TDI Introductory Cave Instructor Course
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Course Overview
This course is an introduction to the basic principles of cave diving utilizing a single primary guide line. Introductory cave diving is the second level in the development of safe techniques for cave diving, directly building upon the cavern diver course. This introduction to cave diving is not intended to train instructors forall facets of cave diving. The objective of this course is the perfection of skills taught in the cavern diving program, in the adition to the adoption of additional techniques and procedures required for elementary cave dives.
Pre-requistes
Minumum age of 21.
Open water Scuba instructor certified.
Cavern instructor certified.
Proof of 150 logged full cave dives.
Proof of certifying 3 TDI Cavern courses and assisting 1 full TDI Intro to Cave course.
Provide recomendation of a TDI Cave Instructor.
Details of the course
The Introductory Cave instructor course covers:
- Policy for cave diving
- Gas matching procedures and management to include dissimilar volume
- Psychological considerations
- Equipment consideration
- Communication
- Swimming techniques
- Physiology
- Cave environment
- Cave conservation
- Problem solving
- Accident analysis
- Review of dive tables and decompression theory
- Cavern diving etiquette
Course duration and number of dives
The Introductory Cave Instructor course is a 3 day course and 4 dives are required.
Course Price
TIC1
Additional costs
Technical Rental equipment if needed.
set p/day
TDI Cave Instructor Manual
TDI Standards & Procedures Instructor Manual
TDI Evaluation forms
Equipment requirement
The Introductory Cave Instructor course has some specific equipment requirement more than your standard recreational dive gear. The introductory cave instructor program requires 3 lights, spools and main line, wet notes, cutting devices and line arrow.
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