What do you need to start?

To enroll in the Tec 40 / Tec 40 Trimix course, you must meet these qualifications:
 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (PADI Rescue Diver recommended).
 PADI Enriched Air Diver.
 PADI Deep Diver or proof of 10 dives to 30 metres or deeper.
 30 logged dives.
 18 years old.

You also need to have a Diver Medical Form signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
Note that qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply – ask your PADI Tec Instructor.

What will you do?

The Tec 40 course consists of seven knowledge development sections (conducted as e-learning in your own time), four practical application sessions and four training dives.

You’ll learn about:
 Technical diving risks and responsibilities.
 Technical diving equipment, dive equipment configuration, and use.
 Team diving and communication.
 Decompression and gas planning using dive planning software.
 Team diving techniques and emergency procedures to deal with free flows and out of gas situations.
 Thinking like a technical diver.
 Handling underwater problems, valve drills & gas sharing.
 Introduction to trimix (for Tec 40 Trimix students).

What equipment will you need?

You’ll dive air or EANx, including up to 50 percent enriched air for decompression. If you’re taking the Tec 40 Trimix Diver course, you’ll also use trimix.

You will need the following equipment:
 Mask and fins.
 Exposure suit appropriate for environment and dive duration. (If you will use a dry suit, you should be trained/experienced with its use in recreational and technical diving prior to using them for Tec 40 training or diving.)
 Full scuba unit – BCD, regulator with alternative air source, tank.
 One stage/decompression cylinder with mounting hardware (must be oxygen clean).
 One regulator and SPG for stage/decompression cylinder (must be oxygen clean).
 Dive computer (air, enriched air or multigas)
 Knife/cutting device and backup.
 Compass.
 Slate.
 Weight system.
You will also need access to dive planning software.

Recommended Equipment

 Tec BCD or backplate, harness and wing (redundant buoyancy control – either double bladder or dry suit if suitable for weight of equipment worn).
 Double cylinders with manifold.
 Primary and secondary regulators (1st and 2nd stages – one with a two-metre hose and one with SPG).
 Lights (primary and back-up).
 Backup mask and pocket.
 Surface marker buoy (deployable from depth).

What is included?

 Tec 40 Diver Crew-Pak that includes PADI Tec 40 Diver eLearning, which you’ll study
independently before meeting with your PADI Tec 40 Instructor.
 Three evenings of knowledge development and practical application.
 One confined water dive (pool or shore).
 Three boat dives.

Price

$

Includes your Tec 40 eLearning and certification, air fills from Ocean Divers & use of a deco stage and regulator.
Does not include mixed gases fills.
Based on minimum of 3 students.

Want to start?

Contact Ocean Divers at info@oceandivers.com.au or call 9579 2600

A $200.00 non-refundable deposit is required upon signing up.

You will receive your PADI Tec 40 Diver eLearning, which you’ll study independently before meeting with your PADI Tec 40 Instructor.