Intro to Tech Diving
TDI Intro To Tech
The TDI Intro to Tech course is the perfect course for divers who have heard about technical diving and want to find out more about this exciting branch of advanced recreational diving. This course walks students through the special techniques, planning procedures and skills that set technical diving apart from traditional sport diving. It will show them how to improve their dive planning methods, in-water skills and streamline their existing gear configuration, in a non-threatening and fun learning environment.
The specific skills this course will highlight are:- Advanced Buoyancy Control
- Gas Management
- Situational Awareness
- Trim
- Gear Configuration and Selection
- Many More!
What You Learn
TDI’s Intro to Tech course is a useful stand-alone course for the diver who wants to become a more skilled, more proficient diver regardless of if he intends to move on to technical diving. The course may also be used as an introduction to the TDI Advanced Nitrox course and the TDI Decompression Procedures course. And finally, it is also a good refresher for certified technical divers who may want to refresh their skills or have them re-evaluated by a TDI technical instructor.Prerequisites
To enroll in the TDI Intro To Tech, you must
- Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent
- Minimum certification Open Water Diver or equivalent
- Provide proof of 25 logged open water dives
What is involved?
- Independent Study (home study)
- Knowledge Development (classroom)
- 1 Confined/Limited Open Water Dive
- 2 Open Water Dives