Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx) Instructor (2 days)

In recent years Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx) has become more and more a part of the mainstream recreational dive industry and in fact it can be hard to find a professional operator, whether liveaboard or land based who doesn't offer EANx (nitrox) !!!

This two day course reviews: the use of Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx) mixtures between 22% and 40% Oxygen, the advantages and disadvantages of diving EANx (nitrox), equipment considerations for EANx (nitrox) managing Oxygen exposure, using the Enriched Air formulas, the correct procedures for analysing and EANx (nitrox) mixtures, and the standards and goals of The PADI Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx) Diver Course.

A prerequisite for this Instructor rating is certification as an EANx (nitrox) diver with a recognised training agency. Those of you not yet certified - don't worry - the PADI EANx (nitrox) diver course easily can be integrated with the EANx (nitrox) Specialty Instructor course into a two day program.

Included in the price are the EANx (nitrox) tanks necessary to complete your 10 dives necessary for Instructor certification.

 Gas Blending (1 day)

As more divers understand the benefits of using nitrox, the need for a ready supply of the gas mix is increasing - last year for example:
More people chose to become a PADI Enriched Air Diver than become a nitrox diver with any other training organization.
Also more divers became certified as PADI Enriched Air Divers than became certified in any other PADI specialty !!!

To provide Nitrox diver training is just not enough - if this is all a Dive Centre or their instructors can offer then their customers will go to their competitors to get their tanks filled with nitrox .……. that's when they might just see the new nitrox computer that they can't live without, or sign up for that PADI Wreck Specialty they've thinking about, that live aboard trip, etc....

As a Gas Blender for some years Chris has always found the extra knowledge you learn from a Gas Blending course extremely beneficial when teaching EANx courses and being able to answer your students more indepth questions.

This Gas Blending Certification Course covers:

Oxygen: Liquid Oxygen, Gaseous Oxygen, the 40% Rule, the hazards of oxygen, Design for Oxygen Use: Oxygen Cleaning and Oxygen Compatibility.

Oxygen Cleaning: Dismantling Equipment, Inspection and Gross Cleaning, Pre Cleaning and Rinsing, Cleaning, Rinsing and Drying, Inspection and Testing for Clean Reassembling, Packaging and Labeling.

Oxygen Compatible Air: CGA "E" Standards

Gas Blending Methods: Mixing By Weight, Partial Pressure Blending, Continuous Flow mixing, Oxygen Generation.

Gas Mixing Formulas: Partial Pressure Fill, Starting With an Empty Tank Continuous Blend, Starting With a Partially Full Tank Partial Pressure Fill, Starting With a Partially Full Tank, Partially Full Tank, Add Bank Mix, & Top With Air.

REMEMBER: - it's all very well being able to teach a EANX course - but if you always have to rely on someone else or another dive center to mix your gas for you - it's a little bit … well … imagine being an instructor or divemaster and having to always reply on someone else to fill your students / divers tanks because you don't know how ???