DSAT Discover Tec lets you try technical diving equipment and procedures. 

What You'll Learn

 

You learn about technical diving and get to try it out. Plus, Discover Tec experiences can also credit towards the Tec 40 course. 

The Scuba Gear You'll Use

 

You will need your basic scuba gear and you will try technical scuba diving equipment. 

Prerequisites

 

To participate in Discover Tec Diving, you must: 

• Be a PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) 
• Have a minimum of 10 logged dives 
• Be at least 18 years old 

 

If you're interested in technical diving, but haven't yet met the prerequisites for the PADI Tec 50 Diver course or PADI Tec 45 course, you can consider enrolling in the PADI Tec 40 course. It is the first subdivision of the full PADI Tec Deep Diver course and consists of the first four dives. Because you can do one of  these dives in confined water (such as a swimming pool), many divers start the Tec 40 courses in the winter months, ready to continue in open water when spring arrives.

  

You'll learn to

• Use decompression software and dive computers to plan and make decompression dives with no more than 10 minutes of total decompression and not deeper than 40 metres/130 feet. 
• Use a single cylinder of decompression gas with up to 50 percent oxygen (EANx50) to add conservatism to the required decompression. 

Since it's part of the course, your PADI Tec 40 course training credits toward the PADI Tec 45 and Tec 50 courses. 

 

The Scuba Gear You'll Use

 

You use recreational scuba equipment, with some minor additions to enhance your ability to deal with tec diving conditions. 

 

The Learning Materials You'll Need

 

You'll use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to 

• tec diving lingo 
• emergency procedures 
• decompression and stage cylinder handling 
• gas planning 

The pak includes a manual, dive planning checklist and dive planning slate. The optional Equipment Set-up and Key Skills video on DVD is a great tool to help you practice at home in between your tec diving adventures. You'll continue to use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak through Tec 50. 

Prerequisites

 

You must: 

• Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Be a PADI Deep Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Have a minimum of 30 logged dives, of which at least 10 dives were made with enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres / 60 feet.
• Have a medical form signed by your physician 

 

   

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 

 

What You Learn

• The skills and equipment and planning need to dive to a maximum of 45 metres/145 feet 
• 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  
• Master the basic skills and procedures you’ll need as you move into deeper technical diving 

The Scuba Gear You Use

 

You use basic tec diving equipment  

The Learning Materials You Need

You'll use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to 

• tec diving lingo 
• emergency procedures 
• decompression and stage cylinder handling 
• gas planning 

The pak includes a manual, dive planning checklist and dive planning slate. The optional Equipment Set-up and Key Skills video on DVD is a great tool to help you practice at home in between your tec diving adventures. You'll continue to use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak through the Tec 50 course. 

 

Prerequisites

You must be 

• A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization) 
• A PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization) 
• A PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization) 
• A PADI Deep Diver (or hold aqualifying certification from another organization) 
• PADI Tec 40 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization) 
• Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, of which at least:
     - 12 dives were made with enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
     - 6 (with or without EANx) dives were deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
• At least 18 years old 
• Have a medical statement signed by a physician 

 

The Tec 50 course completes your training as an entry-level tec diver, taking you past the limits of recreational diving. 

 

What You'll Learn

During the Tec 50 course, you 

• Make actual decompression dives as deep as 50 metres/165 feet
• Use enriched air nitrox and/or oxygen for decompression
• Use desk top decompression software to create custom dive tables and plan your dives
• Qualify to make technical decompression dives independently   

Get College Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Tec 50 Course. 

 

The Scuba Gear You'll Use

You use technical scuba diving equipment  

 

The Learning Materials You'll Need

The Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to tec diving lingo, emergency procedures, decompression and stage cylinder handling and gas planning. The pak includes a manual, dive planning checklist and dive planning slate. The optionalEquipment Set-up and Key Skills video on DVD is a great tool to help you practice at home in between your tec diving adventures. 

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Instructor, dive shop or resort. 

 

Prerequisites

You must: 

• Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization) 
• Be a PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization) 
• Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization) 
• DSAT Tec 45 Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization) 
• Have a minimum of 100 logged dives, of which
      · 20 dives must be enriched air dives
      · 25 dives must be deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
      · at least 20 dives must be deeper than 30 metres/100 feet 
• Be at least 18 years old 
• Have a medical statement signed by your physician 

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, and any trimix with an oxygen content of 18% or more. 

They can dive to a maximum depth of 65 metres/210 feet. 

 

What You'll Learn

The PADI Tec Trimix 65 course is intended to extend the depth range of technical divers already trained and qualified to use air, enriched air and oxygen for technical decompression dives beyond 50 metres /165 feet. 

This course is for Tec 50 divers (or those holding a qualifying certification from another training organization). The course extends your depth range capabilities by training you to use trimix (a blend of helium, oxygen and nitrogen). 

You will:
• Plan and execute at least five dives using EANx and trimix blends
• Use decompression software to create custom dive tables and dive plans
• Make training dives as deep as 65 metres/210 feet 

 

Scuba Gear You'll Use

• Double cylinders (minimum 12 litre/70 cubic feet each, with larger preferred) with isolator manifold 
• Primary and secondary regulators, one with two metre/seven foot hose (approximately) for gas sharing, and one with SPG 
• Stage/decompression cylinders with regulator, SPG, mounting hardware and proper labeling/markings. Two per diver will be required 
• Backup decompression cylinders as appropriate and required for the environment 
• BCD and harness – redundant buoyancy control is required (double bladder BCD or dry suit if suitable for weight of equipment worn) 
• Depth gauge/computer and backup depth gauge/computer 
• Timing device and backup timing device 
• Trimix decompression information (tables/trimix computer) and backup decompression information 
• Exposure suit appropriate for environment and dive duration. (If you use a dry suit, you should be trained/experienced with its use in recreational and technical diving prior to using it for trimix training or diving.) 
• Argon dry suit inflation or other inflation system as needed 
• Weight system (if needed) 
• Jon line (if needed for current diving environments) 
• Inflatable signal tube 
• Reel 
• Lift bag (bright yellow or per local community practice preferred) 
• Dive knife / cutting device and backup slate, backup mask (optional) 
• Compass, lights (optional) 
• Drift kit (if drift decompressing) 

Learning Materials You'll Need

Tec Trimix Diver Crew-Pak 

The Tec Trimix Diver Crew-Pak includes all required materials,  including: manual, deep stop calculation table, trimix decal and emergency procedures slate. 

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. 

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Instructor, dive shop or resort. 

 

Prerequisites

You must 

• 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). 
• Be certified as a Tec 50 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization) 
• Be at least 18 years old 
• Have logged at least 100 dives 
• Have a medical form signed by your physician. 

Tec Trimix Diver Course

 

For the extreme diver ready to further explore the world of technical deep diving, the gas of choice is trimix – a blend of oxygen, helium and nitrogen. 

The PADI Tec Trimix Diver course takes you to the outer edges of technical deep diving, opening the door to pristine dive sites few divers – if any – ever see.

 

Get College Credit

 

You may be able to earn college credit for the Tec Trimix Diver Course. 

What You Learn

The PADI Tec Trimix Diver course is intended to extend the depth range of technical divers already trained and qualified to use air, enriched air and oxygen for technical decompression dives beyond 50 metres/165 feet. Diving with trimix is the outer edge of tec diving – the maximum depth for using this technology has yet to be defined.

This course is for Tec 50 or Tec Trimix 65 (or those holding a qualifying certification from another training organization). The course extends your depth range capabilities by training you to use trimix (a blend of helium, oxygen and nitrogen).

You will
• Plan and execute between three to eight dives (depending upon whether you enter the course as a Tec 50 diver or Tec Trimix 65 diver) using EANX and trimix blends
• Use decompression software to create custom dive tables and dive plans
• Make training dives as deep as 90 metres/300feet

The Scuba Gear You'll Use

• Double cylinders (minimum 12 litre/70 cubic feet each, with larger preferred) with isolator manifold
• Primary and secondary regulators, one with two metre/seven foot hose (approximately) for gas sharing, and one with SPG
• Stage/decompression cylinders with regulator, SPG, mounting hardware and proper labeling/markings. Two per diver will be required
• Backup decompression cylinders as appropriate and required for the environment
• BCD and harness – redundant buoyancy control is required (double bladder BCD or dry suit if suitable for weight of equipment worn)
• Depth gauge/computer and backup depth gauge/computer
• Timing device and backup timing device
• Trimix decompression information (tables/trimix computer) and backup decompression information
• Exposure suit appropriate for environment and dive duration. (If you use a dry suit, you should be trained/experienced with its use in recreational and technical diving prior to using it for trimix training or diving.)
• Argon dry suit inflation or other inflation system as needed
• Weight system (if needed)
• Jon line (if needed for current diving environments)
• Inflatable signal tube
• Reel
• Lift bag (bright yellow or per local community practice preferred)
• Dive knife / cutting device and backup slate, backup mask (optional)
• Compass, lights (optional)
• Drift kit (if drift decompressing)

The Learning Materials You'll Need

Tec Trimix Diver Crew- Pak

The Tec Trimix Diver Crew-Pak includes all required materials,  including: manual, deep stop calculation table, trimix decal and emergency procedures slate.

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.

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Instructor, dive shop or resort.

Prerequisites

You must

• 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)
• Be certified as a Tec 50 or Tec Trimix 65 (or those holding a qualifying certification from another training organization)
• Be at least 18 years old
• Have logged at least 150 dives
• Have a medical form signed by your physician