Training

Technical diving requires specialised equipment and training. There are many technical training organisations: see the Technical Diving section of List of diver training organizations. TDI, GUE, IANTD and NAUI seem to be popular at the time of writing. Recent entries into the market include DSAT, the technical arm of PADI. The SSI Techical Diving Program TechXR - Technical eXtended Range] was launched in 2005.

BSAC training has always had a technical element to its higher qualifications, however it has recently begun to introduce more technical level Skill Development Courses into all its training schemes, by introducing technical awareness into its lowest level qualification of Ocean Diver, for example, nitrox will become mandatory. It has also recently introduced trimix qualifications and continues to develop closed circuit training.