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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.


Prerequisites
Certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Minimum age of 18.
Certified as a PADI Enriched Air Diver or equivalent.
Certified as a PADI Deep Diver or equivalent.
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.
A Medical signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
Duration
5 days including theory and 7 training dives.

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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