If you're interested in technical diving, but haven't yet met the prerequisites for the DSAT Tec 45 or Tec 50 courses, you can consider enrolling in the DSAT Tec 40 program. It is also the first subdivision of the full Tec Deep Diver course and consists of the first four dives.
The DSAT Tec 40 Diver (3 day program) is qualified to use decompression software and decompression dive computers to plan and make decompression dives with no more than 10 minutes of total decompression. The maximum depth for this level is set at 40 meters (130 feet).
Since it's part of the training to become a Tec Deep Diver, the Tec 40 course credits towards the DSAT Tec 45 and Tec 50 courses.
You will use recreational scuba equipment, with some minor additions to enhance your ability to deal with tec diving conditions.
As learning materials you will use the DSAT Tec Deep Diver Crew Pak, which introduces you to:
- Tec Diving Lingo
- Emergency Procedures
- Decompression and stage cylinder handling
- Gas Planning
Prerequisites:
Students must meet the following prerequisites before starting the course:
- Minimum age: 18 years
- Certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent
- Certified as a PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Diver or equivalent
- Certified as a PADI Deep Diver or equivalent
- Minimum of 30 logged dives of which at least 10 dives were made with Enriched Air Nitrox to a depth deeper than least 18 meters
- Be fit for diving and have a DSAT/PADI medical statement signed by a physician
Equipment:
During the course you will use the following technical diving equipment:
- Basic dive equipment (wetsuit, fin, mask)
- Wing type BCD with dual bladder
- 2 dive computers / depth gauges and bottom timers (mixed gas computer or computer that can be set into gauge mode preferred)
- Dive slates (wrist slates highly recommended)
- Twin tanks with isolator manifold
- Two regulator first and second stages for twin tanks, one with long hose (min. length 1.5m)
- Up to two decompression / stage tanks
- Two oxygen clean regulators for decompression / stage tanks
- Primary reel (minimum line length 70m)
- Liftbag (minimum lifting capacity 50lbs)
- 2 Knife / cutting devices
- Jon line (for drift decompression, if applicable)
If you don’t have your own tec gear you can either rent or buy it from us.
Download our B&J – DSAT Tec Deep Diver Course Summary and Schedule file for more details.
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