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Scuba Equipment Technician Course
@ Simple Life Divers | Koh Tao, Thailand

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Want to properly understand and maintain your scuba diving equipment?

Simple Life Divers’ Equipment Technician Course teaches you how your gear works—and how to keep it in top condition. You’ll learn essential maintenance, troubleshooting, and minor repair skills across all key equipment, including BCDs, regulators, masks, fins, and more.

At Simple Life Divers, we go beyond the PADI syllabus. This isn’t just theory—you’ll get real, practical, hands-on experience working with professional tools and equipment.

 

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I definitely recommend going to simple life. I went there to get my open water certification and my instructor Kat was just so amazing and gave me the best experience ever that i fell in love with diving and decided to do the advanced diving as well. For that certification i had Jack as an instructor and he also was amazing. After that i had many fun dives with Morris or Jack, who were both so great and fun to dive with. I had the pleasure to dive with many of the instructors and dive masters over the two weeks i’ve been in Ko Tao and every single one of them made every trip special and amazing. For that matter i definitely recommend for everyone to go to simple life divers and i wish you the amazing experience i got because of these people.
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חווית הצלילה שהייתה לנו עם דייב ודני הייתה פשוט מדהימה הם ממש מקצועיים הם הסבירו לנו כל פרט ופרט על אופן הצלילה בצורה מאוד מובנת ופשוטה ככה שהרגשנו הכי בטוחים בעולם והיה לנו הכי כיף שיש תודה רבה לכם ❤️
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Melissa Cordingley
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Whilst fun diving I’ve had the pleasure of diving with Lou, Morris, Alice & James, all of whom are fabulous instructors/dive masters and super friendly! This is my second time diving with simple life and I wouldn’t dive with anyone else! They’re great I highly recommend!
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Dario Piovesan
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Was awesome diving with them while we were on the island, Morris, Lou and Connie were fantastic Dive Masters. Good for a laugh on the boat as well as hanging out for drinks after.
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We had the best time diving with Dave at Simple Life. Two dives at Sail Rock made us change our travel schedule and stay on for one more day so we could go again. Second day we had two amazing dives at South West. We swam through shoals of fish that closed in around us- such a cool experience. We are a family of four with one fresh open water diver and one that needed some extra reassurance - Dave was super attentive. He made us feel 100% safe, he knew the sites very well and explained everything in a clear and efficient manner. He has great knowledge of the area and of diving. Extra bonus- he brings along his underwater camera📸 and takes pictures during the dive which he sent us afterwards. No extra charge🙌 Would highly recommend Simple Life and Dave for your Koh Tao dive experience. Good equipment, good boat, safe and fun dives🤩
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Julie Hooper
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Simple Life Divers work so hard to make sure you have the best possible diving experience; from time of booking, dive lessons at the excellently appointed dive school, to their knowledge of the best dive sites, you are in safe hands. What a bunch of hard-working guys, & between them, masses of experience to draw on. Well done team Simple Life !
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Jack Ashworth
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I received my Open Water Diving Certification at Simple Life Divers and had an amazing experience. I would highly recommend my Instructors Alice and Lynn who were very knowledgeable and made you feel at ease straight away. The certification lasted 3 days and everyone at Simple Life Divers, including the staff and those doing their Dive Masters, were lovely and made you feel welcome. If you are in Koh Tao and want to learn how to dive, this is the place to do it!
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Jack Paveley
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I did both my Divemaster and went through the Instructor Development Course to gain my Instructor certifications through Simple Life Divers and cannot recommend them enough! The level of training, professionalism and fun I experienced was honestly second to none, having already been a rescue diver for many years before coming here. Steve, Karl, Dave, Kat, Ciaran, David, Alice, Sina, Lucas, Ethan and Mo, among many others, were all a pleasure to work with and learn from. Whether you’re looking to just try diving for the 1st time or go all the way to gaining professional certifications, these are definitely the guys for you!
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Everything was great save one exception: our instructor Dave, who was exceptional. A true uncle by any definition. A gigachad, if you will. Perhaps a sigma. So kind and so gentle, and yet firm when the situation demands it. A great guru in the ways of the diving. Ask him about the scallop business - he has one or two secrets up his sleeve.
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Michael Thompson
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Brilliant weekend diving with DM James. He is always ready with a helping hand whether that’s with your kit or your questions about the marine life or dive sites. His respectful approach to his customers and the ocean was clear in his approach to each dive. He always took the time to make sure safety was paramount with every dive, whilst always making them fun and enjoyable. James competed his DM with Simple life and it’s clear that their program for courses are creating excellent DMs - by far the best I’ve had in my almost 100 dives in Koh Tao. Will be back soon and will always choose simple life, you should too, you won’t regret it. Thank you James, hope to dive with you again soon.

Who should take the Equipment Technician Course?

To join, you need to be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver (or higher).

This course is ideal if:

Who runs the course at Simple Life Divers?

Your instructor is Baden Ramm, an in-house scuba technician with a rare combination of engineering expertise and real-world dive experience.

Baden began his career as a heavy equipment engineer in Australia’s mining industry before transitioning into scuba diving over 15 years ago. Today, he is both a seasoned PADI Instructor and a highly experienced equipment technician.

He has extensive experience servicing equipment across all major brands.

Professional qualifications include:

What you’ll learn

This course goes far beyond basic theory. You’ll work directly with real equipment and tools.

BCD Maintenance

Regulator Maintenance

Compressor

Masks & Fins

The course includes all the service manuals for Aqualung Calypso Regulators, Powerline 2 lpi and compressor manuals for you to keep.

Why choose Simple Life Divers?

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Scuba Equipment Course FAQs

What equipment will I train with? 

You’ll work on real rental equipment used daily by divers:

  • BCDs: Aqualung Wave, Scubapro T-One, Mares
  • Regulators: Aqualung Calypso, Scubapro MKII
  • Compressor: Bauer
  • Fins: Scubapro Go

You’re also welcome to bring your own equipment—we can inspect it together and address any issues.

Is PADI eLearning available? 

Yes. You can start the theory portion online before the course.

  • Duration: 2–4 hours
  • Benefit: Arrive prepared and maximise your hands-on training time

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4.9 rating from 1,295 Google reviews
Michaela Thomas
3 months ago
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Simple Divers in Koh Tao gave me literally the best dive experience I’ve ever had. With so many shops on the island, I read a ton of reviews and decided to go with them, and it was hands-down the best decision of my trip. The Dive Masters and Instructors come from all over the world,…
Louisa Amoroso
2 months ago
★★★★★
I came to simple life divers to complete my dmc and idc course. I have honestly had the most amazing time. Steve, Ciaran and Sina have been the best instructors and genuinely care about what they are teaching and giving everyone the best experience possible. There is also such a wonderful community of divers here…
Michal Morkowski
4 months ago
★★★★★
I have great experience with guys from Simple Life Divers. From front desk to instractor/ lead diver all staff are friendly, knowledge and helpful. All of my dives was quickly amd easly book. During my dives I done refresher open water and fun dives. I had my refresher with Will and my fun dives lead…
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