Ever wondered how technical dive teams manage complex gear, multiple gases, and decompression schedules while keeping everything safe and efficient?
I created the Tec Safety Diver distinctive specialty to help divers like you understand the mindset, awareness, and support skills that make technical diving operations run smoothly.
You’ll train within recreational depth limits, yet gain a deep understanding of technical diving equipment, gas switch protocols, and diver support techniques used by professional teams across all the world. This course is ideal for Rescue Divers and dive professionals, as well as for tec divers who want to build confidence while learning and practicing the most effective techniques to support tec teams. It’s the perfect preparation before moving into full technical diving courses like Tec 40 or Tec Sidemount.
What You’ll Learn
Through a combination of classroom sessions and open water dives, you’ll develop the calm control and precision required to assist in technical diving environments. By the end of the course, you will:
- Understand how technical diving differs from recreational diving.
- Recognize common tec configurations, including sidemount and backmount systems.
- Support divers during gas switch protocols and decompression stops.
- Perform pre-dive checks, oxygen kit setup, and dive tracking procedures.
- Improve buoyancy, trim, and situational awareness around tec teams.
- Respond effectively to simulated emergencies using proper safety diver skills.
Each dive emphasizes proactive awareness, teamwork, and professionalism, which are the same qualities that define the best technical divers.
Why Become a Tec Safety Diver?
- Build Real Confidence: Strengthen your awareness and composure while supporting tec divers in complex scenarios.
- Enhance Your Skills: Learn to manage gas switches, decompression stops, and surface support operations with precision.
- Understand Technical Diving: Gain a clear view of how advanced dive planning and equipment work together for safety.
- Support Tec Teams Professionally: Develop the teamwork and communication skills that make you a reliable asset on any dive.
- Train in the Caribbean: Enjoy hands-on practice in Roatan’s crystal-clear waters while working with real technical diving equipment.
Prerequisites
- Be a PADI Rescue or higher.
- Be a Nitrox Diver
To better understand what makes this type of diving so captivating, check out this article by DAN, it perfectly reflects the mindset you’ll develop in this course.
