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To conduct the Tec Trimix Diver course, you must be a renewed, teaching status PADI Instructor who is certified as a PADI Tec Trimix Instructor. Qualifying as a PADI Tec Trimix Instructor is similar to, but not identical to, qualifying as a PADI Tec Deep Instructor. You may qualify by successfully completing a PADI Tec Trimix Instructor Training course conducted by a Tec Trimix Instructor Trainer.
Candidate perequisites
To enroll in a PADI Tec Trimix Instructor Training course, you must meet the following criteria:
1. Be a renewed PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer or higher level PADI Instructor.
2. Be a PADITec Deep Instructor, or have successfully completed the PADI Tec Deep Instructor Training Course including the instructor examinations. 3. Be certified as a PADI Tec Trimix Diver or have a qualifying full trimix certification from another organization.
4. 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.
Candidate Post requisites
Upon successfully completing the PADI Tec Trimix Instructor Training course, before sending your application to PADI, you must meet the following criteria:
1. Be a renewed PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer or higher level PADI Instructor who is a PADI Tec Deep Instructor.
2. Be certified as a PADI Tec Trimix Diver or have a qualifying full trimix certification from another organization.
3. Have assisted with at least one Tec Trimix Diver course. If you have a qualifying certification as a trimix instructor with an other organization, having taught or assisted with one of those courses meets this requirement. 4. 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.
5. Have successfully completed the Tec Trimix Instructor Standards Exam and Tec Trimix Instructor Theory and Practical Application Exam.
6. Be 21 years old.
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Your application must include documentation or other proof of meeting these requirements by including photocopies of certifications, qualifications, etc. Log entry copies or print outs must specify dates, depths, location, times and gases used. Verification and signatures provided by witnesses (divers and instructors of courses assisted) must provide the same information.
