ProTec - Professional Technical and Recreational Diving is an international dive training agency based in

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. ProTec was founded in 1997. ProTec offers diving education standards and training procedures for beginners through to advanced and diving professionals. This

standards Standard may refer to: Symbols * Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs * Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification Norms, conventions or requirements * Standard (metrology), an object th ...

and procedures are used by dive instructors to conduct training courses for divers. ProTec is accredited with authorities in Spain, Egypt and with th
German DIN-EN-ISO Institute
for the ProTec diver ISO levels and the ProTec instructor ISO ranks.

Training and certification system

Dive training at ProTec consists of theoretical and practical units as with most other diving agencies. There is a division into 2 main areas:

Freediving Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving is a form of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing rather than the use of breathing apparatus such as scuba gear. Besides the limits of breath-h ...

and

Scuba diving Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface air supply. The name "scuba", an acronym for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus", was coined by Chris ...

. The scuba certifications are divided into recreational diving and

technical diving Technical diving (also referred to as tec diving or tech diving) is scuba diving that exceeds the agency-specified limits of recreational diving Recreational diving or sport diving is diving for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment, usually ...

. Where recreational is further subdivided into Introduction and core and specialties. Similar also at the technical certifications. ProTec has – unlike other agencies - for a few main levels two kind of certification system in the program. The internationally known certifications OWD, AOWD, DM (based on RSTC standards) and the European certification system according to CMAS guidelines (1,2,3 - star system). Recreational diving, scuba Introduction and scuba core * Intro Scuba – an Introduction to Scuba Diving according ISO 11121. At ProTec this is only a preliminary step to the beginner certifications. * Basic Scuba Diver -

supervised diver Supervised diver specifies the training and certification for recreational scuba divers in international standard ISO 24801-1 and the equivalent European Standard EN 14153-1. Various diving organizations offer diving training that meets the requir ...

(ISO 24801-1), entry level certification. * Junior OWD - supervised diver (ISO 24801-1), simplified open water diver certification for children aged 10 years and over. * OWD -

autonomous diver Autonomous diver is an international minimum standard for entry level recreational scuba diver certification. It describes the minimum requirements for basic training and certification for recreational scuba divers in international standard ISO 24 ...

(ISO 24801-2),

open water diver Open Water Diver (OWD) is an entry-level autonomous diver certification for recreational scuba diving. Although different agencies use different names, similar entry-level courses are offered by all recreational diving agencies and consist of a co ...

certification * 1* Diver - autonomous diver (ISO 24801-2), according to CMAS 1 STAR program * AOWD -

advanced open water diver Advanced Open Water Diver (AOWD) is a recreational scuba diving certification level provided by several diver training agencies. Agencies offering this level of training under this title include Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI ...

certification * 2** Diver - according to CMAS 2 STAR program * Master Diver * 3** Diver - according to CMAS 3 STAR program * Dive Master - (ISO 24801-3),

Divemaster A divemaster (DM) is a role that includes organising and leading recreational dives, particularly in a professional capacity, and is a qualification used in many parts of the world in recreational scuba diving for a diver who has supervisory respo ...

, dive guide * Dive Supervisor – from professional dive guide to dive director, non-teaching * Assistant Instructor - (ISO 24802-1) * Prime Scuba Instructor - (ISO 24802-2) * Speciality or Technical Instructor according to speciality or technical diving course * Master Scuba Instructor * Assistant Instructor Trainer * Instructor Trainer * IC Inspector Recreational diving, scuba specialties *

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* Advanced Navigation * Search & Recovery * MFA - Medical First Aid (non-diving course) * O2P -

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Provider (non-diving course) * AED -

Automated External Defibrillator An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, and is able to treat them thro ...

(non-diving course) *

Rescue Rescue comprises responsive operations that usually involve the saving of life, or the urgent treatment of injuries after an accident or a dangerous situation. Tools used might include search and rescue dogs, mounted search and rescue ho ...

– MFA and O2P are included among the prerequisites, AED is an option * Equipment Maintenance * Nitrox 1 – diving with standard Nitrox mixtures 28-32-36-till 40% O2 (ISO 11107) * Current /

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* Cavern - moderate ( overhead environment) * Wreck - recreational wreck diving means little to moderate overhead environment *

Ice Ice is water frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius or Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaq ...

- moderate overhead environment) *

Dry suit A dry suit or drysuit provides the wearer with environmental protection by way of thermal insulation and exclusion of water, and is worn by divers, boaters, water sports enthusiasts, and others who work or play in or near cold or contaminated ...

* Deep – maximum depth is 40 m, no decompression dives *

Boat A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size, shape, cargo or passenger capacity, or its ability to carry boats. Small boats are typically found on inl ...

- how to dive from a boat (safe exit and entry procedures) * Scooter – UW DPV * UW

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Video Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) syste ...

* Self Reliant / Solo Technical diving (scuba) * Nitrox 2 – Advanced Nitrox *

Gas Blender Gas blending for scuba diving (or gas mixing) is the filling of diving cylinders with non- air breathing gases such as nitrox, trimix and heliox. Use of these gases is generally intended to improve overall safety of the planned dive, by red ...

1 – (ISO 13293) covers Nitrox * Gas Blender 2 – (ISO 13293) covers Nitrox, Trimix * Intro Trimix – Trimix 1, max. 45m, Normoxic TRX * Normoxic Trimix – Trimix 2, max. 60m, Normoxic TRX * Advanced Trimix – Trimix 3, max. 90m * Advanced Deep – max. 45m on Air/NX * Extended Range - max. 55m on Air/NX * Intro Wreck technical wreck level 1 * TEC Wreck – technical wreck level 2 * Advanced Wreck – technical wreck level 3 * Intro

Cave A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word ''cave'' can refer to smaller openings such as sea ...

– technical cave level 1 * Full Cave – technical cave level 2 * Advanced Cave – technical cave level 3 *

Rebreather A rebreather is a breathing apparatus that absorbs the carbon dioxide of a user's breathing, exhaled breath to permit the rebreathing (recycling) of the substantially unused oxygen content, and unused inert content when present, of each breath. ...

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External links

Official ProTec website
* https://diveassure.com/en-intl/approved-certifying-agencies/

References

Underwater diving training organizations