

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Equipment Specialist Course (Matt Crawford)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 am – Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: 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 PADI 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 $299.

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
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harlem/equipment-specialist-course-matt-crawford/200029636496816
- **Event Categories**: workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Harlem
- **state**: GA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Bubbles-or-Not
- **lat**: 33.41645
- **long**: -82.31184
- **full address**: Bubbles-or-Not, 211 N Louisville St, Harlem, GA 30814-6011, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Bubbles-or-Not (https://allevents.in/org/bubbles-or-not/13950214)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 am (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Bubbles-or-Not, 211 N Louisville St, Harlem, GA 30814-6011, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Bubbles-or-Not
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Equipment Specialist Course (Matt Crawford) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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