TDI Technical Courses

[texdiveguy]

Layne.... thanks for that insight on the SSI programs...I know they are new....would love to see and review the SSI tech manuals at some point!

 

[LVX]

Layne.... thanks for that insight on the SSI programs...I know they are new....would love to see and review the SSI tech manuals at some point!

Anytime, I have them all obviously..

 

[texdiveguy]

Anytime, I have them all obviously..

Cool...always open to new ideas...and the review of traditional ones.

 

[Doc Intrepid]

I have not yet seen Steve Lewis's (Doppler's) new TDI Advanced Trimix Manual, however, I have heard it is excellent also. I look forward to seeing it.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

How do TDI instructional materials stack up against NAUI materials?

When I took my NAUI Advanced Trimix/Deco class, the instructor chose to use TDI materials rather than NAUI materials. Having (since then) looked at what NAUI was using, I think that was a good decision.

In any case, the best - most relevent - materials came in the form of handouts that weren't from any agency ... they were articles from various sources on topics discussed in the class.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Were the manuals old or new?

Did it talk about inert gasses being bad because they can urt you?

Oh Jeff ... I wouldn't even go there. One of my biggest complaints about Dan McKay's (otherwise excellent) book "Dress for Success" was that he could've used a good editor.

Most of the course materials I've seen from various agencies ... especially the NAUI materials I use to teach my own classes ... could use some of the same ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[texdiveguy]

I have not yet seen Steve Lewis's (Doppler's) new TDI Advanced Trimix Manual, however, I have heard it is excellent also. I look forward to seeing it.

Doc I would send you mine to look at...but I literly have used it so much that I finally had to tear it down...punch holes in the pages and place in a 3-ring binder---lol Steve did a great job on the rewrite.

 

[mpd525]

I know i don't have much experince in the way of agencies and training for that matter, but i just got done with the Understanding NItrox (TDI) manual, and all in all i thought it was alot better than the OW SDI Manual. Everything made sense, and wasn't all that hard to get thing figured out.

 

[JeffG]

Oh Jeff ... I wouldn't even go there. One of my biggest complaints about Dan McKay's (otherwise excellent) book "Dress for Success" was that he could've used a good editor.

Most of the course materials I've seen from various agencies ... especially the NAUI materials I use to teach my own classes ... could use some of the same ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Well, I guess I'm not even allowed to ask if someone has a new or old manual. I guess that is to DIR for them. LOL Holy weenieism.

 

[texdiveguy]

I know i don't have much experince in the way of agencies and training for that matter, but i just got done with the Understanding NItrox (TDI) manual, and all in all i thought it was alot better than the OW SDI Manual. Everything made sense, and wasn't all that hard to get thing figured out.

I have never looked at the TDI Nitrox book since I took my class through PADI.....I heard like your review it was good stuff.