Global Dive » Technical Diving http://www.globaldive.net Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:23:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 TDI Intro to Tech http://www.globaldive.net/tdi-intro-to-tech/ http://www.globaldive.net/tdi-intro-to-tech/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:12:51 +0000 Tara http://www.globaldive.net/?p=2081

Tara tech'ed up at Middle Arch / Photograph by Andrew Simpson

The TDI (Technical Diving International) Intro to Tech course is the perfect course for divers who have heard about technical diving and want to find out more about this exciting branch of advanced recreational diving.

This course walks students through the special techniques, planning procedures and skills that set technical diving apart from traditional sport diving.

It will show them how to improve their dive planning methods, in-water skills and streamline their existing gear configuration, in a non-threatening and fun learning environment.

The specific skills this course will highlight are:

  • Advanced Buoyancy Control
  • Gas Management
  • Situational Awareness
  • Trim
  • Gear Configuration and Selection
  • Many More!

TDI’s Intro to Tech course is a useful stand-alone course for the diver who wants to become a more skilled, more proficient diver regardless of if he intends to move on to technical diving.

The course may also be used as an introduction to the TDI Advanced Nitrox course and the TDI Decompression Procedures course.

And finally, it is also a good refresher for certified technical divers who may want to refresh their skills or have them re-evaluated by a TDI technical instructor.

Andrew has written a Dive Blog entry on the Intro to Tech course and we are pleased to have some dates already scheduled!

I can honestly say the Intro to Tech course is a fantastic idea for anyone interested in extending their dive training.We cover details such as equipment configuration for twins, how twins work, in water buoyancy skills plus more advanced dive planning considerations such as gas management as well as using tables and computers to efficiently plan a dive.

The course is an ideal way to determine whether you wish to extend your diving beyond Sport diving, or simply to improve your skills.

The course is run over two evenings and one weekend. Self study is completed before the first class session, followed by a pool session where we practice the in water skills. The final Open Water dives are then completed on the weekend.

>> Read more from Andrew on his “Intro to Tech” Dive Blog Post

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TDI Intro to Tech Course Timetable

:  Please check our Training and Events Schedule for the latest course times and costs.

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]]> http://www.globaldive.net/tdi-intro-to-tech/feed/ 0 Trip Report : Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures http://www.globaldive.net/trip-report-advanced-nitrox-and-decompression-procedures/ http://www.globaldive.net/trip-report-advanced-nitrox-and-decompression-procedures/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:39:10 +0000 Tara http://www.globaldive.net/?p=1553 Training Course with Pete Mesley by  Richard Robinson

When I signed up to do these two TDI (Technical diving International) courses conjointly, I was expecting to spend days learning about 100 % oxygen, incorporating lots of redundancy into Dive Plans,

Richie and Pete / Photograph by Rachel Agnew

Richie and Pete / Photograph by Rachel Agnew

repeating alot of Dive Physiology in the classroom and doing six dives showing that you can maintain good buoyancy and on each dive deploying a marker buoy (which I had secretly hated doing).

I had heard mixed reports from people who’s advice I respected, telling me that the course was very hard to very simple and not worth doing.

Simply put this was the best course I have done and some of the most rewarding dives I have had without a camera.

Pete’s style of teaching takes you past the scope of the course. It’s not a case of learning something that you can repeat in an exam, but he helped to give a true understanding of the material which led to answering questions that had been in the back of my mind for along time that I did not know how
to ask.

As a photographer I pride myself on good buoyancy, but in the water Pete pushed my skills past a level I thought I could reach, The dives were by know means easy but man were they rewarding, leaving me a much more confident and conscientious diver.

This course may not be suited for everyone, but I would certainly recommend it to everyone who is ready to take the step into Technical Diving or looking for a challenge that will improve their diving skills 100%.

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