PADI EQUIPMENT SPECIALTY KOH TAO

Learn more about how your gear works and be better prepared to care for your investment.

HOW TO MAINTAIN GEAR & CREATE A SAVE-A-DIVE KIT.

Practical learning to see how every part fits together.

BENEFITS AND COST SAVINGS

Enables you to make smart choices for your long-term needs.

PADI EQUIPMENT SPECIALTY COURSE

If you are a PADI Equipment Specialist, you can be literally a dive-saver, especially if you’re diving independently with a buddy rather than with professional dive support.

The PADI Equipment Specialty is one for the inquisitive, those who want to know how things work, why things work,
or simply those who need to understand SCUBA a little better than most.

During this course you learn about everything from tanks to BCDs to regulators in a little more detail than you had learned previously. You even learn some basic maintenance and minor repair techniques.

You will learn greater detail about each component in your SCUBA system, some history, some of the techniques the technicians use to test and repair the equipment. You will see the insides of some of the equipment and learn the intricacies of the way they work.

The PADI Equipment Specialty typically takes 6-8 hours (a short day with a lunch break). Most of the day is in class with some short breaks to gain some insights to equipment at the dive centre, but the main focus is substantial time spent dismantling and reassembling various pieces of dive gear.

YOUR PADI EQUIPMENT SPECIALTY COURSE

Learn how to properly clean and care for all of your dive gear, and significantly extend the life of your equipment.

Depending on your personal schedule we will adjust the program for you and move elements of your personal course to accommodate for your holiday plans, but in general, these are the parts of your training:

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Part 1: Theory / Self-study

The PADI Equipment Specialist Touch is available as part of the PADI Equipment Specialty course. As part of this course, you’ll learn about routine care and maintenance as well as scuba equipment storage recommendations. Your instructor will show you how to overcome some common equipment problems and offer equipment configuration suggestions. You may even get to jump into the water to try new or unfamiliar equipment for the first time with the assistance of a PADI Pro.

Part 2: In-person session

You need to participate in the instructor-led knowledge development sessions by completing all knowledge reviews from the PADI Equipment Specialist student manual.

It’s important that divers take proper care of the equipment. Failing to do so often results in a malfunction or a complication.

Thus, you will learn a lot about routine care, maintenance, and industry recommendations for storing dive gear safely.

Besides that, you will also learn about:

Scuba equipment routine maintenance procedures, service, and carrying out general repairs.
How to overcome some common problems with scuba units (e.g. through configuration suggestions).
The theory, principles, and operation of diving equipment.
How diving equipment is manufactured, how it works, and tips for packing and kit storage.
Note: Another section explains the key differences between balanced vs. unbalanced regulators and how they function.

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How it works …

To give you an idea of what your course will look like,

here’s an example schedule:

Day 1

PADI EQUIPMENT SPECIALTY COURSE

Day 1 - Full Day

Combination of Theory and Practical ( Tanks, Valves, BCDs)

– Lunch –

Combination of Theory and Practical ( Regulators, Gauges and basic maintenance)

Receive your eLearning materials in advance and study.
Arrive for class at 8am and start the day comprised of theory and genuine hands-on practical utilising both modern and vintage SCUBA equipment. Learn how, when and why this equipment is your ticket to the underwater world.

The afternoon looks more closely inside a regulator set and covers some day to day maintenance.

But you know … it’s not all set in stone and you can just book your private course or contact us to request a different schedule that fits you!

COURSE PREREQUISITES:

PADI EQUIPMENT SPECIALTY

TO BECOME A PADI EQUIPMENT SPECIALTY DIVER THERE ARE SOME PREREQUISITES:

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Minimum Age

The minimum age to sign up for the PADI Equipment Speciality Diver is 10 years.

Minimum Certification Level

To become a PADI Equipment Specialty Diver, you will have to be certified as a PADI (Junior) Scuba Diver (or you need to have a qualifying entry-level certification).

PADI EQUIPMENT SPECIALTY – What’s included?

Our PADI EQUIPMENT SPECIALTY package includes:

  • PADI Equipment Specialty Course (max. 4 students per Instructor)
  • Personal PADI E-BOOK  & PADI Certification
  • All equipment and tools required for the course
  • Crystal Dive Logbook & T-Shirt
  • Multilingual personal Instructor
  • Discounted Accommodation throughout your course
  • 10 % Discount on additional diver level courses & dive equipment purchases with us

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PADI Equipment Specialty Course (max. 4 students per Instructor)
Personal PADI E-BOOK  & PADI Certification
All equipment and tools required for the course
Crystal Dive Logbook & T-Shirt
Multilingual Personal Instructor
Discounted Accommodation throughout your course
10 % Discount on additional diver-level courses & dive equipment purchases with us

 

฿4,500

The PADI Equipment Specialist Course at Crystal Dive on Koh Tao will teach you how to proper take care of your equipment and fix minor issues with it.

In the PADI Equipment Specialist Course you will learn how your equipment functions in detail, look at the most common equipment problems and how to prevent and fix those.

Let no little equipment failures spoil your dives ever again and become a PADI Equipment Specialist!

PADI Equipment Specialist

Pay a deposit ฿2,000

The PADI Equipment Specialist Course at Crystal Dive on Koh Tao will teach you how to proper take care of your equipment and fix minor issues with it.

In the PADI Equipment Specialist Course you will learn how your equipment functions in detail, look at the most common equipment problems and how to prevent and fix those.

Let no little equipment failures spoil your dives ever again and become a PADI Equipment Specialist!