I have chosen dates for the summer sessions of Regulator Technician Training.
The dates are Aug 12 (pm), Aug 13, Aug 14 and
Sept 16 (pm), Sept 17, Sept 18.
The August seminar is full, but I have yet to hear back from 3 folks, so there may be an opening or two.
The September seminar has 3 openings, and two more possibles. As always, past participants are welcome to audit the seminar to review theory and ask questions (and to see the improvements over the last five seminars
).
For those that are seeing this thread for the first time, this is an unrestricted Zoom seminar containing ~20 hours of hands on training and didactic instruction on regulator function and repair. It covers both diaphragm and piston regs, sealed and unsealed, balanced and unbalanced. I demonstrate, we discuss, you disassemble and service, and we work together by laptop camera to cover the bumps in the road. We spend
lots of time on theory so that you become a "thinking service tech" as opposed to a generic "parts changer" typical of some of the LDS' that folks have complained about in the past.
The seminar cost is $300, which includes a "swag bag" with odd, hard to find small tools, regulator-specific o-rings, and a USB drive with hundreds of service manuals.
I have copies of Regulator Savvy available for sale at a few dollars savings over Scubatools.com to study up in advance.
For a longer discussion than you want to read, see:
As so many threads have demonstrated, there is no small interest in Do It Yourself regulator service. My position has consistently been, "It ain't rocket science, but it is precise." Dive Shops (despite your $200 repair bill) are not paid what they deserve for properly performed reg service...
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Yet another patented write-up by @tmassey. Like always, it's LONG... Get comfortable. This is a write-up of my experience in the latest iteration of @rsingler's Regulator Service Technician Training class: https://www.scubaboard.com/communit...rvice-technician-training-unrestricted.605706...
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The single most common question as participants prepare for the Seminar, is "what tools to buy?" You can almost fix regulators with a bolt, a screwdriver and a spoon (okay, I exaggerate), but the point is that you can have a budget of from $100 to $1600 depending upon how easy you want to make...
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