PADI Gas Blender course has two levels. You can take both levels at once, or you can take them separately, depending on your need and time.
LEVEL 1: NITROX GAS BLENDER
You need to take this course if you want to blend Enriched Air Nitrox mixtures in a safe and precise manner. You can earn more by providing the mixtures for the most popular specialty of PADI, Enriched Air Diver. Don't turn your Nitrox students down, also provide their mixes and excel in business.
This course will teach you safe methods for obtaining Nitrox mixtures with maximum 1% deviation, advantages and disadvantages of different blending techniques, "oxygen clean" standards and how to avoid potential risks with blending.
WHY?
If you are into technical stuff and want to provide Nitrox mixtures to your customers, this course is the right fit for you. You will learn in the classroom and also in the lab how to blend precise mixtures safely.
COURSE PREREQUISITES
- 18 years old
- PADI Enriched Air Diver or qualifying certification from another organization
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
All equipment will be provided during the course.
COURSE CONTENT
KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT:
- Oxygen Specific Issues
- Oxygen Cleaning
- Oxygen Grade Air
- Gas Blending Methods
Lab Workshop:
- Using gas blending calculator (DSAT Gas Mixer)
- Obtaining two different blends using partial pressure method
PRICE
Course Price = 150 €*
*This price includes the certification fee and all training materials.
LEVEL 2: TRIMIX GAS BLENDER
Be one step ahead of your colleagues and provide Trimix cylinders for your customers. When they see how safe and reliable your mixtures are, they will want to dive with you more.
In this course, you will learn many things about helium as a diving gas, different blending methods and you will blend trimix, heliair, and helitrox.
WHY?
If blending nitrox is not enough, and you want to also blend trimix, you need to take this level. The course and the certification you will receive at the end will allow you to blend your own trimix mixes or you can work as an authorized blender in a dive center or cylinder filling station.
COURSE PREREQUISITES
- 18 years old
- PADI Enriched Air Diver or qualifying certification from another organization
- Completing Nitrox Gas Blender (Level 1) course
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
All equipment will be provided during the course.
COURSE CONTENT
KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT:
- Helium blending types
- Minimum oxygen levels
- Issues specific to helium mixes
- Trimix, heliair, helitrox definitions and use
Lab Workshops:
- Using gas blending calculator (DSAT Gas Mixer)
- Obtaining trimix blends using partial pressure method
PRICE
Course Price = 150 €*
*This price includes the certification fee and all training materials.
IMPORTANT:
Nitrox and Trimix Gas Blender courses can be combined. In this case, the total course price is 300 € and one certification card for two levels (PADI Gas Blender Nitrox & Trimix) will be issued.
