PADI TEC Gas Blender Course | VIP Diving Bonaire

TEC Gas Blender

Being a gas blender is a key job at a busy PADI Dive Center or Resort. This course teaches you how to blend enriched air nitrox and helium-based gasses using one or more blending methods.

The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is the most popular diver specialty course and the number of technical divers is on the rise, which means that lots of scuba divers want enriched air and gas blends. The Tec Gas Blender course teaches you to blend enriched air nitrox and helium-blend gasses using one or more blending methods.

TecRec Gas Blender and Trimix Gas Blender are two different courses, but TecRec Trimix Gas Blender includes the Nitrox Blender course.

Prices

TecRec Gas Blender course
‍‍‍‍Training with instructor

$219

TecRec TMx Blender course
‍‍‍‍Training with instructor

$259

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$33.50

Price per person

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What You Will Learn

Blend Enriched Air Nitrox and/or helium blends including Trimix within one percent of the target mix

List the advantages & disadvantages of different blending methods

Explain the potential hazards related to handling oxygen and how to manage those hazards

Explain and/or demonstrate the steps for oxygen cleaning equipment & cleaning procedures

Describe the requirements for oxygen service

Requirements

PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Diver certificate*

Minimum age: 18 years

*Or qualifying certification from another training organization

How your course will look like?

Course overview

This course combine knowledge development session with one training dive.

Training with instructor

3 practical sessions

The TEC Gas Blender course includes three practical application sessions, but no dives. During independent study and instructor-led review, you learn about the advantages and disadvantages of different blending methodologies, to blend enriched air and trimix blends to within one percent of the target mix, about the potential hazards related to handling oxygen, and how to manage those risks, demonstrate the steps for oxygen cleaning equipment, along with the requirements for oxygen service.

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