DSAT Tec Apprentice

Course Details
Time:	6 days
Course Price:	$800 USD
Prerequisites:	PADI Advanced Open Water PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Diver PADI Deep Diver 18 years old 50 logged dives 10 dives on EANx 12 dives deeper than 18m/60ft 6 dives deeper than 30m/100ft physical fitness to support 50kg/110lbs of equipment
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Why DSAT Tec Apprentice?
For divers looking to take on the challenge of tec diving but missing the experience requirements for DSAT Tec Deep, the Tec Apprentice course develops the skills essential and knowledge essential to tec diving and enables you to make gas-switch, extended no-stop dives to 40m/130ft.

What will I do?
After learning how to assemble, configure, and don the standard tec rig, you will begin a series of seven training dives to develop the motor skills and knowledge necessary for tec diving. After learning how to assemble, configure, and don the standard tec rig, you will rehearse emergency skills such as long-hose sharing and gas-shutdown drills. You will also learn the how to plan dives based on your surface air consumption (SAC) rate, make use of NOTOX enriched air gas switches to extend your bottom time, and prepare for foreseeable hazards, risks, and limits inherent in tec diving.

In the end, you will be able to make gas-switch, extended no-stop dives to 40m/130ft using enriched air mixes as high as EANx60 on the standard tec rig.

How long does it take?
DSAT Tec Apprentice generally takes six days to finish the seven open water training dives and the four knowledge development chapters.

What do I earn?
You will earn your DSAT Tec Apprentice certification, which enables you to make gas-switch etended no-stop dives to 40m/130ft using enriched air up to EANx60 on the standard tec rig.

Where can I go from here?
After gaining the prerequisite experience, you can complete the final five dives of your DSAT Tec Deep Diver certification, which trains you for the risks, planning, and procedures involved in decompression diving.