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IS TECHNICAL DIVING FOR YOU????

TDI DECO PROCEDURES

TDI ADV EANX

TDI EXTENDED RANGE

ADVANCED WRECK PENETRATION

What makes technical diving more demanding than recreational diving?

The single greatest safety factor in open water recreational diving is that, no matter what happens (equipment malfunction, loss of breathing gas supply, loss of buddy, etc.), divers always have the option of making a direct ascent to the surface. Two factors make this possible:

By keeping well within the no stop limits and shallower than the recommended depth limits  of 30 meters from the surface and never more than 40 meters.

Never going into an overhead environment. Be it into a cave or wreck or going into decompression.

With the exception of certain recreational-level specialty diving activities open water divers are never under overhead obstructions that would prevent them from making an immediate and direct ascent to the surface.

Obviously, any time divers do place a barrier between themselves and the surface, they compromise their ability to make an controlled ascent to the surface. Thus, by entering overhead environments, incurring a decompression obligation, or venturing deeper into the water column they deprive themselves of recreational diving's greatest safety factor.

Divers choosing to engage in these more advanced technical dives must prepare themselves, with this in mind, with the proper training, a rigid awareness of their equipment and higher levels of personal fitness.

While casual recreational diving may be an activity for the masses available to the majority of interested individuals; safe technical diving is limited to certain individuals willing to commit to more extensive levels of preparation. This type of diving is certainly not for everyone but experienced divers willing to extend the effort will be justly rewarded with some of the word’s most unique diving activity.

Are you ready for advanced diver training?

Many experts estimate that less than 1% of the recreational diving population possesses the knowledge, skills, attitude and judgment needed to be as safe as necessary in demanding environments. Most divers are not willing to invest the energy to develop skills that are crucial for success in more aggressive diving environments. Could you be among this group? Other than Rescue Diver certification, there are few commonly recognized prerequisites for the rigors of technical diver training. However, the fact remains that students who successfully complete more rigorous training curriculums typically have the following commonalties:

• Experience

• Ability

•  Fitness

So Why get trained with Dive T.E.C.?

Pete Mesley is New Zealands most accomplished Technical diver and the most experienced. With over 1000 hours underwater at depths deeper than 50m Pete is no stranger to the vigor's of technical diving. He has lead many deep expeditions diving challenging sites all round the world, so teaches from experience.

Whether you want to learn basic decompression procedures, advanced wreck penetration techniques, Advanced Trimix  or Closed circuit rebreather training you will receive the very best training money can buy. Remember:

If you are after experience — then COUNT on  Experience!

PREREQUISITE SKILLS

in any diver training environments you will be assessed on your current level of skills BEFORE your course starts. If your skill level is below what is expected you will not be able to carry on with advancing your training until you are at the appropriate level. This is for YOUR safety.Why would you want to try and do things where you were not ready for? So the best thing to do is PRACTICE, PRACTICE and revise, and do MORE practice!!! If you are partaking in training from abroad, or down country assesment dives can be taken during early stages of your training. Again, if you are not up to speed training will stop and you will lose all your monies you paid for the training program. So it is really in your best interests to prepare.

Please note that we are here to help give you the skills needed to partake in these diving activities in a safe and highly competent manner.

All training is done in two segments

1. Skill development - This is where we learn the actual mechanism of the skills, take our time to develop them, practice like crazy and practice some more!
2. Skill Application - This is where you are assessed on problem solving, appropriate decision making, taking the right cause of action in emergency situations, proper dive planning, gas managment and basically putting everything you have learnt into practice.

The great thing about advancing your diver training with us is that you will never be pressured into getting into situations that you cannot manage and handle. Basically we take it as fast (or as slow) as YOUR comfort levels go. It can take you as many training dives as need be to become comfortable, confident and competent in the water ( additional traninig costs will apply) but the main focus is getting you happy in this unforgiving environment. This way partaking in these activities are on YOUR terms and you are in total control of your actions.

Once you are really happy and competent in the water with the skill level you are training towards you will undergo Skill Application. This is a pass or fail portion of the course. You will be assessed on decisions you make, individually and collectively as a team. You will have opportunities to retake skill application dives that you are not successful on. Remember the point is to be ready for these assessment dives. After 3 unsuccessful dives you will need to redo the entire Skill Development training portion of the course again.

What we have done here is price the sections individually so that means that you know exactly where you stand. If you prepare appropriatly you will need only do the required Skill Application dives,

What level of experience should I achieve before taking a technical diving course?

The rigorous demands of certain environments are best managed by divers with more

experience. Divers not yet adept at fundamental skills often find the burden of aggressive environments overly taxing. A significant number of students who participate successfully in technical diver training are Divemasters or Instructors, or have comparable leadership-level training. None of the training for these levels of certification is necessarily relevant to the curriculum at hand, it is simply that those students who successfully complete this type of training have a high level of commitment to diving. However, the dedication and awareness of many leadership divers may be found in individuals from all ranks. Being Rescue Diver Trained is a definite must, and other basic fundamental skills like Buoyancy, proper finning techniques, navigation, and a good understanding of physiology will only help you be a safer technical diver.

Diving Experience

Successful course participants typically have made and logged at least 100 scuba dives over the past 48 months for early levels of technical training while more progressive levels require several hundred successful dives in different environments.

What Buoyancy Skills Should You Master Before Taking a Technical Diving Course?

Have a look at the skills outlined in this text. You should be able to master these skills with ease before contemplating enrolling on a program.

Body Position:

 Students should also be able to position themselves, by shifting tank and weight system height, so that they can achieve a perfectly horizontal hover. Students can test this by seeing if they can view everything that is going on behind them simply by tucking their chins to their chests.

Helicopter Turn:

While in the position just described, students should be able to complete a 360 degree turn, simply by sculling with their ankles and fins. The rest of the body, including and especially the hands, should remain motionless throughout the turn.

General Diving skills:

Mask removal/replacement whilst hovering, gear removal/replacement, gas sharing, hovering at any depth, controlled ascents and rescue skills must be well rehearsed.

How Important is Physical Fitness to the Technical Diver?

Technical DIVING is a physically demanding activity. In an emergency, personal fitness can literally make the difference between life and death. Fitness is also a key factor in reducing the risk of decompression illness. Also there is a lot more equipment for you to handle weight wise. You should be physically fit with good reasonable stamina.

How Did You Stack Up?

If you can honestly say, "Yes, that's me," you may be ready for the more demanding world of technical training. If you meet some of the criteria outlined, but not all of them, you are likely better contacting  us to establish your level of preparedness. A skill evaluation can be arranged before the start of the course to see how you get on.

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Course Details

Course Overview:

Ø    Theory sessions

Ø  Gear configuration

ØOpen Water - 100 minutes of bottom time made within four to six dives. Two dives must be made between 40-50 msw).

Prerequisites:

Ø   18 years old

Ø   Certified TDI Deco procedures and Adv Nitrox (or equivalent) with 100 logged dives, 25 deeper than 30msw

Ø  If being accepted in the program based on equivalent experience a log or proof of 150 dives, including at least 50 dives deeper than 30msw must be presented.   (instructors discretion)

Materials Included:

Ø   TDI manual

Ø   Certification card (upon successful completion of training)

Ø   Training

Not Included:

Ø   Boat costs

Ø   Gas

Ø Gear

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