Sidemount, CCR and Technical Diving From Beginner to Instructor.

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TDI Intro to Tech

TDI Intro to Tech

The TDI INTRO TO TECH COURSE, introduces the recreational diver into the world of Technical Diving by showing the diver how to use 2 cylinders carried on the side of the diver instead of the conventional 1 mounted on the back of the diver or a Twinset, which is a unification of 2 cylinders also carried on the divers back.

The objective of this course is to familiarise students with technical gear configurations, to enhance open water diving skills (including buoyancy, trim, propulsion techniques, and situational awareness), and to introduce students to advanced gas planning techniques within a no-decompression context. Subject areas covered in this course includes, physics, physiology, equipment considerations and configurations, dive planning, and dive procedures.

This course is strictly a no-decompression course. Students are permitted to use Enriched Air Nitrox mixes, provided the gas mix is within their current level of certification. This course is a useful stand-alone course for the diver who wants to become a more skilled, more proficient diver regardless of whether or not the diver intends to move on to technical diving. Intro to Tech may be combined with TDI
Advanced Nitrox at the discretion of the instructor

 

What you can expect to learn

In-depth dive planning

Advanced buoyancy control

Gas management

Situational awareness

Proper trim

Gear configuration and selection

Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate:

Land drills-Selection and preparation of equipment

Land drills-Conduct team oriented skills (buddy checks) for lift bag deployment

Land drills-Gas matching among buddy teams

Land drills-Demonstrate familiarity with basic hand signals

Land drills-Demonstrate adequate pre-dive planning with limits based on the team and personal gas consumption

Pre-dive drills-Use S.T.A.R.T. before every dive

Pre-dive drills-Stress analysis and mitigation

In-water drills-Weight check

In-water drills-Demonstrate adequate buoyancy control

In-water drills-Demonstrate adequate trim

In-water drills-Demonstrate no-silting propulsion techniques

In-water drills-Demonstrate the ability to perform the following exercises while<br /> maintaining trim and buoyancy in the water column

In-water drills-Demonstrate the ability to perform a safety drill (S-drill) while<br /> maintaining trim and buoyancy in the water column

In-water drills-Demonstrate the ability to perform a valve drill while maintaining trim<br /> and buoyancy in the water column

In-water drills-Demonstrate the ability to deploy a surface marker buoy or lift bag while<br /> maintaining trim and buoyancy in the water column

In-water drills-Show good situational awareness

 

Course prerequisites:

Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent

Minimum certification an SDI Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent

Provide proof of 25 logged open water dives