The Tec Trimix Instructor Cert qualifies you to teach all PADI tec courses.

You are required to be a PADI Tec Deep instructor and have the PADI Tec Trimix diver level certifications.  To see more about the Tec Deep Instructor course and diver level course click here.

The Tec Trimix Diver Level Course involves 8 training dives, slowly woking up to a maximum depth of 75m/245 feet.

To Be a Trimix Instructor

  • Be a renewed PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer or higher level PADI Instructor.
  • Be a DSAT Tec Deep Instructor, or have successfully completed the DSAT Tec Deep
  • Instructor Training Course including the instructor examinations.
  • Be certified as a DSAT Tec Trimix Diver or have a qualifying full trimix certification from another organization.
  • Have a minimum of 200 logged dives, with at least 20 technical decompression dives
  • requiring at least one stage/deco cylinder. Of these, at least 10 must have been made deeper than 40 metres/130 feet using trimix.
  • Have assisted with at least one Tec Trimix Diver course. If you have a qualifying certification as a trimix instructor with another organization, having taught or assisted with one of those courses meets this requirement.
  • Have a minimum of 350 logged dives, with at least 50 decompression dives deeper than 40  metres/130 feet beyond those required for certification as a technical diver. At least 30 must be deeper than 40 metres/130 feet using trimix as the bottom gas, with at least 10 of these deeper than 50 metres/165 feet using trimix with less than 21 percent oxygen.
  • Have successfully completed the Tec Trimix Instructor Standards Exam and Tec Trimix Instructor Theory and Practical Application Exam.
  • Be 21 years old.

 

 

The TRIMIX Instructor Training Course

  • Stage one is to Redo the TRIMIX manual Knowledge reviews. During this time we will perform ROLE MODEL knowledge development session to prepare you to teach the academic side of the course. This will involve a course content review and standards review.
  • We will also recover the Tec TRIMIX Exams
  • We will redo the Practical application session 1,2 and 5
  • We will repeat the assessment dive and training dives 1, 3, 5, 7

You will be assigned to conduct as if you are the instructor:

  • 2 microteaching classroom presentations,
  • 1 Practical Application session
  • 2 Open water teaching presentations with skills from the tec courses.
  • 1 Full simulated training dive with emergency scenarios