Tec Deep Instructor

Prerequisites

• Be a renewed PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (or a PADI Instructor with a higher rating)
• Be a PADI Enriched Air Instructor, or have successfully completed a PADI Enriched Air Instructor Training course.
• Be a PADI Deep Diver Specialty Instructor or have successfully completed a PADI Deep Diver Specialty Instructor Training course.
• Have a minimum of 100 logged dives where at least 20 dives were made with enriched air Nitrox, 25 dives were deeper than 18 meters/ 60 feet    and at least 15 dives were deeper than 30 meters/ 100 feet.
• Note that PADI Tec 50 Diver is not required. If you are not certified as a Tec 50 Diver (or equivalent), then the Tec Deep Instructor training course must include the entire Tec 40/45 & 50 Diver course.

Post Requisites

• Be a renewed PADI MSDT or PADI Instructor with a higher rating.
• Be a PADI EANx Instructor
• Be a PADI Deep Diver Specialty Instructor
• Be certified as a DSAT Tec 50 diver, or have a qualifying certification from another training organization. For the purpose of this level, a qualifying certification is certification for technical diving using air, Nitrox and pure oxygen for decompression dives to at least 50m
• Have assisted with at least one DSAT Tec 50/Tec 45 course.
• Have a minimum of 270 dives logged, with at least 25 stage decompression dives that had a max depth deeper than 40m
• Have certified a total of 10 or more PADI Deep Divers and/or PADI EANx Divers
• Successfully completed the Technical Deep Instructor Standards Exam an Technical Deep Instructor Theory and Practical Application Exam
• Meet the peer review waterskill requirements listed on the DSAT Technical Deep Instructor Application through the attesting signature of a DSAT Tec Deep Instructor Trainer
• The application may need to include documentation of meeting these requirements by including photocopies of certifications, qualifications, etc. Log entry copies or print outs must specify dates, depths, location, times and gases used. Verification and signatures provided by witnesses must provide the same information.