You can credit your PADI Tec 40 course training towards the PADI Tec 45, Tec 50 and Tec Deep diver courses.
Objectives of the Tec 40
- Use decompression software such as the V-TEC 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.
- use recreational scuba equipment, with some minor additions to enhance your ability to deal with tec diving condition
Tec 40 Course Material used
The Crew-Pak will introduce you to
- tec diving lingo
- emergency procedures
- decompression and stage cylinder handling
- gas planning
The crew-pak includes a manual, dive planning checklist and dive planning slate. You’ll continue to use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak through PADI 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 meters / 60 feet
- Be at least 18 years old
- Have a medical form signed by your physician
Duration: 3 days, 4 dives
Price:
– 24,000 baht and that includes: material, certification, equipment rental, transportation to and from the boat, boat fees and breakfast, lunch, soft drinks, snacks, water, tea, coffee on the boat.0– Air, Nitrox and Oxygen fills are included in course prices