Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

PADI-0017

Organization:

PADI Americas, Inc.

Length:

Self-paced (24 hours)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	1	breathing gas and decompression theory

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to bridge the gap between recreational diving and full technical deep decompression diving. The course prepares divers to make limited decompression dives using equipment that is marginally more extensive than that used in mainstream recreational diving.

Learning Outcomes:

explain and demonstrate how to plan and make limited decompression dives at a level that bridges recreational diving and technical diving
explain and demonstrate the procedures and motor skills required for decompression diving within the limitations of the Tec 40 certification
explain the hazards and risks associated with this level of technical diving, and technical diving in general
explain how to plan for and be ready to respond to reasonably foreseeable emergencies that may occur within Tec 40 limits
demonstrate the foundational knowledge and skills needed for continuing their training as a full technical diver in the Tec 45 and Tec 50 courses

General Topics:

Knowledge development presentation 1
Course introduction
Technical diving's risks and responsibilities
Tec 40 equipment requirements
Gas planning
Equivalent air depth (EAD) review
Oxygen limits
Surface air consumption (SAC) and gas supply requirements
Oxygen toxicity and exposure
Team diving techniques and procedures
Emergency procedures
Knowledge development presentation 2
Thinking like a technical diver gas
Decompression planning
Putting it all together
Murphy's Law
Reserves and a good diver's main objective is to live
Techniques and emergencies
Knowledge development presentation
Managing oxygen exposure
Continued emergencies
Continued thinking like a Tec diver

Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

Audio Visual Materials
Classroom Exercise
Computer Based Training
Discussion
Laboratory
Lectures
Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

Examinations
Other
Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
Quizzes
Completion of the PADI Tec 40 Diver Final Exam. Evaluation of performance mastery skills during the three practical assessments and four open water training dives.