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Required
Materials/Equip.
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REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
Each student entering diving classes will be required
to purchase and maintain specific items of personal equipment; most
of it diving gear. These are tools of the profession that prospective
employers may require in addition to your daily training at SBCC.
The department maintains a multi-million dollar inventory of state-of-the-art
specialized diving equipment for student training. All personal
student equipment is subject to approval by the diving control board.
 Students
must provide the following equipment prior to commencement of diving
modules:
- Dive Wristwatch (Casio G-Shock or equivalent)
- Full Wet Suit 1/4" (minimum) including
gloves
- Hood and booties
- Face Mask Fins Snorkel
- Adjustable weight belt w/ soft coated lead
weights (for SCUBA use- 20-24 lbs lead in 2lb increments)
- Second adjustable weight belt with minimum 30lbs of lead (uncoated weights acceptable- for commercial diving use)
- SCUBA regulator assembly
- Submersible pressure gauge
- Octopus second stage and keeper device
- Jacket style BCD with power inflation (integrated BCs are acceptable, you must still have 2 weight belts as described above)
- Underwater timing device or dive watch
- Depth gauge
- Underwater compass
- Diving knife
- Underwater slate
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