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Equipment Care Specialist
This classroom certification qualifies divers or professionals to perform routine maintenance, inspection, and care procedures on diving equipment—typically regulators, buoyancy compensators, or rebreather units—ensuring safe operation and extending equipment lifespan. You'll train on equipment-specific disassembly, cleaning, component inspection, lubrication, reassembly, and comprehensive record-keeping for maintenance tracking. Equipment Care Specialist certification enables independent equipment maintenance for diving operations and personal gear.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites vary by equipment type; typically requires IANTD certification or professional standing in diving/technical industries. No water-dive requirements. Exact requirements not independently confirmed for all equipment specializations.
Standards
What a diver must demonstrate to pass this course — not always published by the certifying agency.
Divers must demonstrate competency in equipment disassembly, component inspection, proper maintenance protocol execution, and correct reassembly procedures specific to the equipment type.
Instructors Teaching This Course
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Dive Centres Offering This Course
United States
We're still building out the directory country by country, so this list isn't every instructor or dive centre teaching it in the world — more locations are coming soon.
Common questions about IANTD Equipment Care Specialist
What does IANTD Equipment Care Specialist training involve?
According to IANTD's published standards: Divers must demonstrate competency in equipment disassembly, component inspection, proper maintenance protocol execution, and correct reassembly procedures specific to the equipment type.
Where can I take IANTD Equipment Care Specialist?
3 dive centres and 8 instructors in the TecDiveTools directory teach IANTD Equipment Care Specialist, in the United States and Mexico. Each is listed further up this page.