PADI Tec 50 Instructor

To enroll on the PADI Tec 50 Instructor Course you must meet these qualifications:

• Must be a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (or Higher Rating)
• Must be a PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver Speciality Instructor.
• Must be a PADI Deep Diver speciality Instructor.
• Must have 25 Enriched air dives deeper than 30 meters/100 feet.
• Must be a Tec 50 Diver
• Must have done 10 decompression dives wearing full technical equipment.

Prior to sending in your Tec 50 instructor application, you must have:

• Certified 25 divers: no more than five from courses without dives, no more than five from PADI Seal Team or Master Seal Team registrations
• 250 logged dives with 25 decompression dives deeper than 40 metres/130 feet

Meet one of the following:

• Completed a PADI Tec 50 Instructor course and have assisted with two PADI Tec 50 Diver courses, or one Tec 45 Diver and one Tec 50 Diver course.
• Have a qualifying tec instructor rating with another organisation and:

1. Be a PADI Tec 40 Instructor or have assisted with one Tec 40 Diver course or taught two qualifying courses.
2. Be a PADI Tec 45 Instructor or have assisted with one Tec 45 Diver course or taught two qualifying courses
3. Have assisted with one Tec 50 Diver course or taught two qualifying courses
4. Successfully completed the Tec 50 Instructor Exam within 12 months of application

Medical Requirements

Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.

Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.

If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).

Your Medical Statement must be signed by a physician within the last 12 months or full HSE Medical. Under the Diving at Work Regulations 1997, all divers at work must have a valid certificate of HSE fitness to dive issued by an Approved Medical Examiner of Divers (AMED), please Contact Us for more information.

Tec 50 Trimix Instructor Option

To become a Tec 50 Trimix Instructor, you must meet these qualifications:

1. Complete all Tec 50 Instructor prerequisites and requirements
2. Tec 50 Trimix Diver (or higher level trimix) certification
3. Minimum of 10 trimix dives
4. Successfully complete the Tec Diver Trimix Instructor Course and Exam

Teaching status: PADI Tec 50 Trimix Instructors are authorised to conduct Discover Tec programs and teach PADI Tec Basics, Tec 40, Tec 40 Trimix, Tec 45, Tec 45 Trimix, Tec 50 and Tec 50 Trimix Diver courses.

Dive Centre

Diving Academy – Dive Centre, Sunfield Business Park, New Mill Road, Wokingham, RG40 4QT

Pool Training Sites

Wokingham – The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, RG41 5NE

Yateley – Yateley School, School Lane, GU46 6NW

Hagbourne – Hagbourne School Pool, Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LR

Swindon – Halo Highworth Recreation Centre, The Elms, Highworth, Swindon SN6 7DD

Open Water Training Sites:

London – Wraysbury Diving Lake, Station Road, Wraysbury, Berkshire, TW19 5ND

Radstock – Vobster Quay, Upper Vobster, Radstock, BA3 5SD

Leicester – Stoney Cove, Sapcote Road, Stoney Stanton, Leicester, LE9 4DW