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SeaLevelScuba

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We will be holding an Equipment Specialist course starting at 6:30pm on Friday October 17th, 2008. This will be a 3 day course finishing up on Sunday October 19th. Due to the extensive hands on trainig and the content of this course, we have to limit this course to the first 10 folks to signup and pay their deposit.

The Equipment specialist course is designed to familiarize divers with the operation and maintenence of diving equipment as experienced from a local dive shop perspective.

Topics Covered
  • Theory, principles, and operation of how SCUBA equipment works
  • Proper maintenence procedures for SCUBA Equipment
  • Overhauling a Low Pressure Inflator
  • Servicing a Buoyancy Compensator Device
  • Procedures for properly adjusting a Back Plate
  • Building a efficient Save-A-Dive kit
  • Overhauling a Non-Balanced 1st Stage
  • Overhauling a Balanced 1st Stage
  • Overhauling a Non-Balanced 2nd Stage
  • Overhauling a Balanced 2nd Stage
  • Procedures for verifying the accuracy of depth gauges
  • Procedures for verifying the accuracy of dive computers
  • Overhauling a J valve
  • Overhauling a K valve
  • Procedures for visually inpecting a SCUBA cylinder
  • Procedures for hydrostatically testing a SCUBA cylinder
  • Procedures for tumbling a SCUBA cylinder
  • Procedures for O2 cleaning of SCUBA equipment
  • Procedures for properly assembling doubles
  • Care and maintenence of neoprene products
  • Procedures for repairing neoprene products
  • Care and Maintence of Dry Suits
  • Procedures for repairing dry suits
The cost of the course is $249 and includes all schematics, guides, use of all tools needed, parts for the equipment being overhauled. Each student will recieve a cd with all schematics, forms and white papers utilized in the course plus much more.

Most of the topics covered are actual hands on excercises. If you have any questions please contact me directly at the store (321)255-1825 or a reply to this post.

Schott
 
bump for you

This is a good class for divers thinking of going into the tech side or anyone who has a DIY personality and not offered enough to the 'common' diver
 
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https://xf2.scubaboard.com/community/forums/cave-diving.45/

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