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Divers expect ___ and ___ in a PADI Divemaster - ✔✔Professionalism and Role-Model
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Behavior
Characteristics of a good role-model PADI divemaster - ✔✔1. Dives the way the divemaster || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
advises others to dive || || ||
2. Well maintained, up-to-date gear
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3. Good fitness for diving
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4. Keeps up with dive and environmental trends and practices
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Good role model behavior may... - ✔✔1. Enhance your credibility
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2. Reinforce responsible diving habits
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3. Reinforce what students learn
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Best sums up why divers choose to dive under divemaster supervision - ✔✔Divemasters make
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diving more convenient and fun
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Benefits of being a PADI divemaster and a PADI member include - ✔✔1. The most professional
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support services in the dive industry
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2. Professional print and electronic publications
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3. Access to the pros' site and PADI.com
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4. The ability to conduct some PADI programs independently.
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Responsibilities of being a PADI divemaster - ✔✔1. Following PADI standards when conducting || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
PADI programs
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2. Putting the safety of students, divers, and customers first.
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3. Adhering to the code of practice
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, 4. Staying within the standards of PADI divemaster duties when assisting with PADI programs
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A mentor relationship between the instructor and you means - ✔✔Your instructor is interested in
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what you think and why|| || || ||
Experts more easily solve problems than non-experts because they have a large knowledge and
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experience base to draw upon - ✔✔True || || || || || ||
A benefit of having a dive reference library is that - ✔✔It puts significant information at your
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fingertips for ready access || || ||
One way additional training helps you gain experience is by providing dive opportunities -
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✔✔True
A growing number of dive operations have staff dress. How does this benefit the perceptions
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customers have of the operation in general, and staff members in particular? - ✔✔Staff members
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look more professional and all show a "team effort" attitude.
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List at least 5 characteristics of a good role-model PADI Divemaster - ✔✔1. Excellent dive skills
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2. Confidence and safety prioritization
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3. Care for environment
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4. Good fitness
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5. "Up to date"
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Certified divers are responsible for following the safe diving practices they've been trained to use.
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However, if they see a "professional" disregarding them, how may that affect their perceptions -
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✔✔(a)May cause other divers to question if safe diving practices are necessary. || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(b)May cause other divers to disregard your suggestions even if valid
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