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Become a Technical Extended Range Instructor with SSI

The SSI Technical Extended Range Trimix Instructor course is the next professional course to take after becoming an SSI Extended Range Trimix Instructor. You will learn all you need to conduct the Technical Extended Range Trimix course and train divers to conduct two gas switch decompression dives up to a maximum depth of 60 meters.

The course is intended for the use of trimix as the breathing gas, to reduce inert gas narcosis and increase diver safety. A Technical Extended Range ‘air’ Instructor certification option is also available for areas where helium is inaccessible.

Grow your career as a professional diver. Earn the SSI Technical Extended Range Trimix Instructor or SSI Technical Extended Range Instructor certification.

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Candidate Prerequisites:

• Own and use a Total Diving System in the appropriate equipment configuration as outlined in the SSI General Training Standards.
• Have logged at least: 
  
  • 200 total dives.
  • 50 decompression dives deeper than 45 meters.
• Have the following SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized training agency: 
  
  • Technical Extended Range
  • Technical Extended Range Trimix
• Have the following active status SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized training agency: 
  
  • Deep Diving Instructor
  • Diver Stress & Rescue Instructor
  • Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor
  • Extended Range Instructor
• Have issued at least: 
  
  • 10 Extended Range certifications.
    OR 
  • 5 Extended Range Nitrox certifications.
  • 5 Extended Range certifications.

Note - If candidate has not issued the required certifications, they may complete the Instructor Training Course by requesting a waiver and meeting additional completion requirements. See “Requirements for Completion” for details.

What's Included:

• SSI Digital Course Materials
• Academic Sessions
• Gear Configuration Training
• Confined Water Training
• 1 Open Water Training Dives

Schedule Options:

• 5 Day Course
  
  • Daily 8:00am-12:00pm; 1:00pm-5:00pm
• 7 Day Course
  • Includes 2 rest days
  • Daily 8:00am-12:00pm; 1:00pm-5:00pm

Requirements For Completion

Attend a three-day seminar and successfully complete:

• A review of all SSI General Training Standards, and the standards related to the XR programs the candidate is earning a certification for.
• A review of the program-specific student and instructor materials.
• The applicable final exams.
• An academic presentation on a topic applicable to the program and training level.
• A dive planning session for orientation to the XR Dive Planning Sheets.
• An equipment configuration session for the appropriate Total Diving System.
• The XR Candidate Water Fitness Evaluation as outlined in the SSI General Training Standards if it has been more than six months since the candidate has been evaluated.
• A pool/confined water session that includes the presentation and evaluation of all required program skills. All skills must be done with demonstration quality.
• An in-water teaching presentation on a topic applicable to the program and training level.
• While acting as an instructor, plan and conduct at least one (1) full decompression dive from the program.
• Demonstrate the ability to rescue an unconscious diver by bringing the diver to the surface from a depth between 5 and 10 meters.

Notes

• The minimum required Total Diving System and stage cylinders must be worn during all in-water training.
• During the planned dive, the candidate will supervise an assistant or another candidate acting as the student.
• The dive must be to a depth of at least 50 meters, with at least 25 minutes of planned staged decompression time, and at least two (2) gas switches.