Question Raid to Padi cert switch
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No,I was referrinf to the PADI tec TRIMIX diver which certifies to 90 mtrs and has tec 50 or trimix 65 as a pre requisite.
I am trimix certified on the raid side .Just wanted some information on how to advance .
Thank you so much for the guidance.Is it possible to move to the padi trimix 65 rather than the deco 60 .Or the cert. switch is not possible at this stage.Thanks for the help once again.
PADI has a chart for this. It looks at existing ratings for other organizations and tells at what level they can transfer over to PADI. RAID might not be on it because they are relatively new. When I had several UTD divers cross over, I had to ask PADI to give me a ruling because they were not on the chart. They examined the UTD program and then told me where they could cross.
With PADI, a problem with crossing over is that each level assumes you have the training from the level before. Most of the deco theory is covered in the Tec 40-50 program, so you will likely have to demonstrate knowledge of that material even if you can cross over at a level above that.
You are perfectly correct to sign up for the Tech 90 program--don't listen to people who don't teach it. Tec 90 is the full trimix class; Tec 65 is a certification that was created for people who do not want to finish the program and want to stop at the normoxic level for some reason. If you do the Tec 90 class, you will to the full Tec 65 (normoxic) class and then go on to do the hypoxic part of the course. The only time I ever issued Tec 65 certifications was to students who were in the Tec 90 program and needed the certification card to do some normoxic diving on their own before they finished the class with me.
With PADI, a problem with crossing over is that each level assumes you have the training from the level before. Most of the deco theory is covered in the Tec 40-50 program, so you will likely have to demonstrate knowledge of that material even if you can cross over at a level above that.
You are perfectly correct to sign up for the Tech 90 program--don't listen to people who don't teach it. Tec 90 is the full trimix class; Tec 65 is a certification that was created for people who do not want to finish the program and want to stop at the normoxic level for some reason. If you do the Tec 90 class, you will to the full Tec 65 (normoxic) class and then go on to do the hypoxic part of the course. The only time I ever issued Tec 65 certifications was to students who were in the Tec 90 program and needed the certification card to do some normoxic diving on their own before they finished the class with me.
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