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PADI TEC COURSES

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PADI Instructor & Tech Diver Training

TEC 40 - 389 $Euro
(See packages below)
The entry point into the technical range, Tec 40 provides a transition from recreational to technical diving. Although the use of full tech gear (doubles and wings) is preferred, it does allow modified use of recreational gear in some situations. The intended working limit for a diver at this level is 40 meters/130 feet with up to 10 minutes of non-accelerated decompression. They may use any EANx mix with up to 50% oxygen content or air. To enroll on the course, a diver must be the equivalent of a PADI Advanced Open Water diver, with an EANx Diver rating and have deep recreational diving experience. During this course you will also be introduces to using decompression software to plan dives.

DURATION: 3 Days / 4 Dives

TEC 45 - 389 $Euro
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The diver must use full 'standardized' Tech rig, including wings and doubles plus an additional deco cylinder.

The Tec 45 course picks up where Tec 40 leaves off and takes your training as a tec diver further and deeper. It is the second subcourse in the full PADI Tec Diver course.
In the Tec 45 you learn the skills and equipment and planning needed to dive to a maximum of 45 meters. The knowledge to plan and execute single and repetitive decompression dives using a single stage cylinder of EANx or oxygen to accelerate or add conservatism to the decompression stops. There would be no time limit to amount of decompression. Prepare for and respond to foreseeable technical diving emergencies and master the basic skills and procedures you'll need as you move into deeper technical diving

DURATION: 3 Days / 4 Dives

TEC 50 - 389 $Euro
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This course represents a high level of competency for a technical diver. Although the option exists to make the last dive of the course using trimix, it is intended as an air/nitrox rating. The Tec 50 course completes your training as an entry-level Tec diver, taking you past the limits of recreational diving.
Make actual decompression dives as deep as 50 meters. Use enriched air nitrox and/or oxygen for decompression. Use desk top decompression software to create custom dive tables and plan your dives. Once you have completed this course you will be qualified to make technical decompression dives independently.

DURATION: 3 Days / 4 Dives

TEC TRIMIX 65 - 480 $Euro
(Excluding Helium gas) See packages below
This course opens up the advantages of trimix to the diver, and divers are qualified to make multi-stop decompression dives that employ EANx and oxygen for accelerated decompression, using any trimix with an oxygen content of 18% or more. They can dive to a maximum depth of 65 meters/210 feet.
Topics covered include:
* Trimix diving depth ranges
* Exposure planning
* Selecting a mix
* Argon inflation systems
* Handling three or four decompression cylinders
* Decompression models
* Emergency procedures
* Face masks and multi-gas computers.

Prerequisites
You must
o Be a PADI Rescue Diver (Or hold a qualifying certification from another organization and having proof of CPR and first aid training with the previous two years).
o Be certified as a Tec 50 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
o Be at least 18 years old
o Have logged at least 100 dives
o Have a medical form signed by your physician.

DURATION: 3 Days / 5 Dives

TEC TRIMIX - 605 $Euro
(Excluding Helium) See packages below
This course lets the diver go deeper, opening up the option of using travel gases and trimix with less than 18% oxygen content. Dives made during the course can be as deep as 90 meters/300 feet. Once qualified, the diver can start to explore deeper; for this reason there is no numbered suffix after the course title as in the rest of the range - there are no limits placed on how deep the diver can go after training, providing they build their experience gradually.

You will
o Plan and execute at least five trimix decompression dives using various trimix blends
o Use decompression software to create custom dive tables and dive plans
o Make training dives as deep as 80-90 meters

DURATION: 3 Days / 5 Dives

GAS BLENDER - 95 $Euro
The PADI Gas Blender course is a vital course to complete for Tec divers. As a Tec Deep or Trimix diver you want to be able to mix and blend your own gasses depending on your dive plan or mission. Do this course and you won't need to depend on others for gas mixes! Not only do you learn how to make any enriched air mix, you will also know how to fill 100% oxygen tanks and use helium to make any desired Trimix gas. Additionally you will also learn how to service and oxygen clean regulators and any other dive gear that comes into contact with more than 40% oxygen.

DURATION: 2 Days

Technical Diving
Technical diving is scuba diving's "extreme" sport, taking experienced and qualified divers far deeper than in mainstream recreational diving. Technical diving is marked by significantly more equipment and training requirements to manage the additional hazard this type of diving entails. Tec diving isn't for everyone, but for those who hear its challenge call, the PADI TecRec courses are the answer

What is Technical diving?
Technical scuba diving is defined as diving other than conventional commercial or research diving that takes divers beyond recreational scuba diving limits. It is further defined as and includes one or more of the following:
" diving beyond 40 meters
" required stage decompression
" diving in an overhead environment beyond 40 linear meters of the surface
" accelerated decompression and or the use of variable gas mixtures during the dive
Because in Technical diving the surface is effectively inaccessible in an emergency, Tec divers use extensive methodologies and Technologies and training to manage the added risks. Even with these, however, tec diving admittedly has more risk, potential hazard and shorter critical error chains than does recreational scuba diving

Prerequisites
TecRec prerequisites vary (see individual course descriptions), but the following applies to anyone interested in technical diving: You must be
o 18 years or older
o A mature, responsible person who will follow the required procedures and requirements strictly and faithfully
o Medically fit for tec diving (physician's signature required)
o Willing to accept the added risks that tec diving presents
o An experienced diver with at least 100 logged dives
o Certified as a PADI Enriched Air Diver and PADI Deep Diver or equivalent (for this program equivalency is proof of training in recreational deep diving 18 meters to 40 meters consisting of at least four dives and training in nitrogen narcosis considerations, contingency/emergency decompression, making safety stops and air supply management OR, have a minimum of 20 logged dives deeper than 30 meters.