Chapter 3 - Assisting with Student Divers Flashcards
As a PADI Divemaster assisting in training, your primary role is handing ________ and assisting with student diver _________.
logistics
supervision
Of the following, identify what your functions may include.(Choose all that apply).
a. supervising the predive equipment distribution to student divers, post dive equipment collection, and handling equipment difficulties
b. supervising student divers not being immediately watched by the instructor
c. handling logistics, such as coordinating student diver flow to keep things moving during training
d. conducting the tour for experience portion dives
e. providing the instructor with additional information about student diver performance
f. checking divers in and out of the water at a training site
g. helping student divers learning difficulties on an individual basis
All
Students may feel more comfortable confiding concerns and fears with you rather than the instructor. Why?
a. They see you as being at the same level as they are.
b. Most instructors are not interested in concerns and fears.
c. You may seem like a member of the instructional team who is closer to their level.
c. You may seem like a member of the instructional team who is closer to their level.
On an open water training dive for PADI Open Water Diver students, the bottom is ver silty and easily stirred up. Of the student arrangements listed, which one would you probably pick if the instructor asked you for a recommendation?
a. students in a line with you at one end and the instructor at the other; students rotate position after each skill
b. students in a line with the instructor in the center and you centered above and behind the line; students rotate position after each skill.
c. students in a line with the instructor in the center and you centered above and behind the line; the instructor goes from one student to the next for each skill.
c. students in a line with the instructor in the center and you centered above and behind the line; the instructor goes from one student to the next for each skill.
Depending upon circumstances, if you must make direct contact with a student, holding the BCD at the shoulder or low on the outside is a good general method.
_True
_False
True
Which of the following are duties normally expected of a PADI Divemaster when assisting with PADI Open Water Diver students in training? (Choose all that apply.)
a. supervising the group while the instructor focuses on a single student.
b. leading the group with the instructor taking up the rear, or vice versa.
c. performing final skill mastery evaluations of students having skill learning difficulties.
d. assisting with paperwork.
e. enforcing facility safety rules.
f. handling equipment and assisting students with it.
All but (c)
Why would you demonstrate a skill? (Choose all that apply.)
a. when the instructor can’t do the skill well.
b. when the skill requires two people (you’re the instructor’s buddy).
c. to re-demonstrate while working with a student having learning disabilities.
(b) and (c)
Watching role model demonstrations and videos can help you develop demonstration-quality skills, but there is no substitute for __________.
practice
The 20 basic dive skills from the PADI Open Water Diver course and the four skills from the PADI Skin Diver course are the only skills you need to be able to perform at the demonstration quality level.
_True
_False
False
A student is having difficulty with regulator recovery and clearing. The instructor asks you to assist the diver with learning the skill. What would your first step probably be in helping the student?
a. re-demonstrate the skill.
b. have the student attempt the skill.
c. point out what the student is doing wrong.
a. re-demonstrate the skill.
Specific requirements and obligations that apply to working with children may be found
a. in the Professional Membership Guide of the PADI Instructor Manual.
b. in the Child Protection Guidelines for PADI Dive Centers and Resorts on the Pro’s Site.
c. Both (a) and (b).
c. Both (a) and (b).
When helping a student, it is often best to let the student handle a problem to benefit from learning, unless you must handle it for safety or logistical reasons.
_True
_False
True
When helping a student diver with a physical challenge accomplish a skill, focus on what the student _________________.
can do and is trying to accomplish.
