Dive Leader training concentrates on the responsibilities and safety aspects of leading other divers on an open water dive. Practical lessons in rescue management and rescue skills will give you the confidence and ability to deal with those unforeseen emergencies. Leading a dive will develop your enjoyment, confidence and experience as a diver. A Dive Leader is defined as a diver who:

Can plan and lead a range of dives including those requiring detailed dive, air and decompression requirements planning.
Has the skill and level of knowledge to progressively extend his/her skills to take part in a wide range of adventurous dives.
Has rescue management skills.
Is competent to marshall and supervise branch dives to locations well known to the branch, or using experienced skippers, or in conditions not normally described as 'challenging'.
Can dive to a depth which is initially limited to 35m, but which can subsequently be extended progressively to a maximum of 50m.
Can conduct dives with divers of any grade, to expand their experience beyond that previously encountered by those divers, under the supervision of a Dive Marshall.
Can conduct experience building dives with trainee Ocean Divers, within the restrictions of the conditions already encountered by the trainee Ocean Diver, and under the supervision of a Dive
Marshall.