Dive Northampton

 

Tec 45 Course

The Tec 45 course picks up where Tec 40 leaves off and  takes your training as a tec diver further and deeper. There is a greater focus on equipment and gas management.

It is the second subcourse in the full PADI Tec Diver course

Course From... £199

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You will Learn...

    * The skills and equipment and planning need to dive to a maximum of 45 metres/145 feet
    * The knowledge to plan and execute single and repetitive decompression dives using a single stage cylinder of EANx or oxygen to accelerate or add conservatism to the decompression stops.
    * There would be no time limit to amount of decompression
    * 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 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 50 course.

Prerequisites

You must be:

    * A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
    * A PADI Rescue 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)
    * PADI Tec 40 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
    * Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, of which at least:
         - 12 dives were made with enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
         - 6 (with or without EANx) dives were deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
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      At least 18 years old
    * Have a medical statement signed by a physician