaster Duties • Helping divers estimate weighting requirements • Transfer responsibility • Provide estimates • For everyone • For no one • Only by request • Not at all

  8. Divemaster Duties • Helping divers prevent or resolve problems • When is the best time to do this • Suggested techniques • Get to know your divers • Listen • Ask open ended questions • Be approachable not judgemental • Anticipation/Advanced visualization • No undue pressure

  9. Divemaster Duties • Guiding certified divers underwater • When pre-arranged • Managing emergency situations • Until instructor or more qualified individual takes over

  10. Acting as an Assistant Instructor Objectives • Describe the relationship between the divemaster and the instructor. • Describe the relationship between the divemaster and the students. • Describe who other than instructors, may escort entry level students, when they may do so, and the maximum allowable ratio.

  11. Divemaster/Instructor Relationship • Instructor is in charge • Teaching/supervision Style vs Technique • What if the instructor is unsafe? • Standards • Burnout • Job description • What does the instructor expect of you? • Challenging students • Compatible styles and personalities

  12. Divemaster/Instructor Relationship Divemaster/Student relationship • Responsible for teaching • Skills demo must be teaching quality • Knowledge of scuba theory • Equipment knowledge and comfort • Responsible for student safety • Role model as a diver

  13. Instructor / Student Ratios Maximum ratios apply to ideal conditions! Entry Level • Instructor alone • 8 students • Instructor with 1 active-status assistant • 10 students • Instructor with 2 or more active status assistants • 12

  14. Instructor / Student Ratios Courses beyond entry level • Instructor alone • 10 students • Instructor + 1 Active status assistant • 16 students • Instructor + 2 active status assistants • 20 students • Instructor + 3 active status assistants • 22 students

  15. Active Status Assistants • NAUI Instructor • Active status • Sustaining with insurance • NAUI DMs active status • NAUI AI active status • NAUI Skin Diving Instructor • Scuba certified • Rescue certified • Other agency members with corresponding ratings

  16. Escorting Students • Certified assistants may escort students during • Surface excursions and exits • Ascents and exits • Temporarily attend to students while the instructor conducts a skill with other students.

  17. Touring • During the second or subsequent open water dives, pairs of students may be escorted on tours • The instructor must evaluate the following skills for each student before that student is allowed to tour with a certified assistant:

  18. Touring Student skills to be evaluated: • Regain, replace and clear a regulator • Regain primary regulator from behind the shoulder • Mask clearing including removal and replacement • Hover without support or significant movement • Give, recognize and respond appropriately to common underwater communications

  19. Touring • Share air with another diver as both donor and recipient • Monitor air supply and, upon request, communicate amount remaining

  20. Training Assistant Does not count toward ratios but may escort 2 students on underwater tours Requirements • NAUI Advanced or Equivalent • NAUI Scuba Rescue or Equivalent • CPR and FirstAid • Navigation • Reciprocal course within 10 feet • Square pattern within 10 feet

  21. Training Assistant • Assist divers simulating • Muscle cramp • Anxiety • Breathing difficulty • Signs of pre-panic • Assist/escort a tired and an incapacitated diver to safety • Be in charge of and satisfactorily act as an escort during an open water dive for 2 other divers • Demonstrate a satisfactory scuba diver rescue

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