Tec Trimix Instructor
PADI Tec Trimix Instructors provide the most comprehensive technical instruction available. If you are both a Tec Deep Instructor and Tec Trimix Diver, then the Tec Trimix Instructor trainer course is for you. Get in touch
Prerequisites
- Be a renewed PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer or higher level PADI Instructor
- Be a PADI Tec Deep Instructor or have successfully completed the PADI Tec Deep Instructor Training Course including the instructor examinations.
- Be certified as a PADI Tec Trimix Diver or have a qualifying full trimix certification from another agency.
- Have a minimum of 200 logged dives, with at least 20 technical decompression dives requiring at least one stage/deco cylinder. Of these, at least 10 must have been made deeper than 40 metres/130 feet using trimix.
Course Outline
The PADI Trimix Diver Instructor course incorporates instructional philosophies and course goals that directly address the demanding and challenging nature of technical diving instruction with helium gas mixes.
As a Tec Trimix Instructor you’ll be one of the elite who can teach the Tec Trimix 65 course. During the course you’ll learn how to teach diving at the cutting edge down to a depth of 75 meters.
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.
Post Requisites
- Be a renewed PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer or higher level PADI Instructor
- Be certified as a DSAT Tec Trimix Diver or have a qualifying full trimix certification from another organization
- Have assisted with at least one Tec Trimix Diver Course
- Have a minimum of 350 logged dives, with 50 decompression dives deeper than 40 metres/130 feet beyond those required for certification as a technical diver. At least 30 must be deeper than 4 meters/130 feet using trimix as bottom gas, with at least 10 of these deeper than 50 meters/165 feet using trimix with less than 21% oxygen
- Have successfully completed the Tec Trimix Instructor Standards Exam and Tec Trimix Instructor Theory and Practical Application Exam
- Be 21 years old
What You Can Teach
- Conduct the Discover Tec experience
- Teach the Tec 40 course
- Teach the Tec 45 course
- Teach the Tec 50 course
- Teach the Tec 65 Course
- Teach the Tec Trimix course
- Tec Trimix Lesson Guides CD-Rom
- DSAT Tec Trimix Diver Manual
- DSAT Tec Trimix Diver Instructor Guide
- DSAT Tec Trimix Diver Lesson Guide
- DSAT Tec Trimix Instructor Theory and Practical Application Exam and answer sheet
- TecRec Dive Planning Slate
- TecRec Dive Planning Checklist slates
- DSAT Tec Trimix Diver Instructor Cue Cards
- DSAT TecRec Deep Stop Calculation Table slate
Gear
- Double cylinders (minimum 12 L with larger preferred) with isolator manifold
- Primary and secondary regulators, one with two meter/seven foot hose (approx.) for gas sharing, and one with SPG
- Stage/decompression cylinders with regulator, SPG, mounting hardware
- 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
- Dive watch and backup timing device
- Trimix decompression information (tables/trimix computer) and backup decompression information
- Exposure suit appropriate for environment and dive duration. (If students will use dry suits, they should be trained/experienced with their use in recreational and technical diving prior to using them for trimix training or diving.)
- Argon dry suit inflation or other inflation system as needed (students should not inflate dry suit with trimix)
- 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
- Dive lights (optional)
- Drift kit (if drift decompressing)
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+27 83 250 8995
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