Categories: Recreational speciality courses without diving

Equipment Techniques

Extend the lifespan of your diving gear and master the skills needed to inspect, maintain, and perform minor field repairs on your equipment.

1. Why Take This Speciality Course?

Take a fresh look at the gear that keeps you safe underwater Your diving equipment is your underwater life-support system. Understanding how it works, how to care for it, and how to spot potential issues before they happen is essential for every confident diver. The SSI Equipment Techniques specialty teaches you the mechanics, maintenance, and storage practices that keep your gear performing at its best. Whether you own your own setup or plan to buy in the future, this course ensures you dive with total peace of mind.

Preventative Maintenance: Learn proper cleaning, drying, and storage techniques to prevent wear, corrosion, and premature aging.
Troubleshooting & Field Repairs: Discover how to manage minor gear issues on the boat or beach, from replacing o-rings to adjusting straps.
Gear Inspection & Care: Understand how regulators, BCDs, cylinders, and dive computers function and when professional servicing is required.
Open to Everyone: Academic and hands-on workshop accessible to scuba divers, freedivers, and snorkelers.

2 .Course Curriculum (1 Day)

The course combines interactive online learning on the MySSI app with a hands-on equipment workshop at the dive center with your instructor (with optional practical equipment checks during ocean sessions).

🔹 Key Topics Covered:

Equipment Components & Mechanics: How regulators, inflation systems, valves, and gauges work under pressure.
Maintenance & Storage Practices: Rinsing protocols, corrosion prevention, and optimal storage environments for tropical diving gear.
Field Repairs & Save-a-Dive Kit: Assembling essential tools, spare parts, and techniques for quick fixes at dive sites around Koh Lanta.

3. Prerequisites

Prerequisites: No diving prerequisites required (also accessible to non-divers, freedivers, and snorkelers).
Minimum Age: 10 years old.

4. Your International Certification

At the end of the course, you will earn your SSI Equipment Techniques Specialty Certification.

Recognized worldwide.
Counts directly toward your Master Scuba Diver rating or Advanced Open Water / Specialty Diver levels SSI.

5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Does this course qualify me to service my own regulator or tanks professionally?

No, major regulator overhauls and cylinder hydrostatic testing require specialized brand certification. This course focuses on owner-level maintenance, inspection, proper care, and minor field repairs.

Do I need to own full scuba gear to take this specialty?

Not at all! You can use our dive center’s rental equipment for all hands-on workshops and demonstrations, which is also a great way to learn what features to look for when buying gear later.