Editing Divemaster (section)

==Role==
[[File:Scuba_education_levels.svg|thumb|upright=2.2|Scuba diving education levels as used by ISO, PADI, CMAS, SSI and NAUI]]
The role of a divemaster may vary, but will generally include the following roles:
* Organizing, conducting and supervising recreational diving activities (but not training), both shore and boat based.<ref name="EUF certification" />
* Assisting instructors in conducting training programs and activities for certified divers.<ref name="RSTC" />
* Generally supervising non-training related diving activities by planning, organizing and directing dives.<ref name="RSTC" /><ref name="EUF certification" />
**assessing the hazards of a dive site and informing the divers of the hazards,
**briefing divers on the layout and points of interest of a dive site,
**suggesting routes for a dive at a specific site for autonomous divers,
**checking divers into and out of the water from a boat or shore entry point,
**leading a group of divers in the water as a [[tour guide]].
* Within the limits of some agencies, divemasters may:
** act as instructional assistants to instructors.<ref name="RSTC" />
** supervise participants in experience programs for uncertified divers, if also certified as a "Discovery Dive Leader".
** teach and certify skin divers and snorkellers.
** conduct scuba review programs for certified divers.