PADI Tec Sidemount Instructor Course
€650.00 inc. VAT
Teach others how to explore the mysteries of the deep using the increasingly popular sidemount configuration.
If you’re serious about becoming a technical instructor and joining the ranks of PADI TecRec technical instructors, the Tec Sidemount Instructor course is an obvious choice. Teach others how to explore the mysteries of the deep using the increasingly popular sidemount configuration.
WHAT IS INVOLVED?
The PADI Tec Sidemount Instructor course incorporates instructional philosophies and course goals that directly address the demanding and challenging nature of technical diving instruction using sidemount. Sidemount has caught on in both recreational and open-circuit Tec diving as a popular alternative equipment configuration.
WHAT CAN I DO WITH MY CERTIFICATION?
You can qualify divers to use sidemount so they can take any of the TecRec open-circuit Tec courses using the configuration. You can also train divers to use sidemount within the limits of their current open-circuit TecRec certifications.
DURATION
3-4 days
REQUIREMENTS
PADI Enriched Air Instructor
Be a PADI Deep Diver Speciality Instructor
PADI Tec Instructor (or TecRec Instructor with a higher rating).
Be a PADI Tec Sidemount Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization).
Have logged at least 20 technical sidemount dives including 10 with three or more cylinders (two mains and at least one stage/deco cylinder).
PRICE INCLUDES
Hire of stages and weights, gases (as per our gas outline), instructor, and land transport to dive sites
EXCLUDES
Manuals, logbook, other personal Tec equipment (regulators, wing and harness, suit, fins etc)? and dive supplements (Boat, Gozo trip, Historical wreck licences) PADI Application fees. (see below)
Note: The instructor must have a valid diving medical statement signed by a physician.
PADI Membership Fees
LEARNING MATERIAL
PADI Sidemount Instructor manual (Not included in course price)
Tec Diving Supplements
| Diving | Cost |
|---|---|
| Full kit (2 main regs, 2 stage regs, wing and harness) | €35.00/dive |
| Drysuit Bottle with reg | €5.00 |
| Night dive (including torch & batteries) | €20.00 |
| Day trip to Gozo (road & ferry - shore dives) | €30.00 |
| Single Hard Boat Dive (minimum 6 pax) | €70.00 |
| Single Hard Boat Dive, long distance (minimum 6 pax) | €80.00 |
| Boat charter, for less than six divers | CHARTERS |
| Air mixes, Blending Rates and Sorb | Cost |
|---|---|
| Helium (per litre) | €0.08 |
| O2 (per litre) | €0.02 |
| Sofnolime per kg | €10.00 |
| Sofnolime 20kg tub | €165.00 |
| Intersorb per kg | €7.00 |
| Tec Gear (only rented to client taking a course or on guided dives) | |
|---|---|
| Main regulator | €7.00 |
| Stage regulator | €5.00 |
| Wing & Harness | €15.00 |
| Reel & SMB | €5.00 |
| Digital Depth Gauge/Computer | €5.00 |
| Stage Ali 80 (11.2 liter aluminium) | €7.00 |
| Stage 7 liter (Alu) | €6.00 |
| Rebreather tanks 2/3 liters | €5.00 |
| Dry suit tanks with regulator(1 liter) (35 EUR deposit) | €5.00 |
| Budget Pack (2 main regs, 2 stage regs, wing & harness) | €35.00 |
| CCR unit (per day) | €100.00 |
| DPV | €40.00 |
| Diving | Cost |
|---|---|
| Swordfish | €6.00 |
| Southwold Bow | €8.00 |
| Southwold stern | €8.00 |
| Polynesian | €8.00 |
| Schnellboot | €8.00 |
| JU88 South | €12.00 |
| Douglas Skyraider | €12.00 |
| Trusty Star | €12.00 |
| Luciston | €12.00 |
| Maryland Bomber | €12.00 |
| Nasturtium | €15.00 |
| B-24 Liberator | €15.00 |
| Spitfire | €15.00 |
| JU88 | €15.00 |
| HMS Russell | €20.00 |
| ORP Kujawiak (L72) | €40.00 |
| HMS Urge | €40.00 |
| HMS Olympus | €40.00 |
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