Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

PADI-0022

Organization:

PADI Americas, Inc.

Length:

Self-paced (24 hours)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

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

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to introduce Tec 40 divers to the first stages of full, technical deep decompression diving. Certified Tec 45 divers are qualified to make multistop decompression dives that employ enriched air and oxygen for accelerated decompression. The expectation is that a Tec 45 diver intends to continue on in technical diving. Accordingly, the course not only develops the knowledge and skills to make open circuit technical dives as deep as 45 meters/145 feet, but also begins developing the knowledge and skills the diver will need at the Tec 50 level and beyond.

Learning Outcomes:

explain and demonstrate how to plan and make limited decompression dives using air, enriched air, and oxygen to a depth of 45 meters/145 feet or less
explain and demonstrate how to use a single decompression gas of up to 100 percent oxygen to make decompression more conservative or to accelerate decompression
explain and demonstrate the procedures and motor skills required for decompression diving within the limitations of the Tec 45 certification
understand and acknowledge the hazards and risks associated with this level of technical diving, and technical diving in general
explain how to plan for plan for (and be ready to respond to) reasonably foreseeable emergencies that may occur within Tec 45 limits

General Topics:

Knowledge development presentation
Equipment issue discussions and philosophies
Gas planning
Turnaround points and environmental variables
Thinking like a technical diver
Gas planning emergencies
Homemade equipment
Thinking like a Tec diver
Accelerated decompression
Deep stops decompressing in currents

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 45 Diver Final Exam. Evaluation of performance mastery skills during the three practical assessments and four open water training dives.