The PADI Tec 40 course is where you transition from recreational diving to technical diving. It's a natural progression from Tec Basics, or it can be your first tec diver course. It is the bridge between no stop diving and technical decompression diving. You will gain experience and begin building the knowledge and skills you need to continue your tec diver training. You will qualify to make limited decompression dives to 40 metres/130 feet and use up to 50 percent oxygen as a decompression gas.
The Tec 40 course consists of seven knowledge development sections, 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
You'll dive Air or EANx, including up to 50 percent enriched air for decompression.
· Backmount or sidemounted twin cylinder with harness and wing
· AL40 oxygen clean cylinder with regulator
· Two computers or bottom timers
· Exposure suit appropriate for cold water diving
· Reel and liftbag or dsmb
· Two cutting devices
· Slate
· Compass
· Two Lights
· Backup bouyancy device (drysuit, liftbag, or dual bladder wing)
· Backup mask