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TDI Training
Now that you are already open water certified and your looking for a little
more adventure, technical diving may be just the thing for you.
Question: What is technical diving?
Answer; All non commercial diving is categorized as recreational and within
recreational diving there is sport and technical. Sport diving includes your
open water certification, advanced scuba diver, and many other specialty
course. Technical diving picks up where sport diving ends generally at
nitrox (a breathing gas with oxygen levels greater than 21 percent).
Question: What is my first step into technical diving?
Answer; Nitrox is most divers first step into technical but it has also
become very popular amongst sport divers so TDI Advanced Nitrox and
Decompression Procedures would be a great start. Advanced Nitrox and
Decompression Procedures form the foundation of technical diving all other
course will build on the knowledge and skills learned during these courses.
Question: Do I have to go deep for technical diving?
Answer; No. Although technical diving is commonly thought of as deep, there
are a lot of courses that stay within the sport diving limits (40 m) such as
Advanced Nitrox, Semi Closed Circuit Rebreather (SCR) and Closed Circuit
Rebreather (CCR) and Advanced Wreck to name a few. However, most people
wanting to follow the technical path are generally doing so to dive deeper.
So being comfortable at recreational deep diving depths is a recommend
pre-requisite for any sort of technical training.
Question: Will technical diving allow me to go deeper?
Answer; Yes. TDI has course curriculums that take you as deep as 100 m
and do so in a manner that each course builds on the last and each course
takes you a little deeper. By receiving training in this manner not only are
your skills and knowledge increasing but so is your comfort level.
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Advanced Nitrox
The TDI Advanced Nitrox Course
qualifies divers to use enriched air nitrox from EAN 21 through EAN 100 to a
depth of 40 metres/130 feet during dives hat do not require staged
decompression. At IDC Scuba we usually teach this in conjunction with
the TDI Decompression Procedures course (see below),
this can be considered the foundation of your technical diving career.
Advanced Nitrox is also a great course for those wanting to extend their
bottom times in shallower depths such as scientific diver, and a must for
SCR or CCR divers. The course cover topics like
*Equipment requirements
*Dive planning
*Oxygen tracking
*Blending methods
You will use the TDI Advanced Nitrox Diving manual for your course, which
explains in an easy to understand practical manner the complex information
that Advanced Nitrox divers need to know.
PRE-REQUISITES:
Have a minimum of Deep Diver Certification. (This is an IDC Scuba
standard)
Have a minimum TDI Nitrox, PADI Enriched Air or Equivalent.
Show proof of 25 logged open water dives.
SCHEDULE:
Week #1
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (Theory & Confined Water Dive)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Week #2
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives) (This day only
required if combining with Deco Procedures Course)
COST:
$499.00
Includes: Instruction, Air & Nitrox
fills, Boat Dives, TDI Advanced Nitrox Manual, Certification, Certificate, Use
of twin tanks & stage bottle if you do not own your own.
All other equipment must be provided
by student or can be hired at extra cost.
Please Note:
The TDI Advanced Nitrox Course can be completed in conjunction with the TDI
Decompression Procedures Course. When these two courses are combined there are 6
Open Water Dives and the course is completed over two weekends. Cost of courses
combined is $799.00
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Decompression Procedures
As sport divers planned
decompression is not something that we do or have been taught. The TDI
Decompression Procedures course prepares you for planned staged
decompression diving. With a maximum operating depth of 45m/150 feet, this
course is your first step beyond the normal sport diving limits. Your TDI
Instructor will provide you with valuable information and skills, among the
topics covered are:
*Kit set-up
*Equipment requirements
*Decompression techniques
*Decompression breathing gases
*Gas management
*Contingency planning
The TDI Decompressions Procedures course combined with the TDI Advanced
Nitrox course form the foundation of all other technical courses. After
these two courses and some additional experience, the stage has been set for
you to move onto additional technical levels.
PRE-REQUISITES:
Have a minimum of Deep Diver Certification. (This is an IDC Scuba
standard)
Have a minimum TDI Nitrox, PADI Enriched Air or Equivalent.
Show proof of 25 logged open water dives.
SCHEDULE:
Week #1
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (Theory & Confined Water Dive)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Week #2
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives) (This day only
required if combining with Advanced Nitrox Course)
COST:
$499.00
Includes: Instruction, Air & Nitrox
fills, Boat Dives, TDI Decompression Procedures Manual, Certification,
Certificate, Use of twin tanks & stage bottle if you do not own your own.
All other equipment must be provided
by student or can be hired at extra cost.
Please Note:
The TDI Decompression Procedures Course can be completed in conjunction with the
TDI Advanced Nitrox Course. When these two courses are combined there are 6 Open
Water Dives and the course is completed over two weekends. Cost of courses
combined is $799.00
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Extended Range
Certain areas of the world
provide spectacular dives at depths deeper than 39m/130 feet but you will
not have access (or very limited access) to helium. The TDI Extended Range
course teaches you the proper techniques for utilizing compressed air as a
breathing gas and with a maximum depth of 55m/180 feet you won’t have to
miss those dives. The Extended Range course will cover topics and skills
such as:
*Equipment requirements and configuration
*Decompression options
*Use of surface marker buoys
*Buddy rescue
*Narcosis checks and management
Materials for this course include the TDI Extended Range Diving Manual which
you will reference and use throughout the course.
PRE-REQUISITES:
Have a minimum TDI Advanced Nitrox & TDI Decompression Procedures or
Equivalent.
Show proof of a minimum 100 logged open water dives (25 deeper than 30m).
SCHEDULE:
Week #1
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (Theory & Confined Water Dive)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Week #2
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
COST:
$799.00
Includes: Instruction, Air & Nitrox
fills, Boat Dives, TDI Extended Range/Trimix Manual, Certification, Certificate,
Use of twin tanks & stage bottle if you do not own your own.
All other equipment must be provided
by student or can be hired at extra cost.
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Trimix & Advanced Trimix
Trimix
As your motivation to explore progresses you will find that you may want to
go deeper to dive that wreck that is part of history or that cave system
that you have read so much about. One of the major limiting factors of going
deeper is narcosis; TDI’s Trimix Diver course shows how to minimize the
effects of narcosis by adding helium to offset the nitrogen in your
breathing gas. While taking the Trimix Diver course your TDI Instructor will
teach you how to plan and execute dives utilizing as little as 18 percent
oxygen and diving to maximum depth of 60 m/200 feet with a blend of helium
appropriate for the planned depth. The course covers topics and skills like:
*Dive team planning
*Gas matching
*Cylinder labeling
*Surface marker deployment
*Equipment configuration
*Thermal protection options
PRE-REQUISITES:
Have a minimum TDI Extended Range or Equivalent. (This is an IDC
Scuba standard)
Show proof of a minimum 100 logged open water dives (25 deeper than 30m).
SCHEDULE:
Week #1
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (Theory & Confined Water Dive)
Sunday- 9:00am to 2:00pm (1 Dive)
Week #2
Saturday- 9:00am to 2:00pm (1 Dive)
COST:
$799.00
Includes: Instruction, Air, Nitrox &
Trimix fills, Boat Dives, TDI Extended Range/Trimix Manual, Certification,
Certificate, Use of twin tanks & stage bottle if you do not own your own.
All other equipment must be provided
by student or can be hired at extra cost.
Advanced Trimix
The TDI Advanced Trimix Diver course is the top level of training for open
circuit divers wishing to dive to depths as deep as 100 m / 330 feet
utilizing hypoxic levels of oxygen (below 17 percent). This course is
perhaps one of the most informative and challenging and upon completion you
are among some of the most elite divers. Your TDI Instructor will teach you:
*Equipment management
*Multiple stage cylinder labeling and placement
*Complex decompression planning and contingency planning
*Dive team awareness and communication
*Gas monitoring and management
*Use of travel gasses
The TDI Advanced Trimix manual is one of the most up to date manuals and
includes all the latest of technology and practices being used.
PRE-REQUISITES:
Have a minimum TDI Extended Range or Entry level Trimix Diver or Equivalent.
Show proof of a minimum 100 logged open water dives (25 deeper than 30m).
SCHEDULE:
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (Theory & Confined Water Dive)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Week #2
Saturday- 9:00am to 2:00pm (1 Dive)
Sunday- 9:00am to 2:00pm (1 Dive)
COST:
$999.00
Includes: Instruction, Air, Nitrox &
Trimix fills, Boat Dives, TDI Advanced Trimix Manual, Certification,
Certificate, Use of twin tanks & stage bottle if you do not own your own.
All other equipment must be
provided by student or can be hired at extra cost.
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