CAPTAIN SINBAD
Contributor
Hello,
Just wanted to know if there has been a change / update in UTD Technical courses breakdown. It used to be:
TECH-1 certifies you to dive to 130 with 100% as the deco gas
TECH-2 certifies you to dive to 160 with 100% as deco gas and and 21/35 and 18/45 as back gasses
Recently it is stated on the UTD website that Tech-1 is not the above but (quote from the UTD website)
The Technical 1 course is the first “full” class in the UTD Technical Diving Program and it is designed to prepare divers for the rigors of Technical diving (decompression) and to familiarize them with the use of different breathing gases (25/25, 21/35 or 18/45), use of a single decompression bottle with the option of two different decompression gas mixtures (either Nitrox 50 or 100% O2) and various approaches to conducting two technical dives in a day.
It appears that what was TECH 1 and TECH 2 is now the same class? Does this mean that this new class is longer in duration and pricier? Can anyone please shed light into this?
Thanks so much guys.
Sinbad
Just wanted to know if there has been a change / update in UTD Technical courses breakdown. It used to be:
TECH-1 certifies you to dive to 130 with 100% as the deco gas
TECH-2 certifies you to dive to 160 with 100% as deco gas and and 21/35 and 18/45 as back gasses
Recently it is stated on the UTD website that Tech-1 is not the above but (quote from the UTD website)
The Technical 1 course is the first “full” class in the UTD Technical Diving Program and it is designed to prepare divers for the rigors of Technical diving (decompression) and to familiarize them with the use of different breathing gases (25/25, 21/35 or 18/45), use of a single decompression bottle with the option of two different decompression gas mixtures (either Nitrox 50 or 100% O2) and various approaches to conducting two technical dives in a day.
It appears that what was TECH 1 and TECH 2 is now the same class? Does this mean that this new class is longer in duration and pricier? Can anyone please shed light into this?
Thanks so much guys.
Sinbad