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PADI Tec Courses
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Apprentice Tec Rec |
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The
Apprentice Tec Diver Course is aimed at those divers with a clear
interest in Technical Diving, but who lack the prerequisite experience
to fully enter Technical Diving.
The course qualifies you to make gas switches, extended no decompression
dives to 40 m using air and Enriched Air Nitrox up to 60% using
technical diving equipment and procedures.
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| Prerequisites |
Certified
as a
PADI
Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent.
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Minimum age of 18. |
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Certified
as a
PADI Enriched
Air Diver or equivalent. |
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Certified
as a
PADI
Deep Diver or equivalent. |
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Minimum of
50 logged dives, of which at least 10 are Enriched Air Nitrox
dives,12 deeper than 18 m and 6 deeper than 30 m. |
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A
Medical signed
by a physician within the last 12 months. |
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| Duration |
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5 days including theory and 7 training
dives. |
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The first 3 days cover the introduction of the skills in
shallow waters. Diving each day and covering the first part
of the theory.
The next 2 days are 2 dives a day on the boat putting the
skills into practice with each days diving getting deeper
or longer.
After the diving a bit more theory is covered as well as
planning dives for the next day.
The Exam must be completed before dive 6, consisting of
100 questions of multiple choice on the theory and 20 questions
of practical calculations of dive planning. Pass mark is
80% on each section of each exam.
This concludes the Apprentice Tec Diver Course.
Students can either stop here and get certified as Apprentice
Tec Diver or if meeting the pre-requisites for the
Deep
Tec Course, you many continue into that course. |
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Check the course prices
here |
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