The DSAT Tec Diver Level One Course
The DSAT Tec Diver Level One course picks up where Tec Basics leaves off and takes your training as a tec diver into the actual open water environment. It is the second subcourse in the full DSAT Tec Deep Diver course.
What You Learn
- Make a gas switch, extended no-decompression dives using air and enriched air to 40 metres/130 feet
- Prepare for and respond to foreseeable technical diving emergencies
- Master the basic skills and procedures you’ll need as you move into deeper technical diving
The Scuba Gear You Use
You use basic tec diving equipment
The Learning Materials You Need
You'll use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to
- tec diving lingo
- emergency procedures
- decompression and stage cylinder handling
- gas planning
The pak includes a manual, dive planning checklist and dive planning slate. The optional Equipment Set-up and Key Skills video on DVD is a great tool to help you practice at home in between your tec diving adventures. You'll continue to use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak through the Tec Deep Diver course.
Prerequisites
You must be
- A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- A PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- A PADI Deep Diver (or hold aqualifying certification from another organization)
- Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, of which at least
- 10 dives must be on air enriched air
- 12 dives must be deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
- six dives must be deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
- At least 18 years old
- Have a medical statement signed by a physician
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