Commercial Diver Training, CDT

Learn about training to keep up with the latest requirements, safety and equipment

Commercial Diver Training Ltd. are proud to support the ADC at Seaworks this year at the EDS Dive Tank. The dive training year is well under way with all courses full, which is just as well as the demand for trained commercial divers’ is high. If you are thinking of starting a career in commercial diving or want to send existing staff on a course, here’s a

Pre-requisites

• There is no minimum age but at CDT we train divers from the age of 18.

• You must hold an entry level recreational diver certification (PADI Open Water or BSAC Ocean Diver).

• You must have an HSE Diving medical for air diving to 50m

Courses

HSE Professional SCUBA

Duration 4 weeks. This course teaches you all the basics before you progress to surface supplied diving as well as full-face masks, emergency procedures, hard wire and through water comms, chamber operations, first aid at work, oxygen administration, and basic tasks.

SCUBA can be used for searches (large area or mobile), Media, Archaeological and Scientific, and Shellfish diving but not if there is an overhead environment, the risk of entrapment or using tools other than basic hand tools (not power or airlift).

There is a shorter course called an Experience related Commercial Assessment (ECA); this is for divers who already have experience using underwater communications and full-face masks. Although accepted, it should not be considered a short cut to the Surface Supplied course.

HSE Surface Supplied

Duration 5 weeks. This course teaches you all the procedures associated with Surface Supplied diving such as Kirby Morgan Band masks, Kirby Morgan helmets, ‘Call-out’ procedures, rescue procedures, in water and surface decompression, chamber operations, and diving from a LARS and cage. During this course the students will also use and gain experience of using a variety of tools such as Airlifts, lift bags, basic underwater rigging, hydraulic tools, inspection tools and BROCO (underwater thermic lance).

An additional week has been added this year to teach the students basic Supervisory skills such as dive spread set up, understanding RAMS, supervising a task from set up, briefing, panel operation and managing the dive team. In conjunction with this the students also have to do their rotation as the team’s standby diver whilst the working diver completes a minimum 90-minute dive on the task. This gives the student divers more confidence and understanding for future situations where they are stepping in on the panel for the supervisor.

HSE Offshore Top-up (Surface Supplied)

Duration 1 week. This course builds on the Surface Supplied course and teaches the use of the Wet Bell, hot water systems, Bell rescues, dynamic positioning and Offshore procedures. The three courses together make the Air Diver package which also includes:

• Equipment package (Drysuit, undersuit, waterproofs, lifejacket, manuals, logbook, coveralls and CDT T-shirt.

• RYA Powerboat Level 2.

• Kirby Morgan Helmet and Band mask Inspector/maintenance course (covers basic hat checks, monthly, tuning, comms replacement etc.).

Accommodation is provided throughout the course and is included in the course fees.

Newly qualified Divers are easily finding work at present and the demand continues to be high which is promising news. CDT runs four courses a year (12 students) with former students gaining employment ranging from UK inshore civils to overseas and offshore projects. For more information and prices please visit our website www.commercialdivertraining.co.uk or come and see us at the dive tank.

Seawork Dive Tank Programme 2023

Contact for Activity Taira Caton – ADC

Tel: 0333 121 5474, visit: www.adc-uk.info

13-15 June: Daily Programme

1000-1030 Diver rescue

1030-1100 DX300 magnetometer

1100-1130 JWA Lift Bag Demo

1130-1200 Tritex Multiguage 3000 UT

1200-1300 STRAUB pipe coupling

1400-1430 Diver rescue

1430-1500 DX300 magnetometer

1500-1530 JWA Lift Bag Demo

1530-1600 Tritex Multiguage 3000 UT

1600-1700 STRAUB pipe coupling

On Display

Submertec Spyball Camera Equipment

ROV • Helmet testing

SUPPORTED BY Dive Tank - Edwards Diving Services Ltd

Dive Team - Commercial Diver Training Ltd

Association of Diving Contractors UK & Ireland