The aim of the course is to take the skills already taught during your Rescue Diver course and relate them specifically to the hazards, equipment and techniques encountered during technical diving. (None overhead).

Required Subject Areas

Accident avoidance
Risk assessment
How to spot an emergency situation
Dive project Plan
Local Medical facilities
Emergency signaling protocols (emergency buoys, drop tanks, surface supplied gas)
Procedures when reacting to an emergency situation
Adjusting plans to fit unexpected hazards
Importance of buddy checks and unfamiliar equipment – rebreathers, OC twinsets etc
Team diving
O2 toxicity effects
Use of full-face masks
Deco logistics – Support divers, surface crew, Medic
Missed deco stops
DCS – Type 1,2,3 & 4
Considerations when raising an unconscious technical diver OC / Rebreather
Reverse block
Inner ear bend / vertigo
In water recompression
Neurological exam
Oxygen administration
CO2 and the diver
Panic
Incident management


Student Prerequisites

• Minimum age of 18
• Minimum of 50 logged dives.
• Certification as a TDI Advanced Nitrox and TDI Decompression Procedures Diver (or equivalent) or CCR diver mod1 along with a sport rescue diver and current First Aid certificate. This course is run over four days and consists of one day of theory and workshops followed by 3 days with a total of six dives/workshops