What will you learn?

If you are not a certified tec diver, then your Tec Instructor course will include the entire Tec 40 and Tec 45 Diver course.

Part One of the course focuses on the knowledge and skills required for technical deep diving.

Part Two fine-tunes your ability to conduct knowledge development, practical application and open water teaching segments. You’ll also go over the philosophy, organization and marketing considerations for technical diver training.

Prerequisites

To enroll in a Tec Instructor course, you must:

• Be a renewed PADI Instructor
• Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver
• Have completed a PADI Enriched Air Instructor Course
• Have completed a PADI Deep Specialty Instructor Course
• Have a minimum of 100 logged dives, with at least 20 enriched air dives, 25 dives deeper than 18 meters/60 feet and 15 dives deeper than 30 meters/100 feet

Prior to sending in your Tec Instructor application, you must also:

• Be a renewed PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
• Be a PADI Enriched Air Instructor
• Be a PADI Deep Specialty Instructor
• Be a Tec 45 Diver
• Have a minimum of 20 stage decompression dives
• Have successfully completed the Tec Instructor course exams

Note: that qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply, ask your Tec Instructor Trainer.

Your Next Step

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