PADI’s TecRec range of courses has become extremely popular since the recent revision of the range, and demand among divers who want a TecRec credentials has been high. Technical diving is still a specialist type of diving that is embraced by a relatively small number of instructors and instructor trainers. The majority of PADI Instructors and Course Directors don’t emphasize teaching tec diving, instead focusing marketing efforts on the wider field of recreational diving.
In most regions, relatively few experienced individuals have instructor trainer level experience in technical diving, but those who do often specialize in technical instructor training rather than recreational instructor training.
We recognize that there are suitable, highly experienced specialists within the PADI family who meet the requirements of DSAT Tec Deep or Tec Trimix Instructor Trainer, but who are not PADI Course Directors. To better meet the demand for PADI TecRec Instructor training, some of these individuals will now be eligible to qualify as TecRec Instructor Trainers.
To accommodate these specialists, PADI Technical Diving Division staff will conduct several orientation courses during 2011 for selected individuals, who, if successful, will become TecRec ITs. Course entrance will be very limited and on an invitation-only basis, with only very experienced instructor trainers from other technical organizations who are also at least PADI IDC Staff Instructors accepted. Those who succeed in the course will only be able to teach instructor-level TecRec courses; they will not be able to conduct PADI recreational instructor courses such as the IDC.
All the existing procedures for PADI Course Directors seeking to become a Tec Deep Instructor and Tec Trimix Instructor Trainers remain unchanged.
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