Buddha View | Divemaster Course with Buddha View Diving

So many people wander to the shores of Koh Tao entertaining the idea of maybe taking an Open Water course. Often they end up falling into the lifestyle, enjoying the diving and staying to complete divemaster and, sometimes,assistant instructor and instructor training.

The divemaster course offers you a lifestyle. You get to do, day after day, what you enjoy doing. Life is cheap and fun on the island. With the divemaster internship program you can stay a while on a tropical paradise not only gaining more diving experience, but learning how to guide dive tours and control groups of students, preparing you for a career in diving. Learn to help impart that love of diving to people taking their first breaths underwater and learn to celebrate with them at the completion of their course. Buddha View Dive Resort encourages you to participate on courses with all of our instructors and on a wide variety of dive courses and dive tours.

Our senior Course Director, Mark Soworka, will help you with scheduling the course and completing the academic and water skill sessions, but you will work with all of our experienced Master and IDC Staff Instructors in the water, giving you a good overall view of different ways to teach and guide divers. As one of the most successful education centers in South East Asia you quickly and effectively gain the experience needed to make a career out of diving.

BOOK ON-LINE AND RECEIVE ONE ABSOLUTELY FREE PROFESSIONAL LOG BOOK BINDER

ECO-Dive Instructor SUMMER PROMOTION- IDC, Prep, EFRI Marine Resource Management Instructor - just 36900bht (normally 44000bht)

The divemaster course contains developing your knowledge of dive theory, (Start Now with Go-Pro On-line) assisting on dive courses to develop control and problem-solving of diving activities; guiding tours and map-making, working on customer relations and underwater navigation; and a lot of fun in living and working in the tropics. We are the only dive centre on Koh Tao to offer a structured four day programme with Course Director Mark Soworka. You can start your Divemaster course with us any day, but each two weeks Mark runs a course that will not only look at the theory requitred for Divemaster but also look at reef ecology, practical workshops with diver problem solving, briefings and equipment.

Divemaster Theory Schedule
Day 1
2.00pm Divemaster Conducted Programmes
Scuba Review, DSD, Snorkeling, Skin Diver, Diver Retention
Legal Risk Management
4.00pm Skill Circuit VDO

Day 2
9.00am Skill Circuit Demonstrations
Problem Solving, Positioning and Briefing Workshop

2.00pm Teaching Physics + Exam
4.00pm Equipment + Exam
6.00pm Equipment Practical Problem Solving demonstration with shops technician

Day 3
9.00am How To Teach the RDP + Exam
1.00pm Teaching Physiology + Exam
Recompression Chamber Orientation

The internship, option 1, allows you to spend an unlimited amount of diving and time gaining important experience in the dive industry. This is a great chance to really develop loads of experience in the dive industry and soak up that special KOh Tao atmosphere. For those, where time is a little more of a concern, not prepared to let life drift away on a tropical paradise, we also offer option 2 which covers the same information as the internship, but a little more condensed. This can be completed in as little as nine days.
You need PADI Rescue Diver certification, or equivalent, and twenty logged dives to begin you divemaster training. Sixty logged dives is required for certification. However, course requirements can be completed and then, when you complete sixty dives, wherever and whenever in the world, you are eligible to gain certification as a PADI Divemaster.

With Buddha View Dive you have the opportunity to start your Divemaster training today with Mark Soworka's unique on-line Divemaster course. Check it out. This will ensure that when you arrive on Koh Tao you'll be able to spend more time with doing what you want to do here... DIVE! The on-line divemaster course will help give you a strong grasp of the required divemaster theory and a deeper understanding of what you will need to do here in the water when you arrive.

Koh Tao is one of the most popular dive destinations in Thailand.
Koh Tao has many dive shops, providing ample opportunity for employment at the completion of your divemaster trainee course. This course can be combined with Master Scuba Diver program, sales training and Instructor level training to receive great discounts and improve job placement opportunities.

For special all inclusive package deals visit www.dive-careers.com comprehensive package deals from first breaths underwater through to a experienced and competent dive professional.

Go-Pro: Divemaster: 2 week course, 20,000 Baht BOOK NOW
Go-Pro: Divemaster: Unlimited time + dives, 25,000 Baht BOOK NOW

Eco-Divemaster all divemaster course at Buddha View include Marine Resource Management and Coral Reef Ecology (MRM) seminar free of charge. Can combine with any 2 dive specialty: fish and coral identification, the Naturalist specialty, OR extra work on buoyancy, the Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty, OR dive memories recorded with the Underwater Photographer Specialty. Divemaster course plus 1400baht plus 950bht per certification fee. Camera rental 1200bht. Enriched Air Certification an additional 2900bht. BOOK NOW

Double Master: Divemaster and Master Scuba Diver Package: Divemaster, plus 5 specialty certifications. Combining specialties with divemaster makes you a much more employable professional displaying a wide range of diving experience and the ability to lead different types of diving. Includes Marine Resource Management and Coral Reef Ecology Seminar free of charge Divemaster course fee plus 700bht per specialty dive, plus 950bht per certification. Camera rental 1200bht. Enriched Air certification an additional 2900bht. BOOK NOW

GO-PRO Instructor: A Career in the Tropics: Divemaster to Instructor: One month to a lifetime: full Rescue Diver and CPR certifications, plus Divemaster course and Instructor Career Start Package. Establish a great career in the tropics as a PADI Dive Instructor Career Start Package. divemaster internship 65,000bht. two week DM 60,000bht. BOOK NOW

GO-PRO Master: A Career in the Tropics: Divemaster to Master Scuba Diver Trainer 6 weeks to a lifetime: full Divemaster Internship and Instructor Career Enhancement MSDT Internship package. This package truly turns the novice diver into an immensely employable and experienced dive professional. divemaster internship 89,000bht. two week DM 83,000bht. BOOK NOW

GO-PRO Staff: A Career in the Tropics: Divemaster to Staff Instructor: 8 weeks to a lifetime: full Divemaster Internship, Instructor Career Enhancement MSDT Internship package and PADI Staff Instructor. Not only making you an employable and experienced instructor, but well on the way to Course Director with a certification that allows you to teach Assistant Instructors and assist on Instructor courses divemaster internship 105,000bht. two week DM 100,000bht. BOOK NOW

Tech Diving specials 10% discount for Buddha View Dive Master trainees from advertised prices.

Advanced Nitrox prepares the diver to properly use decompression nitrox mixes (up to 100% oxygen). This course also trains the diver to make gas-switch extended no decompression dives to 40m.

Decompression Procedures examines the theory, methods and procedures of planned staged decompression diving. This course trains the diver to plan and conduct a stage decompression dive using nitrox or 100% oxygen for decompression.

Extended Range trains the diver in the proper techniques, equipment requirements, and hazards of deep air diving up to 55m. Extended Range divers will be able to make dives requiring long decompression stops and needing expedition quality contingency planning. They will also be able to make advanced gear selection and know how to configure and manage additional gear to function well on long dives in local conditions.

TDI Trimix provides the training required to completely and safely utilize breathing gases containing helium for dives that require stages decompression using Nitrox and oxygen mixtures to a maximum depth of 60m. The objective of this course is to train divers is the benefits, hazards and proper procedures of using custom oxygen / helium / nitrogen mixtures as breathing gases

Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures
Length: 4 days
Dives: 6
Max depth: 45m

Decompression Procedures and Extended Range
Length: 5-6 days
Dives: 8-10
Max depth: 55m

Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures and Extended Range
Length: 6-8 days
Dives: 10-12
Max depth: 55m

Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures and Trimix
Length: 6-8 days
Dives: 10-12
Max depth: 60m

COURSE PRICE

DSAT (PADI)
Tec Deep 50M 7 12 42,000
Tec Deep - last 2 dives on Unicorn Wreck 50M 7 12 46,000
Tec Deep + 3 day tech liveaboard to the HTMS Pagnan 50M 9 15 65,000

TDI – TECHNICAL DIVING INTERNATIONAL
Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedures 45M 4 6 25,000
Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedures - last 2 dives on Unicorn Wreck 45M 4 6 29,000
Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedures & Trimix + 3 day tech liveaboard to the HTMS Pagnan 60M 9 15 65,000




		divemaster the first professional step So many people wander to the shores of Koh Tao entertaining the idea of maybe taking an Open Water course. Often they end up falling into the lifestyle, enjoying the diving and staying to complete divemaster and, sometimes,assistant instructor and instructor training. The divemaster course offers you a lifestyle. You get to do, day after day, what you enjoy doing. Life is cheap and fun on the island. With the divemaster internship program you can stay a while on a tropical paradise not only gaining more diving experience, but learning how to guide dive tours and control groups of students, preparing you for a career in diving. Learn to help impart that love of diving to people taking their first breaths underwater and learn to celebrate with them at the completion of their course. Buddha View Dive Resort encourages you to participate on courses with all of our instructors and on a wide variety of dive courses and dive tours. Our senior Course Director, Mark Soworka, will help you with scheduling the course and completing the academic and water skill sessions, but you will work with all of our experienced Master and IDC Staff Instructors in the water, giving you a good overall view of different ways to teach and guide divers. As one of the most successful education centers in South East Asia you quickly and effectively gain the experience needed to make a career out of diving. BOOK ON-LINE AND RECEIVE ONE ABSOLUTELY FREE PROFESSIONAL LOG BOOK BINDER ECO-Dive Instructor SUMMER PROMOTION- IDC, Prep, EFRI Marine Resource Management Instructor - just 36900bht (normally 44000bht) The divemaster course contains developing your knowledge of dive theory, (Start Now with Go-Pro On-line) assisting on dive courses to develop control and problem-solving of diving activities; guiding tours and map-making, working on customer relations and underwater navigation; and a lot of fun in living and working in the tropics. We are the only dive centre on Koh Tao to offer a structured four day programme with Course Director Mark Soworka. You can start your Divemaster course with us any day, but each two weeks Mark runs a course that will not only look at the theory requitred for Divemaster but also look at reef ecology, practical workshops with diver problem solving, briefings and equipment. Divemaster Theory Schedule Day 1 2.00pm Divemaster Conducted Programmes Scuba Review, DSD, Snorkeling, Skin Diver, Diver Retention Legal Risk Management 4.00pm Skill Circuit VDO Day 2 9.00am Skill Circuit Demonstrations Problem Solving, Positioning and Briefing Workshop 2.00pm Teaching Physics + Exam 4.00pm Equipment + Exam 6.00pm Equipment Practical Problem Solving demonstration with shops technician Day 3 9.00am How To Teach the RDP + Exam 1.00pm Teaching Physiology + Exam Recompression Chamber Orientation Day 4 9.00am Coral Reef Ecology and Marine Resource Management seminar The internship, option 1, allows you to spend an unlimited amount of diving and time gaining important experience in the dive industry. This is a great chance to really develop loads of experience in the dive industry and soak up that special KOh Tao atmosphere. For those, where time is a little more of a concern, not prepared to let life drift away on a tropical paradise, we also offer option 2 which covers the same information as the internship, but a little more condensed. This can be completed in as little as nine days. You need PADI Rescue Diver certification, or equivalent, and twenty logged dives to begin you divemaster training. Sixty logged dives is required for certification. However, course requirements can be completed and then, when you complete sixty dives, wherever and whenever in the world, you are eligible to gain certification as a PADI Divemaster. With Buddha View Dive you have the opportunity to start your Divemaster training today with Mark Soworka's unique on-line Divemaster course. Check it out. This will ensure that when you arrive on Koh Tao you'll be able to spend more time with doing what you want to do here... DIVE! The on-line divemaster course will help give you a strong grasp of the required divemaster theory and a deeper understanding of what you will need to do here in the water when you arrive. Koh Tao is one of the most popular dive destinations in Thailand. Koh Tao has many dive shops, providing ample opportunity for employment at the completion of your divemaster trainee course. This course can be combined with Master Scuba Diver program, sales training and Instructor level training to receive great discounts and improve job placement opportunities. For special all inclusive package deals visit www.dive-careers.com comprehensive package deals from first breaths underwater through to a experienced and competent dive professional. Materials Cost 4500 Baht Email for info. PADI standards state that all DM students must have own manuals, DM manual, Diving Knowledge Workbook, Encyclopaedia. Also all slates, Wheel, Tabel and an E-RDP. Packages available. Go-Pro: Divemaster: 2 week course, 20,000 Baht BOOK NOW Go-Pro: Divemaster: Unlimited time + dives, 25,000 Baht BOOK NOW Eco-Divemaster all divemaster course at Buddha View include *Marine Resource Management and Coral Reef Ecology (MRM)* seminar free of charge. Can combine with any 2 dive specialty: fish and coral identification, the Naturalist specialty, OR extra work on buoyancy, the Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty, OR dive memories recorded with the Underwater Photographer Specialty. Divemaster course plus 1400baht plus 950bht per certification fee. Camera rental 1200bht. Enriched Air Certification an additional 2900bht. BOOK NOW Double Master: Divemaster and Master Scuba Diver Package: Divemaster, plus 5 specialty certifications. Combining specialties with divemaster makes you a much more employable professional displaying a wide range of diving experience and the ability to lead different types of diving. Includes Marine Resource Management and Coral Reef Ecology Seminar free of charge Divemaster course fee plus 700bht per specialty dive, plus 950bht per certification. Camera rental 1200bht. Enriched Air certification an additional 2900bht. BOOK NOW GO-PRO Instructor: A Career in the Tropics: Divemaster to Instructor: One month to a lifetime: full Rescue Diver and CPR certifications, plus Divemaster course and Instructor Career Start Package. Establish a great career in the tropics as a PADI Dive Instructor Career Start Package. divemaster internship 65,000bht. two week DM 60,000bht. BOOK NOW GO-PRO Master: A Career in the Tropics: Divemaster to Master Scuba Diver Trainer 6 weeks to a lifetime: full Divemaster Internship and Instructor Career Enhancement MSDT Internship package. This package truly turns the novice diver into an immensely employable and experienced dive professional. divemaster internship 89,000bht. two week DM 83,000bht. BOOK NOW GO-PRO Staff: A Career in the Tropics: Divemaster to Staff Instructor: 8 weeks to a lifetime: full Divemaster Internship, Instructor Career Enhancement MSDT Internship package and PADI Staff Instructor. Not only making you an employable and experienced instructor, but well on the way to Course Director with a certification that allows you to teach Assistant Instructors and assist on Instructor courses divemaster internship 105,000bht. two week DM 100,000bht. BOOK NOW Tech Diving specials 10% discount for Buddha View Dive Master trainees from advertised prices. TDI – Advanced Nitrox Length: 3 days Dives: 4 Max depth: 40m Prerequisites: 25 dives Open Water diver Nitrox diver Advanced Nitrox prepares the diver to properly use decompression nitrox mixes (up to 100% oxygen). This course also trains the diver to make gas-switch extended no decompression dives to 40m. TDI – Decompression Procedures Length: 3 days Dives: 4 Max depth: 45m Prerequisites: 25 dives Advanced diver Nitrox diver Decompression Procedures examines the theory, methods and procedures of planned staged decompression diving. This course trains the diver to plan and conduct a stage decompression dive using nitrox or 100% oxygen for decompression. TDI – Extended Range Length: 4 days Dives: 6 Max depth: 55m Prerequisites: 100 dives Advanced Nitrox diver Decompression Procedures diver Extended Range trains the diver in the proper techniques, equipment requirements, and hazards of deep air diving up to 55m. Extended Range divers will be able to make dives requiring long decompression stops and needing expedition quality contingency planning. They will also be able to make advanced gear selection and know how to configure and manage additional gear to function well on long dives in local conditions. TDI – Trimix Length: 4 days Dives: 6 Max depth: 60m Prerequisites: 100 dives Advanced Nitrox diver Decompression Procedures diver TDI Trimix provides the training required to completely and safely utilize breathing gases containing helium for dives that require stages decompression using Nitrox and oxygen mixtures to a maximum depth of 60m. The objective of this course is to train divers is the benefits, hazards and proper procedures of using custom oxygen / helium / nitrogen mixtures as breathing gases TDI Course Combinations: Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures Length: 4 days Dives: 6 Max depth: 45m Decompression Procedures and Extended Range Length: 5-6 days Dives: 8-10 Max depth: 55m Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures and Extended Range Length: 6-8 days Dives: 10-12 Max depth: 55m Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures and Trimix Length: 6-8 days Dives: 10-12 Max depth: 60m COURSE PRICE DSAT (PADI) Tec Deep 50M 7 12 42,000 Tec Deep - last 2 dives on Unicorn Wreck 50M 7 12 46,000 Tec Deep + 3 day tech liveaboard to the HTMS Pagnan 50M 9 15 65,000 TDI – TECHNICAL DIVING INTERNATIONAL Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedures 45M 4 6 25,000 Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedures - last 2 dives on Unicorn Wreck 45M 4 6 29,000 Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedures & Trimix + 3 day tech liveaboard to the HTMS Pagnan 60M 9 15 65,000 site map \| ©Buddha View 2005 \| Dive Links Powered by Cool Fusion Development

divemaster the first professional step

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the first professional step