Equipment
Techniques
Specialty
“Your Total Diving System is like a buddy underwater who you need to be able to rely on at any time!”
Diving is more fun and more comfortable in your own equipment . The EQUIPMENT TECHNIQUES program teaches you how to choose the right equipment for your needs. You will learn how to fit, adjust , maintain and make small repairs right on the spot.
If you want to know more about EQUIPMENT TECHNIQUES, you can buy the manual or the DVD even without signing up for the course.
EQUIPMENT TECHNIQUES SPECIALTY COURSE Content:
- Your Total Diving System: The Basics
- Your Total Diving System: Scuba Equipment
- Your Total Diving System: Specialty Training and Accessory System
- Traveling With Your Total Diving System
The primary goal of any SSI Specialty course is to teach you important skills in a fun environment. All courses are taught using home study, short academic sessions, and in-water training.
Combine other specialties while taking the EQUIPMENT TECHNIQUES course! DRYSUIT DIVING or PERFECT BUOYANCY are great add ons. The possibilities are limitless!
Want to know about how your dive gear works? Then the PADI Equipment Specialist course is for you. This course familiarizes you with the operation and maintenance of your dive equipment. The more you know about how your gear works, the more comfortable you are with it, the more performance you get from it and the better you can care for it.
- Must be a PADI Scuba Diver or Junior Scuba Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
- Reviews the theory, principles and operation of dive equipment
- Routine, recommended care and maintenance procedures, and equipment storage
- Common problems with equipment and recommended professional maintenance procedures (may include a demonstration of repair procedures)
- Simple suggestions for comfortable equipment configurations and an introduction to new gear (may include optional confined water dive to try new or unfamiliar equipment)
- No dives are required, so you can take the Equipment Specialist course any time of the year
- The PADI Equipment Specialist Course is not an equipment repair course, but it provides the foundation you’ll want if you’re interested in learning equipment repair
- Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.