New to tech

[kierentec]

I agree with almost all of the responses here, although I strongly recommend picking a tech instructor that you would like to work with early on, and build a relationship with them. if possible, take your prerequisite courses with them if they are willing to teach it, or at least have them recommend an instructor that they would like you to work with. a tech diver will teach your nitrox, deep, and rescue courses significantly different than most instructors, especially of they know what your end goals are.


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[LakerPride]

I am going to work with an instructor nearby for a little while who was a commercial diver and is now a PADI instructor. I have scheduled several dives starting in the end of April through till we leave for Alaska for a month in June. I would like to get my AOW, and rescue diver done and add in the specialty dives. Then I am going to dive a lot when we get back and throughout the summer working on my skills. Then I think in December when we are in Florida I may track down an GUI/TDI instructor and do a fundamentals class.

 

[kierentec]

good, just be a bit wary of the commercial diver. while many ex commercial divers are excellent recreational divers and instructors, and may know a lot about decompression theory, commercial diving is very different than technical sport diving. just because he has commercial experience does not make him qualified to mentor you in tech. it's amazing how many times I've heard divers say "yeah, my buddy's a commercial diver, he took me down 200+ft".
not saying this guy is necessarily like that, but I've met many who are.

PS. Fundies is the best way to start this journey. the only thing I would have changed about my path to tech would be starting with fundies.

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