Portfolio Description
GUE Technical Fundamentals Course
The GUE Technical Fundamentals course is designed for experienced divers seeking to enhance their skills in preparation for GUE’s technical, rebreather, or cave programs. This course focuses on refining foundational skills, teamwork, and situational awareness, ensuring you are ready for the challenges of advanced diving.
For many divers, the GUE Technical Fundamentals course is a transformative experience. The standardized equipment configuration, procedures, and team-oriented approach not only maximize safety and efficiency but also make diving more enjoyable. Graduating from this course is a significant achievement, as it opens the door to GUE’s advanced training programs and projects.
Course Overview
The GUE Technical Fundamentals course is an intensive program that combines online learning with in-person instruction, including land drills and in-water training. Over four days, you will build a solid diving platform based on balance, trim, buoyancy, and propulsion techniques, while also learning the theory and use of nitrox. This course prepares you for the rigors of technical, cave, and rebreather diving.
What You Will Learn
- GUE Equipment Configuration: Master the use of a standardized double-tank setup, including valve management and gas sharing.
- Trim and Buoyancy: Achieve precise control of your position in the water column for minimal environmental impact and optimal gas consumption.
- Propulsion Techniques: Develop advanced finning methods, including the backward kick and other maneuvers.
- Backup Light Deployment: Learn to deploy and use backup lights effectively.
- Basic Rescue Skills: Gain foundational rescue techniques to enhance team safety.
- SMB Deployment: Practice deploying a surface marker buoy (SMB) for safety and navigation.
- Ascent Training: Prepare for technical diving with controlled ascent techniques.
- Team-Oriented Diving: Understand how teamwork, standardized procedures, and communication enhance safety, efficiency, and fun.
Course Details
- Prerequisites:
- Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
- Be physically and mentally fit.
- Be a non-smoker.
- Be able to swim.
- Obtain a physician’s prior written authorization for use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any medical condition that may pose a risk while diving.
- Hold a certification from a recognized training agency to dive to 100 ft/30 m or a GUE Deep Primer certification.
- Have conducted at least 75 non-training dives following completion of autonomous scuba diver certification, with at least 25 dives to a depth of 70 ft/21 m or deeper.
- Have conducted at least 25 non-training dives in a double tank configuration or 15 non-training dives utilizing doubles after completing the GUE Doubles Primer certification.
- If using a drysuit, have conducted at least 15 non-training dives in a drysuit or 10 non-training dives utilizing a drysuit after completing the GUE Drysuit Primer certification.
- Duration:
- Normally conducted over four days.
- Requires a minimum of eight dives and at least thirty-two hours of in-person instruction, including land drills and in-water work.
- Additional time is required for theory, which is conducted online and/or in-person.
- Equipment Requirements:
- GUE-standard double-tank configuration, including backplate and wing, long hose regulator setup, and stage bottles (if applicable).
- Dive computer, compass, backup lights, and other standard technical diving gear.
- Certification: Upon successful completion, you will receive the GUE Technical Fundamentals certification, recognized worldwide for its high standards.
Why Choose GUE Technical Fundamentals?
The GUE Technical Fundamentals course is more than just a training program—it’s a gateway to advanced diving. By focusing on precision, teamwork, and mastery of foundational skills, this course prepares you for the challenges of technical, cave, and rebreather diving.
Graduating from this course opens up opportunities to participate in GUE projects, pursue advanced training, and join a global community of divers committed to excellence in diving.
Ready to Take Your Diving to the Next Level?
Contact us today to enroll in the GUE Technical Fundamentals course and start your journey toward becoming a skilled, confident, and capable technical diver.
