Course Description
The Tec 45 course picks up where Tec 40 leaves off and takes your training as a Tec diver further and deeper. It is the second sub course in the full PADI Tec Diver course. You will learn:
- The skills and equipment and planning need to dive to a maximum of 45 metres/145 feet
- The knowledge to plan and execute single and repetitive decompression dives using a single stage cylinder of EANx or oxygen to accelerate or add conservatism to the decompression stops.
- There would be no time limit to amount of decompression
- Prepare for and respond to foreseeable technical diving emergencies
- Master the basic skills and procedures you’ll need as you move into deeper technical diving
The PADI Tec 45 course is conducted over three days.
Prerequisites
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- PADI Rescue Diver certification (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- PADI Enriched Air Diver certification (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- PADI Deep Diver certification (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- PADI Tec 40 certification (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, with at least:
- 12 dives on enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
- 6 dives (with or without EANx) deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
- Have a medical statement signed by a physician within last 12 months
- Minimum age: 18 years old
Course Materials
Required Materials
- Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak including Tec 45 Handout and Tec 45 Knowledge reviews. The Crew-Pak includes a manual, dive planning checklist and dive planning slate.
Recommended Materials
- Equipment Set-up and Key Skills video on DVD
Course Preparation – Independent Study
- Complete the knowledge reviews in the handout and separate KR before class