From minor equipment repairs to gas blending and cylinder inspection – these programs not only show you the nuts and bolts behind the magic of diving, but they encourage you to actually touch them!
Equipment Specialist
Life Support
Don’t miss a dive due to a scuba gear issue. Whether it's a blown o-ring, regulator problem, wetsuit tear or a broken fin strap, you can learn how to manage basic scuba equipment repair & adjustments. As a PADI Equipment Specialist, you are prepared for the gear maintenance, care and adjustments you'll encounter everyday. In addition, you'll learn interesting background information about how your gear works, how it’s repaired and other information that will help protect your dive equipment investment. This course is designed to be a non-technical introduction to basic scuba equipment, how it works, why its designed the way it is, and most importantly, how to care for it and guarantee a long & trouble-free life for your expensive gear. We’ll cover gear from head to toe, and in between, with lots of history, background, and reasons why some pieces of equipment are more appropriate for your style of diving than others.
Our class covers the the selection and care of the key components that nearly every diver should own:
1. Regulators - 1st stage, 2nd stage, Octo & Safe Seconds
2. BCD's (Jacket, Sidemount & Backplate/Wing)
3. Dive Computer / Analog Gauges
4. Lights
5. Exposure Protection
6. Masks
7. Fins
8. Accessories
Bring your own gear and have the opportunity to make this a true hands-on session and get more familiar with caring for your own equipment!
LSS.150
$99.00
- PADI
- IANTD
PADI Equipment Specialist
Open Water Diver or Equivalent
10
None
None
- IVS Model Release
- PADI Liability Release and Assumption of Risk
Scuba Regulator Savvy Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving Scuba Equipment Maintenance Series
1 (4 hours)
N/A
N/A
Upcoming Life Support Classes
- on March 23, 2019 9:00 am - March 23, 2019 4:00 pm
- Nitrox Gas Blender on March 23, 2019 9:00 am - March 23, 2019 4:00 pm
- on April 20, 2019 10:00 am - April 20, 2019 2:00 pm
- on January 20, 2023 6:30 pm - January 20, 2023 9:30 pm
- on February 13, 2023 6:30 pm - February 13, 2023 9:30 pm
- Full Face Mask Specialty on March 7, 2023 6:30 pm - March 7, 2023 9:30 pm
- Visual Cylinder Inspector on March 11, 2023 10:00 am - March 11, 2023 5:00 pm
- Fill Station Operations on March 11, 2023 10:00 am - March 11, 2023 5:00 pm
- on April 1, 2023 10:00 am - April 1, 2023 2:00 pm
- Oxygen Service Technician on April 8, 2023 10:00 am - April 8, 2023 5:00 pm
- Advanced Gas Blender on April 15, 2023 10:00 am - April 15, 2023 5:00 pm
- Visual Cylinder Inspector on June 17, 2023 10:00 am - June 17, 2023 5:00 pm
- Fill Station Operations on June 17, 2023 10:00 am - June 17, 2023 5:00 pm
- on June 18, 2023 10:00 am - June 18, 2023 2:00 pm
- Visual Cylinder Inspector on September 30, 2023 10:00 am - September 30, 2023 5:00 pm
- Fill Station Operations on September 30, 2023 10:00 am - September 30, 2023 5:00 pm
- on October 7, 2023 10:00 am - October 7, 2023 2:00 pm
- Oxygen Service Technician on October 14, 2023 10:00 am - October 14, 2023 5:00 pm
- Advanced Gas Blender on October 15, 2023 10:00 am - October 15, 2023 5:00 pm