RAID Professional Development
Become a professional diver.
Develop the skills to plan, organise and lead dives while building real-world experience in diving operations and marine resource management.
RAID Divemaster
Your first professional level.
The RAID Divemaster program develops the knowledge, practical skills and leadership ability required to plan, organise and lead dives for certified divers.
PROFESSIONAL PATHWAY
Divemaster
RAID’s first professional-level qualification and a pathway toward instructor development.
LEADERSHIP
Lead certified divers.
Learn to evaluate dive sites, conduct briefings, manage risks and lead appropriately planned dives.
MENTORSHIP
Learn in the field.
Chola Divers combines professional development with practical experience through its marine research and diving operations.
Prerequisites
Come prepared for professional-level training.
- RAID Open Water 20
- RAID Nitrox
- RAID Advanced 35
- RAID Deep 40
- First Aid
- Navigation
- Master Rescue Diver
- Minimum 25 logged in-water hours
- Minimum 60 open-water dives
- Current diving medical, less than 12 months old
- Additional specialties are recommended
- Previous training may be assessed as part of the pathway
Training Structure
Knowledge, water skills and dive leadership.
ACADEMIC
Understand the system.
Online academic training covers diving fundamentals, environment, equipment, physics, physiology, rescue and professional dive management.
PRACTICAL
Master the skills.
Develop personal diving skills, stamina and watermanship alongside rescue skills, site evaluation, environmental mapping and risk management.
LEADERSHIP
Lead real dives.
Training includes briefings, local-area orientation, try dives, refreshers and progressively leading certified divers under appropriate supervision.
Chola Divers Marine Resource Management Internship
Newbie to Divemaster.
A mentorship-focused pathway combining professional diver development with practical experience in Chola Divers’ maritime research wing.
Technical diving
Develop experience with sidemount diving and progressive technical training including Deco 40.
Marine research
Participate in maritime surveys, reef health assessment, biological observation and artificial reef construction.
Archaeological exploration
Gain practical exposure to the exploration of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry’s underwater archaeological and maritime heritage.
Screening: Participation in the internship pathway is subject to compulsory screening.
Professional Diving
Build experience that goes beyond a certification card.
Professional development at Chola Divers combines diving leadership with practical experience in marine research, conservation and underwater exploration.