PADI Equipment Specialist Why PADI Equipment Specialist? Whether it's a regulator problem, a wet suit tear or a broken mask strap, the Equipment Specialist course can help. This Specialty course prepares you for the basic equipment maintenance, care and adjustments you'll encounter every day. In addition, you'll get the valuable background on equipment repair and purchase, making you better able to protect your investment. What do I need to start? PADI Scuba Diver, Junior Scuba Diver, PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization) Minimum age: 12 years old (10 for PADI Junior Scuba Diver and PADI Junior Open Water Diver) What will I do? During your PADI Equipment Specialist program, you'll familiarize yourself with the operation and maintenance of your personal equipment. Your instructor might also provide the opportunity to review new or unfamiliar dive equipment. The program is not an equipment repair program but it does give you: Theory, principles and operation of dive equipment Routine recommended care and maintenance procedures Common problems with equipment and recommended professional maintenance procedures Simple suggestions for comfortable equipment configurations and an introduction to new equipment How long will it take? Recommended Course Hours: six What will I need? The Scuba Equipment Care & Maintenance book Where can I go from here? You can count this Specialty certification towards your Master Scuba Diver certification. To learn more about your dive equipment, Contact PADI Master Instructor Monte Lee Thornton or sign up online Today. and sign up for the PADI Equipment Specialist certification. --- Choose your Scuba Course for Information --- Snorkeling Course OpenWater Diver Course Our OpenWater Diver Courses Adventure Diver Course Advance OpenWater Diver Course Emergency First Aid Rescue Diver Course MasterScuba Diver Course Divemaster Course Assistant Instructor Course Altitude Diver AWARE - Marine Life Marine Biology Fish Identification Diver Program AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation Boat Diver Deep Diver Distinctive Specialties Drift Diver Dry Suit Diver Equipment Specialist Multilevel Diver Night Diver Peak Performance Buoyancy Project AWARE Specialty Course Search and Recovery Diver Underwater Naturalist Underwater Navigator Underwater Photographer Underwater Videographer Wreck Diver Begin Scuba Course Bubble Blower Course Discover Scuba Diving Scuba Diver Email Us Now to Enroll!     SiteMap Explore Underwater Online Magazine, is our way of sharing our explorations with friends around the world. We hope that you will visit often, and send us news of your explorations, and favorite discoveries. We'll share them with others through this online magazine. Together, we'll all promote the adventure of exploring under water. Monte, Irene, Jessica, and Alec Our 10 year old son Alec, who loves movies, especially the Disney productions of Pirates of the Caribbean, was facinated when we showed him the hull of an old shipwreck at 35 feet, at the Eden Rock dive site. It had been uncovered due to the waves of Ivan. Irene pointed out a Cleaner Shrimp hiding in the wreckage to Alec, and later explained to him that it is now a cleaning station for fish. After that experience Alec determined that it was in fact an old pirate shipwreck, and who are we to correct a ten year old. Afterall they know more than the parents, right? Top of Page Web site first created 14 March, 1996