TDI DECOMPRESSION PROCEDURES
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TDI DECOMPRESSION PROCEDURES
Are you finding your no- decompression limits (NDLs) a limiting factor to dives? Do you have to ascend sooner than you would like? As sport divers, planned decompression is not something that we do or have been taught.The TDI Decompression Procedures Course prepares you for planned staged decompression diving. With a maximum operating depth of 45 metres/150 feet, this course is your first step beyond the normal sport diving limits. The TDI Decompression Procedures Course combined with the TDI Advanced Nitrox course form the foundation of all other technical courses. After these two courses and some additional experience, the stage has been set for you to move onto additional technical levels.
Who this course is for:
- The certified Advanced Diver looking to expand their knowledge of decompression theory and diving techniques
- The certified Advanced Diver who is interested in extending their bottom time
- The certified Advanced Diver who has interest in moving forward with technical diving education
Course prerequisites:
- Minimum age 18
- Minimum certification of SDI Advanced Adventure Diver, Advanced Diver, or equivalent
- Proof of 25 logged open water dives
What you can expect to learn:
- Decompression dive planning including:
- Decompression gas choices
- Tables vs. personal dive computers
- Emergency and contingency planning (equipment failure, omitted decompression, etc.)
- Decompression diving procedures
- Equipment selection
- Pre-dive checks and drills
- Stress analysis and mitigation
- Following a decompression schedule
- Gas switching
- Team awareness and communication
- SMB/lift bag deployment
- Proper trim, buoyancy and finning techniques
- Emergency procedures (equipment failures, catastrophic gas loss, omitted decompression, navigational errors, etc.)
- Equipment considerations, cylinder labeling, analyzing nitrox mixtures, and gas blending procedures
What’s in it for you?
- Ability to conduct decompression diving activities without direct supervision provided:
- The diving activities approximate those of training
- The areas of activities approximate those of training
- Environmental conditions approximate those of training
- Ability to enroll in TDI Advanced Nitrox, TDI Extended Range, TDI Advanced Wreck, TDI Trimix courses
TDI Decompression Diver minimum certification requirements:
- Satisfactorily complete the TDI Decompression Procedures course written examination
- Complete all open water requirements safely and efficiently
- Demonstrate mature, sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution
Course Standards & Procedures
ITINERARY
Pre Course - e-Learning module x 2
Day 1 - Theory, Gear Configuration
Day 2 - 2 x Open Water Dives
Day 3 - 2 x Open Water Dives
Day 4 - 2 x Open Water Dives (both to be a minimum depth of 30 meters)
Whats included:
- All training materials required for the course
- Certification Fees
- Local shore dives included
- Gases, Air and Nitrox
- Stage cylinders If using your own stage cylinders and stage regs, they must be Oxygen Clean for mixes higher than 40%.
- Equipment
Our hire equipment is included but is limited it is highly recommended that as a technical diver, you are intimately familiar with your dive gear, and as such it is recommended that you own your own gear for this course. Please feel free to contact us prior to making any purchases, our tech instructors are always willing to offer their time and advice when it comes to gear selection. They have dived with and used a number of different brands and configurations, and will be able to provide you with detailed recommendations. Refer to the Side Mount Diver and Intro to Tec Diver web pages for equipment requirements as this course can be done in side mount or back mount configuration.
Not included:
- Side Mount or Intro to Tec are available in this combination course
- Pool session is highly recommended for those that have not completed a Side Mount Diver or Intro to Tec course.
- Pool session is included with the Side Mount or Intro to Tec bundle.
- Boat charges.
- Dive planning software.
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