divemaster roles and responsibilities
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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– 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)
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
Divemaster Roles
• Dive trip Organizer and leader– Certified divers only
• Diving Advisor– Private/recreational– Professional– Transfer Responsibility
• Underwater guide– Arranged in advance– Business contract
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
Divemaster Duties
• Helping divers estimate weighting requirements– Transfer responsibility– Provide estimates
• For everyone • For no one• Only by request• Not at all
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
Divemaster Duties
• Guiding certified divers underwater– When pre-arranged
• Managing emergency situations– Until instructor or more qualified individual
takes over
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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:
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
Touring
• Share air with another diver as both donor and recipient
• Monitor air supply and, upon request, communicate amount remaining
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
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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