Having your own dive equipment is a wonderful choice both for your safety, familiarity, comfort and hygiene, if you would like to learn how to properly use, clean, store and service your dive equipment, the SSI Equipment Techniques and the PADI Equipment Specialtist specialty program is very useful. You will learn advanced gear maintenance techniques, gear storage and maintenance, gear servicing intervals and importance of having your equipment serviced regularly. BTW I have passed both specialty courses from both agency
The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty and the SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty is a course which aims to sharpen your buoyancy skills to increase your safety underwater, reduce air consumption and also to avoid damaging marine life. This course will teach you to fully control your buoyancy to achieve good position underwater like those experienced divers