Instructor Candidate Prerequisites
Tec 40 Instructor Course
To enroll in a PADI Tec 40 Instructor course, candidates must meet the following prerequisites:
Prerequisites
- PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (or higher rating)
- PADI Enriched Air Diver Specialty Instructor
- PADI Deep Diver Specialty Instructor
- 25 EANx dives deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
- Tec 45 Diver
- 10 decompression dives wearing full technical equipment
Exit Requirements
- Certified 25 divers
- No more than five from courses without dives
- No more than five from PADI Seal Team or Master Seal Team registrations
- Have a minimum of 20 decompression dives
Meet one of the following:
- Completed a PADI Tec 40 Instructor course
- Have a qualifying tec instructor rating with another organization and:
- Have assisted with one Tec 40 Diver course or taught two qualifying courses
- Successfully completed the Tec 40 Instructor Exam within 12 months of application
Instructor Candidate Materials
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- Tec 40 student diver materials
- PADI Tec Diver Instructor Manual
- PADI Tec Diver Guide to Teaching
- PADI Tec Basics and Tec 40 Diver Instructor Wetbook
Tec 45 Instructor Course
To enroll in a PADI Tec 45 Instructor course, candidates must meet the following prerequisites:
Prerequisites
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PADI Tec 40 Instructor, or taking the Tec 40 and Tec 45 Instructor courses concurrently
Exit Requirements
- 150 logged dives with 20 decompression dives deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
Meet one of the following:
- Completed a PADI Tec 45 Instructor course
- Have a qualifying tec instructor rating with another organization and:
- Be a PADI Tec 40 Instructor or have assisted with one Tec 40 Diver course or taught two qualifying courses
- Have assisted with one Tec 45 Diver course or taught two qualifying courses
- Successfully completed the Tec 45 Instructor Exam within 12 months of application
Instructor Candidate Materials
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- Tec 45 student diver materials
- PADI Tec Diver Instructor Manual
- PADI Tec Diver Guide to Teaching
- PADI Tec 45 Diver Instructor Wetbook
Tec 50 Instructor Course
To enroll in a PADI Tec 40 Instructor course, candidates must meet the following prerequisites:
- PADI Tec 45 Instructor, or taking the Tec 40/45/50 Instructor courses or Tec 45/50 Instructor courses concurrently
- Tec 50 Diver
- 250 logged dives with 25 decompression dives deeper than 40 metres/130 feet
Instructor Candidate Materials
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- Tec 50 student diver materials
- PADI Tec Diver Instructor Manual
- PADI Tec Diver Guide to Teaching
- PADI Tec 50 Diver Instructor Wetbook
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.
Instructor Level Training | Days of Training | Price |
Tec 40 | 3 | $799 |
Tec 40 & 45 | 5 | $1,398 |
Tec 45 | 3 | $859 |
Tec 45 & 50 | 5 | $1,598 |
Tec 50 | 3 | $958 |
Tec 40, 45 & 50 | 6 | $1,850 |
Tec SideMount | 3 | $899 |
TriMix | 1 | $500 |
*Candidate Pays Instructor Application Fees to PADI.