Tec 40/Tec 40 trimix
On demand course! Fill out the form below to submit a booking request and take this course according to your schedule!
Consists of seven knowledge development sections, four practical application sessions and four training dives. Designed for the diver transitioning from recreational diving to technical diving.
The PADI Tec 40 course is where you transition from recreational diving to technical diving. It's a natural progression from Tec Basics, or it can be your first tec diver course. It is the bridge between no stop diving and technical decompression diving. You will gain experience and begin building the knowledge and skills you need to continue your tec diver training. You will qualify to make limited decompression dives to 40 metres/130 feet and use up to 50 percent oxygen as a decompression gas.
Book now!
Availability: Contact us for booking information
To enroll in the Tec 40 course, you must meet these qualifications:
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, and PADI Rescue Diver recommended
- PADI Enriched Air Diver
- PADI Deep Diver or proof of 10 dives to 30 metres/100 feet or deeper
- 30 logged dives
- 18 years old
- In the local environment we also require students to have their Drysuit certification
You also need to have a Diver Medical Form signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
Note that qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply - ask your PADI Tec 40 Instructor.
Academic
The Tec 40 course consists of seven knowledge development sections, four practical application sessions and four training dives. You'll learn about:
- Technical diving risks and responsibilities
- Technical diving equipment, dive equipment configuration, and use
- Team diving and communication
- Decompression and gas planning using dive planning software
- Team diving techniques and emergency procedures to deal with free flows and out of gas situations
- Thinking Like a Technical Diver
- Handling Underwater Problems
- Introduction to Trimix (for Tec 40 Trimix students)
Gear
Technical diving training teaches, and requires self reliance, being a good team member, and having a consistent, repeatable, well fitting setup. At Dive and Sea Sports, we believe this means technical diving students should own as much of their gear as possible for the course, specifically gear that must be fitted - part of the training involves discussions about purchasing, and adjusting appropriate gear for the types of diving you will be doing so don't feel like you need to be ready gear-wise before enrolling. Many individuals will be switching configurations (single tank backmount, to doubles configuration in either sidemount or backmount), which can mean new buoyancy compensators, new, or additional regulators, sometimes new cylinders etc. In addition students will have to secure additional cylinders and regulators for their decompression gas mixes. We recognize this can be a financial barrier, so we have put together discounted rates for technical diving packages, along with some technical diving related gear services for students registered in PADI Tec courses with Dive and Sea Sports.
Not ready to purchase your technical diving gear? We can help with top of the line technical diving rental gear at great rates, speak with your instructor and they will guide you as necessary.
List of gear you will need:
- Redundant air supply (either sidemount or backmounted doubles, or a pony configuration) including
- Cylinders
- Regulators
- All of the necessary clips, straps, bands, etc required for proper configuration - your instructor will guide you
- Additional cylinder and regulator, along with rigging for decompression gas
- Drysuit, including undergarments
- Fins
- 2 computers or bottom timers - recommend shearwater
- 2 cutting tools
- 2 masks
- 2 dive lights
- SMB
- Compass
- Dive slates
- Recommend PC based dive planning software - discuss with your instructor
Book now!
Please note that courses are subject to our learning agreement and terms of service