Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or have equivalent ratings.
Be 12 years of age or older.
The Multilevel Dive from the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or Advanced Plus Course may be counted toward the certification requirements for this speciality at the discretion of the instructor conducting the Speciality Course.

This course covers the knowledge and techniques of multilevel diving. The
minimum number of recommended hours is 12, with time being equally divided between knowledge development and actual water-training sessions.
To conduct a Multilevel Diver Course, the following is to be included:

• the planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of multilevel diving.
• definition and advantages of multilevel diving.
• methods of calculating multilevel dives (the wheel and/or dive computers).
• review of decompression sickness theory.
• review of emergency decompression procedures.
• review of PADI's S.A.F.E. campaign.
• procedures for flying after diving.
• guidelines, rules and procedures for multilevel diving with the Wheel and/or diving computers.
• care and maintenance of dive computers.