About The Course

The PADI Tec 40 course is where you transition from recreational scuba diving to technical diving. It's a great place to start because it's the first subdivision of the full PADI Tec Diver course and bridges the gap between no stop diving and full technical deep decompression diving. You 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.

What You Will Learn

The Tec 40 course consists of three knowledge development sections, three practical application sessions and four training dives. You'll learn about:

Technical diving's risks and responsibilities
Technical diving equipment, proper rigging and set up
Gas planning, oxygen limits and decompression planning
Team diving techniques and emergency procedures, such as dealing with free flows, manifold leaks and out of gas situations

Tec 40 Trimix (option)

Curious about the benefits of using Trimix gas, like decreased gas density and reduced narcosis? Tec 40 divers can also learn to use trimix with not less than 21 percent oxygen and not more than 35 percent helium.

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Prerequisites

To enroll in the Tec 40 course, you must meet these qualifications:

A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

A PADI Enriched Air Diver with at least 10 dives using enriched air deeper than 18 metres/60 feet

A PADI Deep Diver or proof of at least 10 dives to 30 metres/100 feet

At least 18 years old and have a minimum of 30 logged dives

Medical Requirements

Technical diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness.

You also need to have a Diver Medical form signed by a physician.​

If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).

TheScuba Gear You Will Need

• Primary mask and backup mask - Although any scuba mask is adequate, tec divers prefer compact masks for minimum resistance in the water. A backup mask is carried in a pocket in case of loss or damage to the primary mask.
• Fins - Tec divers often use dry suits, requiring large style, open-heel adjustable fins.
• Wing-typed BCD and harness - A high capacity BCD with a backup gas bladder mounts between the harness and cylinder. The backup bladder is required because a tec diver may be too heavy to swim to the surface if the main BCD fails. The harness is a shoulder, waist and crotch strap assembly that holds tanks to the tec diver’s back, with D-rings mounted on the shoulders and at the waist for clipping equipment.
• Primary and secondary regulator - The primary regulator has a two-metre/seven-foot hose for sharing gas with a teammate in an emergency. The secondary regulator is independent for use in case of malfunction in the primary regulator. The secondary is also used when sharing gas with a teammate via the primary regulator.
• Twin cylinders, decompression cylinders/stage bottles - High-capacity cylinders hold high-pressure compressed air, enriched air or trimix depending upon dive requirements. An independent decompression cylinder and regulator is clipped to a harness on the side. Extra tanks are used to extend dive time and/or to carry a gas for optimizing decompression. Often, two cylinders are carried.
• Multigas dive computers and submersible pressure gauge (SPG) - Dive computers, one primary and one backup, track and display decompression requirements, and allow tec divers to switch to different kinds of gas blends to optimize decompression. If not integrated into the dive computers, SPGs constantly display how much air remains in the cylinders.
• Dry suit - Provides insulation for a comfortable dive over a long duration.
• Other equipment - Compass, slate, delayed surface marker buoy (DSMB), emergency signaling devices, backup dive tables, Z-knife, shears, safety reel, and lift bag.

What's Included

• Course Tuition
• PADI eLearning
• Certification ecard

What's Not Included

• £25 per day for dive site entry.
• Transport (we will do our best to arrange lifts if needed)
• Air fills on open water dives payable directly to site

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