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Technical Diving Programs
Continuing Education with MidCoast Scuba Center - Omaha, Nebraska
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Now that you are an Open Water Certified Diver and you are looking for a little more adventure, technical diving may be just the thing for you. For the answers to some frequently asked questions about technical diving please click here.
MidCoast Scuba Center is proud to offer the diver wishing to go beyond the traditional recreational dive courses, programs sanctioned by Scuba Schools International and Technical Diving International. MidCoast Scuba Center is a Technical Diving International training facility, specializing in EANx and rebreather diver capabilities and training. We offer a large number of classes both on the diver and instructor levels These courses are taught by Terry Hurley, TDI #604 IT, a Technical Diving International Instructor Trainer.
For a description of current course offerings please click on the agency program below.
SSI TECH XR PROGRAM TECHNICAL DIVING INTERNATIONAL COURSES
All non commercial diving is categorized as recreational and within recreational diving there are sport and technical diving endeavors. Sport diving includes open water certification, advanced scuba diver, and many other specialty course. Technical diving picks up where sport diving ends generally, at nitrox training (a breathing gas with oxygen levels greater than 21 percent).
What should be my first step into technical diving?
Nitrox training is most diver's first step into technical diving but it has also become very popular among sport divers so TDI Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures would be a great start. Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures is the foundation of technical diving. All other course will build on the knowledge and skills learned during these two courses.
Do I have to go deep for technical diving?
No, although technical diving is commonly thought of as deep, there are a lot of courses that stay within the sport diving limits (40 m / 130 feet) such as Advanced Nitrox, Semi Closed Circuit Rebreather (SCR) and Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) and Advanced Wreck to name a few. Also technical diving may not be deep for a relatively short time, but also relatively shallow for longer bottom times, requiring technical diving related skills and equipment (twin cylinders, possible decompression or contingency decompression skills and knowledge).
Will technical diving allow me to go deeper?
Yes, TDI has course curriculums that take you as deep as 100 m / 330 feet and do so in a manner that each course builds on the last and each course takes you a little deeper. By receiving training in this manner not only do your skills and knowledge increase but so does your comfort level.
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Extreme Adventure SSI TechXR is a technical diving program designed to take the recreational diver to an extreme level for their diving adventures. SSI's TechXR programs were created for the hard-core diver-- someone who believes in pushing the limits and lives for the ultimate diving experience. SSI TechXR provides the training and experience necessary to complete every new adventure with confidence and skill. Extreme Challenge Whatever your current diving ability, extended range diving will challenge you with environments, depths, bottom times, procedures, and equipment not commonly encountered by recreational divers. You will be experiencing advanced levels that require extensive knowledge, enhanced diving skills, and considerable experience. Extreme Excitement SSI’s TechXR is a well founded Technical Diving program created to take the recreational diver to an extreme level for their diving adventures. Whether you are looking for the excitement of deep reef diving or the thrill of exploring wrecks located well past 130 feet, TechXR provides the training and experience necessary to complete every new adventure with confidence and managed risk.
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Extreme Training Everything you will learn through TechXR has been designed and tested under the most demanding conditions. All of the complex information has been broken down and make simple to understand. High-quality professionals with years of experience will teach you the skills necessary to become a technical diver. You will develop confidence and comfort with these new skills through repetition and supervised experiences. Training can be designed to match your personal goals and objectives. To support your journey, SSI has developed these specific learning tool: a manual, interactive CD-ROM, Technical DiveLog and Technical Dive Slates. In addition, your instructor may also require you to have a personal copy of an advanced dive planning software program. The courses available for you to take are: Advanced Nitrox, Technical Foundations, Decompression Procedures, Normoxic Trimix, and Advanced Decompression Procedures. You can take each of these courses individually or all at once. |
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Extreme
Flexibility The
SSI TechXR program is designed to meet your needs. The instructor can
formulate training around your individual goals and objectives. If you are
just seeking for training how to perform safe decompression dives or if you
want to walk the entire path through to become a TECH DIVER, SSI TechXR is
the right program to satisfy your needs! |
The Most Innovative Technical Program Available
Course Descriptions
Advanced Nitrox / Technical Foundations
- Increase your understanding of diving physics, physiology, and decompression theory
- Select and configure the technical diving equipment system that is best fore you
- Get an introduction to advanced dive planning and gas management procedures
- Select an optimized gas blend and minimize decompression obligation
- Be introduced to the use of decompression gases
- Learn new propulsion techniques
- Learn advanced buoyancy and trim
- Discover new emergency procedures
- Make ascents that include simulated decompression stops ant multiple levels
- Use a reel to deploy a surface marking buoy (SMB)
- Practice procedures for handling stage cylinders
- Learn how to make gas switches
Decompression
Procedures (Prerequisite:
Technical Foundations)
- Plan and execute dives that utilize stage decompression stops
- Gain hands-on experience with decompression planning software
- Prepare primary, abort and bailout dive plans
- Evaluate conditions, anticipate potential problems and apply the appropriate diving techniques to achieve dive objectives
- Function as a member of a deep dive team
- Learn new procedures for advanced diver-to-diver and diver-to-surface communications
- Get tips on special considerations for selection a dive boat charter to support decompression diving activities
Normoxic Trimix (Prerequisite: Decompression Procedures)
- Understand the advantages of adding helium to the breathing gas blend
- Know the difference between Normoxic and Hypoxic mixes
- Learn how the addition of helium impacts the dive planning process
- Gain valuable dive experience by executing training dives as deep as 180 feet
Advanced Decompression Procedures (Prerequisite: Normoxic Trimix or Decompression Procedures)
- Examine strategies for accelerated decompression
- Know the options for multiple Nitrox blends and the use of 100% Oxygen
- Understand the purpose of advanced PO2 management procedures to control CNS Oxygen toxicity exposure
- Learn new techniques crucial to advanced decompression dive planning and execution
Technical Diving International Courses
MidCoast Scuba Center is proud to offer the diver wishing to go beyond the
traditional recreational dive courses, programs sanctioned by Technical Diving
International. These courses are taught by Terry Hurley, TDI #604 IT, a Technical Diving International Instructor Trainer.
MidCoast Scuba Center is a Technical Diving International training facility, specializing in EANx and rebreather diver capabilities and training. We offer a large number of classes on both the diver and instructor levels.
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For a description of current course offerings please click on the course title below.
| Intro to Technical Diving | Intro to Technical Diving Instructor | |
| Technical Enriched Air Nitrox Diver | Technical Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor | |
| Enriched Air Nitrox Diver | Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor Instructor | |
| Decompression Procedures Diver | Decompression Procedures Instructor | |
| Advanced Nitrox Diver | Advanced Nitrox Instructor | |
| Extended Range Diver | Extended Range Instructor | |
| Enriched Air Nitrox Gas Blender | Enriched Air Nitrox Gas Blender | |
| Advanced Technical Gas Blender | Advanced Technical Gas Blender | |
| Visual Inspection Procedures Technician | Visual Inspection Technician Instructor | |
| Atlantis I Rebreather Diver | Atlantis I Rebreather Instructor |
The TDI 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. You will be shown
how to improve your dive planning methods, in-water skills and streamline your
existing gear configuration in a non-threatening and fun learning environment.
The specific skill this course will highlight are:
- Advanced Buoyancy Control
- Gas Management
- Trim
- Gear Configuration and Selection
- Much More!
TDI's Intro to Tech course is a useful stand-alone course for the diver who wants to become a more skilled, and more proficient whether or not you intend to move on in technical diving. This course may also be used as an introduction to the TDI Advanced Nitrox course and the TDI Decompression Procedures course. 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.
This is the entry level certification course for recreational
divers wishing to utilize Enriched Air Nitrox
(EAN) as a breathing gas. The
objective of this course is to train divers in the benefits, hazards and proper
procedures for using Nitrox mixes from 22% to 40% oxygen content.
Successful completion of
the TDI Advanced Nitrox course qualifies the
diver candidate to use EAN21 through 100%
oxygen for
optimal breathing gas mixes to a depth of
130fsw
during dives that do not require staged decompression. Often taught in
conjunction with the TDI Decompression Procedures course, the combination
can be considered the foundation of your technical diving career. Advanced
Nitrox is also a great course for those wanting to extend their bottom times
in shallower depths such as scientific diving and a must for SCR or CCR
divers. The object of this course is to train divers in the benefits,
hazards and proper procedures for utilizing EAN21 through EAN100.
This course includes the following topics:
- Equipment requirements
- Dive planning
- Oxygen tracking
- Blending methods
You will use the TDI Advanced Nitrox Diving manual for your course, which explains in an easy to understand and practical manner the complex information that Advanced Nitrox divers need to know.
Decompression Procedures may be combined with this course at the discretion of the Instructor
Decompression Procedures Diver
As sport divers planned decompression is not something that we practice or
have been taught to do. The TDI Decompression Procedures course prepares you
for planned staged decompression diving. With a maximum operating depth of
45m/150 feet, this course is your first step beyond the normal s
port
diving limits.
This course examines the theory, methods and procedures of planned stage
decompression diving. The objective of this course is to train divers how to
plan and conduct a standard staged decompression dive not exceeding a
maximum depth of 150fsw/45msw unless taught in conjunction with advanced
nitrox, Extended Range or Advanced Wreck Courses.
Your TDI Instructor will provide you with valuable information and skills. The most common equipment requirements, gear set-ups, decompression techniques and decompression mixtures (including oxygen and nitrox) are presented. Among the topics covered are:
- Technical equipment kit setup
- Equipment requirements for Decompression Diving
- Decompression techniques
- Decompression breathing gasses
- Breathing gas management
- Contingency planning
The TDI Decompressions Procedures course combined with the TDI Advanced Nitrox course form the foundation of all other technical courses. After these two courses and some additional experience, the stage has been set for you to move onto additional technical levels. Some of the materials you will be using include the TDI Divers Guide to Decompression Procedures, US Navy or Bühlmann Air Decompression Tables (made of vinyl for easy in-water use and storage)
Certain dive sites provide spectacular dives at
depths deeper than 130 feet but you may not have access
(or very limited
access) to helium. The TDI Extended Range course teaches you the proper
techniques for utilizing compressed air as a breathing gas and with a
maximum depth of 180 feet you won't have to miss those dives. The
Extended Range course covers topics and skills such as:
- Equipment requirement and configuration for Extended Range Diving
- Decompression options
- Use of surface marker buoys
- Buddy Rescue
- Narcosis checks and management
Required
teaching materials for this course include the TDI Extended Range
Diving Manual and the US Navy or Bühlmann Air Decompression Tables
(made of vinyl for easy in-water use and storage).
This course provides the training and experience required to competently utilize air for dives up to 180 fsw/55msw that require staged decompression, utilizing nitrox mixtures and oxygen during decompression.
SCR
Rebreather Diver
This is the entry-level certification course for recreational divers wishing
to utilize a nitrox semi closed circuit
rebreather (benefits, hazards and proper procedures are comprehensively
taught).
Technical Service Technician
This course enables the successful candidate to engage in the preparation of
scuba equipment for technical
diving gasses.
Nitrox
Gas Blender
The objective of this course is to train candidates in the proper technique
equipment requirements and hazards involved
in blending nitrox gases for recreational scuba.
Advanced Gas Blender
The objective of this course is to train candidates in the proper
procedures needed for the preparation and
blending of high quality gasses.
Overhead
Environment/Cavern
This course is designed to develop the minimum skills and knowledge for
cavern and overhead environment diving within the limits of light
penetration; in addition outlines specific hazards associated with cave
diving. The cavern course is not intended to provide instruction for cave
diving environments.
Technical DiveMaster
This course is the third stage of training in the series of TDI’s program.
Advanced dive planning
Visual Inspection Procedures Technician
