TEC Instructor

Instructor Candidate Prerequisites

Tec 40 Instructor Course

To enroll in a PADI Tec 40 Instructor course, candidates must meet the following prerequisites:

Prerequisites
1.  PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (or higher rating)
2.  PADI Enriched Air Diver Specialty Instructor
3.  PADI Deep Diver Specialty Instructor
4.  25 EANx dives deeper than 30 metres/100ft
5.  Tec 45 Diver
6.  10 decompression dives wearing full technical equipment
Exit Requirements
1.  Certifed 25 divers
• No more than fve from courses without dives
• No more than fve from PADI Seal Team or Master Seal Team registrations
2.  Have a minimum of 20 decompression dives

Tec 45 Instructor Course

To enroll in a PADI Tec 45 Instructor course, candidates must meet the following prerequisites:

Prerequisites
1.  PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (or higher rating)
2.  PADI Enriched Air Diver Specialty Instructor
3.  PADI Deep Diver Specialty Instructor
4.  25 EANx dives deeper than 30 metres/100ft
5.  Tec 45 Diver
6.  10 decompression dives wearing full technical equipment

Exit Requirements
1.  Certifed 25 divers
• No more than fve from courses without dives
• No more than fve from PADI Seal Team or Master Seal Team registrations
2.  Have 150 logged dives with 20 decompression dives deeper than 30 metres/100ft

Tec 50 Instructor Course

To enroll in a PADI Tec 40 Instructor course, candidates must meet the following prerequisites:

Prerequisites
1.  PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (or higher rating)
2.  PADI Enriched Air Diver Specialty Instructor
3.  PADI Deep Diver Specialty Instructor
4.  25 EANx dives deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
5.  Tec 50 Diver
6.  10 decompression dives wearing full technical equipment
Exit Requirements
1.  Certifed 25 divers
• No more than fve from courses without dives
• No more than fve from PADI Seal Team or Master Seal Team registrations
2.  250 logged dives with 25 decompression dives deeper than 40 metres/130 feet

Tec Sidemount Instructor

As a Tec Sidemount Instructor, you can qualify divers to use sidemount so they can take any of the TecRec open-circuit tec courses using the configuration. You can also train divers to use sidemount within the limits of their current open-circuit TecRec certifications.

To enroll

  • Be a renewed PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (or a PADI Instructor with a higher rating)
  • Be a PADI Enriched Air Instructor or completed a PADI Enriched Air Instructor Training course.
  • Be a PADI Deep Diver Specialty Instructor or have successfully completed a PADI Deep Diver Specialty Instructor Training course.
  • Have a minimum of 100 logged dives where at least 20 dives were made with enriched air nitrox, 25 dives were deeper than 18 meters/ 60 feet and at least 15 dives were deeper than 30 meters/ 100 feet.

Post Requirments

  • Be a renewed PADI Tec Instructor or higher.(or equivalent)
  • Be a PADI Tec Sidemount Diver (or equivalent).
  • Have logged at least 20 technical sidemount dives, including 10with three or more cylinders.
  • Have successfully completed the Tec Sidemount Instructor course.

Tec Trimix Instructor

As a Trimix Instructor you’ll be one of the elite who can teach the Tec Trimix Diver course.

To Enroll

  • Be a renewed PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer or higher
  • Be a Tec Deep Instructor or completed a Tec Deep Instructor Training course.
  • Be a Certified Tec Trimix Diver or be qualified as a full trimix diver from another orginization
  • Have a minimum of 200 logged dives
  • At least 20 dives requiring at least 1 stage/deco cylinder
  • 10 deeper than 130ft using trimix

Post Requirments

  • Assist with 1 TecRec Trimix Diver course
  • Have logged at least 350 dives
  • 50 Deco dives deeper than 130ft, beyond those required for certifications as a technical diver.
  • 30 dives deeper than 130ft using trimix: 10 deeper than 165ft, using less than 21% oxygen
  • Have successfully completed the Tec Trimix Instructor course, includes standards exam, instructor theory and practical application exam
  • Be at least 21 years old.

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