Paradigm  requires our Tandem Instructors to maintain certain current experiences before taking inexperienced Students.

Currency Requirements are as follows:

  • Tandem Instructors with less than 500 tandem jumps need to have made 1 tandem jump within the last 30 days on the Paradigm Tandem System.
  • In order to become current they would need to make 1 tandem jump with an experienced Skydiver* as the Student-Passenger. This jump will be made under the supervision of a current Certified Tandem Instructor after they review normal and emergency procedures.
  • Tandem Instructors with more than 500 tandem jumps on the Paradigm Tandem System must have made 1 tandem jump within the last 90 days.
  • In order to become current, they would need to make one tandem jump with an experienced Skydiver* as the Student Passenger after they review both normal and emergency procedures.

Any Tandem Instructor who has not made a tandem jump within the last 6 months would have to make 1 tandem jump with a current Tandem Instructor as the student passenger after they review both normal and emergency procedures.
Any Tandem Instructor who has not made a tandem jump within the last 12 months would have to attend a re-currency course with a Tandem Examiner.

*Student-Passengers on re-currency jumps must:
•; have at least 100 jumps experience.
• wear an altimeter, have a ripcord for main canopy deployment attached to their harness
• have access to the safety handles, which allow the passenger to cut away and pull the reserve