Tec 45 Course

Building on what you learned in the Tec 40 course, you will focus on additional techniques, procedures, and emergency skills. You will learn more advanced decompression, gas planning, decompression models, and fine-tune your thinking like a technical diver.

The path to becoming a PADI Tec 45 consists of:

1. The Tec 45 course consists of seven knowledge development sections. 
2. Four practical application sessions. 
3. Four open water training dives.

PADI eLearning® on your own, from the comfort of your home, read, watch videos, and take quizzes at your own pace to develop knowledge of scuba rescue procedures, before you work with one of our PADI Instructors. 

Complete 4 open water dives are required to complete the PADI Tec 45 course, with Go Dive training.

These dives usually take place over a several weekends. 

During the Tec 45 course you will learn:

• Tec Dive Planning.
• Team checks.
• Remove and replace deco cylinder.
• Gas shutdown drills.
• DSMB deployment and ascent.
• NO TOX switch.
• Out of gas, no mask swims.
• Ascend and complete 4 deco stops (15 mins) including NO TOX gas switch.
• Diving with 1 deco cylinder.
• Respond to simulated problems by the instructor.

As well as these dives being an opportunity for you to show your instructor your mastery of the skills and procedures, you will also gain more experience diving as a team. 

On successful completion of these dives, you will be a PADI Tec 45.

You will need to have your own equipment .

To enroll in the Tec 45 course, you must meet these qualifications:

• PADI Tec 40 Diver
• PADI Rescue Diver (Proof of CPR/First Aid training within the previous two years required)
• Minimum of 50 logged dives, with at least 10 dives deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
• 18 years old

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This is the PADI Tec 45 Course offered by Go Dive Training.