Diver’s Market

ByKim Malkoski

For three days I worked at Diver’s Market in Plymouth, MA.  Wayne Gomer owns the shop and started me off with organizing rental equipment and painting weights.  Then he gave me the job of rearranging the store and creating a new floor plan.  Over the next few days, I learned how to fill tanks, do visual tank inspections with the Visual Plus machine, put together regulators, and change o-rings.  In the end, I learned quite a bit about what it takes to operate a dive shop and I really enjoyed the experience.

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