Course Details - Premier Career Package
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Premier Career Package Information: (Valid until January 2011)
10 Weeks Course
The Professional Diving Academy has developed a training program which we feel is unrivalled in the world of commercial diver training. Our unique practical skills based Premier Career Package, provides candidates with an unparalleled opportunity to develop industry essential working skills in a controlled and safe environment without the normal commercial pressures associated with joining a new dive team.
The Premier Career Package encompasses the full offshore HSE Approved diver training syllabus with our unique SQA Approved Construction and Inspection Diver Customised Awards. These new skills are immediately transferable to the workplace environment and they ensure that Professional Diving Academy graduates continue to enjoy their present reputation as being an immediate asset for recipient diving companies.
Premier Course Structure:
Prior Course: HSE 1st Aid @ Work & O2 Provider (Commercial Diving Endorsement)
Week 1: HSE Professional SCUBA
Week 2: HSE Professional SCUBA, SQA Inspection Diver (Data Collection Surveying and Report Writing)
Week 3: HSE Professional SCUBA, SQA Inspection Diver
Week 4: HSE Professional SCUBA, SQA Inspection Diver (Non Destructive Testing)
Weekend courses during Professional SCUBA: RYA Level 2 Powerboat Course, SQA Underwater Photography
Week 5: HSE Surface Supplied, SQA Construction Diver (Tools Training) SQA Inspection Diver (Non Destructive Testing)
Week 6: HSE Surface Supplied
Week 7: HSE Surface Supplied
Week 8: HSE Surface Supplied, SQA Construction Diver (Tools Training) SQA Inspection Diver (Ships Husbandry, NDT, Videography)
Weekend courses during Professional Surface Supplied: Lantra HSE Chainsaw, SQA Topside Mechanical Lifting and Rigging
Week 9: HSE Wet-Bell Top-Up Course
Weekend courses during Wet-Bell Top-Up: SQA Underwater Preparation Welder, Topside Burning
Week 10: SQA Construction Diver (Subsea Mechanical Lifting and Rigging, Underwater Oxy-Arc Burning and Welding)
Certificates Gained Upon Successful Completion:
HSE 1st Aid @ Work & O2 Provider (Commercial Diving Endorsement)
HSE Professional SCUBA (Part 4)
HSE Surface Supplied (Part 3)
HSE Wet-Bell Top-Up (Part 1)
SQA Construction Diver Award
SQA Inspection Diver Award
RYA Powerboat Level II
Lantra HSE Approved Chainsaw Course
RYA Powerboat Level II
Lantra HSE Approved Chainsaw Course
Your Personal Equipment Package To Take Away:
Top of the Range Ri 2100 O'Three Drysuit. O'Three Bag and Changing Matt. O'Three Base Layers. Fladen Two Piece Flotation Suit. Professional Diving Academy Coveralls and Polo Shirt. Professional Divers Handbook, by John Bevan. Green River Diving Knife. Buoyancy Jacket. Hard Hat. IMCA Divers Logbook. Course Manuals and Carry Bag.
Construction/Inspection Diver - Full Course Syllabus:
Subsea Mechanical Lifting & Rigging: (Minimum 6 Units Required)
Knots Bends & Splicing
Chain Hoists
Blocks & Tackles
Tirfors
Lifting Bags
Crane Operations
Flanging
Underwater Tools: (Minimum 6 Units Required)
Disc Cutter
Hull Cleaner
Chain Saw
Drills
Suction Dredge
Air Lance
Impact Wrenches
Air Augers
CP 9
Breakers
Underwater Burning & Welding: (Minimum 2 Units Required)
Wet-Stick Welding
Steel Rod Burning
Oxy-Thermic Burning
Inspection Diver: (Minimum 6 Units Required)
Underwater Hull Cleaning
Visual Inspections
Ships Husbandry
Ultrasonic Thickness Inspections
Corrosion Potential Inspections
Underwater Photography
Underwater Video
Report Compilations