Don’t miss a dive due to minor issues with your scuba diving equipment. Whether it's a missing o-ring, wetsuit tear, or a broken fin strap, the IDEA Equipment Specialist course teaches you to make basic repairs and adjustments. You'll also learn more about how your gear works, making you more comfortable with it, and better prepared to take care of your investment.
You’ll learn about routine care and maintenance procedures as well as scuba equipment storage recommendations. Your instructor will show you how to overcome some common equipment problems and offer equipment configuration suggestions.
Enjoy online learning, followed by an in depth class that includes several hands on workshops.
Cost $250
Fin Straps
- Replace Generic Strap
- Replace Springs Straps
Mask
- Adjustment and strap replacement
- Correct defogging
Buoyancy Compensation
- Care and maintenance
- Jackets and back inflation
- Harness, wings and backplate system
- Check OPVs: spring, seals
- Disassemble and assemble an LPI
- Replace inflator hose
- Replace inflator adapter
First Stage
- Function
- Types: piston or diaphragm, balanced or unbalanced
- Configuration
- Hose inspection
- Port plugs and O-rings
- Verify intermediate pressure (IP)
- Replace O-ring on DIN and yoke fitting
- Care and maintenance
Second Stages and Alternate Inflator Regulators
- Function
- Types: balanced and unbalanced
- Surface/Dive switching
- Knob adjustment
- Diver adjustments
- Verify work of breathing (WOB)
- Replace Mouthpiece
- Care and Maintenance
Cylinders
- Working pressure
- Aluminum and Steel
- DIN and Yoke
- Buoyancy characteristics
- Care and Maintenance
Valves
- Checking and replacing O rings
- Burst disc
- Assembly and disassembly
- Yoke-to-DIN conversion
Computers
- Replace battery
- Functionality and limitations
Exposure suit
- Wet and dry
- Undergarments
- Proper packing for travel and storage
- Repair a torn wetsuit
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