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INTRO TO TEC COURSE AT A GLANCE
• Course Duration: 4 Days Min
• Number of Dives: 7 Dives
• Equipment: Backmount Tec Rig
• For the equivalent course in sidemount, see Expert Sidemount.
PREREQUISITES
• Age: 18 Years Old
• Number of Dives: 25 Logged Dives
• Certification: Open Water
WHAT CAN I DO WITH THIS CERT?
The TDI Intro to Tec Course trains you to use technical diving gear, including doubles and a long hose regulator configuration, safely and adeptly within the limits of your current certification. It introduces a technical diving mindset and provides a foundation for all future technical diving courses.
CAVE TRAINING PATH
INTRO TO TEC DETAILS
Prepare yourself to excel in any type of technical diving by building a strong foundation of core skills. While some techniques required for cave, deep, and wreck diving differ with the environment, every tec diver should be familiar with skills such as long hose use, valve shut downs, and advanced buoyancy and propulsion techniques. This is the course will improve your underwater control and permanently change the way you approach diving – for the better.
WHERE WILL I DIVE DURING THE COURSE?
We’ll conduct the theory portion of the Intro to Tec Course in the classroom at Under the Jungle, where we’ll watch videos and discuss the core skills presented in the course. Confined water skill practice is done in the open water of the cenotes, and the final check out dives are conducted in the ocean on drift dives. You’ll see a little bit of everything and apply your new skills to a variety of environments, discovering that advanced propulsion techniques make diving more fluid in all situations, and that even deploying a lift bag is fun!
WHAT WILL I LEARN IN THE INTRO TO TEC COURSE?
The TDI Intro to Tec Course combines dive theory, confined water skill practice and open water dives and scenarios to give you a broad base of knowledge and skills.
⇒ INTRO TO TEC THEORY
• Review of Dive Physics
• In-Depth Review of Dive Physiology
• Explanation of Advanced Buoyancy, Trim, and Propulsion Techniques
• Equipment Considerations and Workshop
• Advanced Dive Planning⇒ IN-WATER SKILLS AND SCENARIO PRACTICE
• Advanced trim and buoyancy practice
• Non-silting, high-control propulsion techniques
• Lift bag deployment maintaining trim, position and depth while hovering
• Valve shutdown drills while hovering in the water column
• Long hose gas sharing as a team while maintaining trim, position, and depth
• Communication to include light signals and passive communication
• Team diving protocols and situational awareness
