Full Technical Diver Program (Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures and Extended Range)

Program Content

The Full Technical Diver program introduces the student to the many aspects and rigours of technical diving. The program consists of interactive learning and team building. A number of classroom topics will be covered including equipment configuration, decompression theory, gas management, advanced dive planning and oxygen management. The classroom portion of the program will take place over four evening academic sessions of approximately 4 hours each.

The second half of the program will entail 16 dives over four weekends. As well as applying the knowledge you learned in the classroom, these dives will focus on teamwork and on successful completion of timed skills, alone and in combination (i.e.: task-loading). These skills will build on each other to form the foundation of a solid technical diver.

Remember, your first technical diving program is usually the most important.

Prerequisites

• At least 21 years of age
• Good physical condition
• Completed medical questionnaire
• Appropriate equipment
• Basic nitrox certification
• Logged proof of 125 dives, including:
  • 25 nitrox dives
  • 10 dives deeper than 100 feet
  • 25 dives in the last 12 months
• You will also be asked to do some independent practice dives in twin tanks before the start of the course dives

Course Limits

• Student to instructor ratio 4:1 during open water dives
• Maximum depth during course dives 150 feet (45 metres)
• No training dives will be at night
• Decompression gases will range from 50% to 100% O2
• Option of 2 decompression tanks during last four course dives

Tuition
All fees are in Canadian dollars

• Tuition fee: $1,500 + 6% GST = $1,590
• Certification fees: $34.95 + 6% GST = $37 per certification (3 certifications possible)
• Manuals: $39.95 + 6% GST = $42.50 each

Dive gases, boat fees and other course expenses are extra and are subject to change.

At H2O Madness our courses are designed to help students find the tools they need in order to expand their knowledge and meet their diving goals. When you take a course form us you are not paying for a certification, you are purchasing training. Certification will only be issued if the student completes the program in the required time and to the satisfaction of the primary instructor.