Student Blog

Hey PDA, It's been a while since I touched base so I thought I would drop a line. I'm still in Vancouver working for a ship repair company full time. I've gotten into the wet welding which is cool but thinking it might be time to try the offshore business. I hope all is well with everyone at the school. Alex Sevensma CDC 42

I've had a great time. We had a nice and close class on my surface supplied CDC 61 and had great Scottish weather!I also got my Dutch cross-over on returning to the Netherlands without any problems.

Hi PDA Still working as a diver been all over the UK and even managed to get out to the Falklands. A belated thanks to Nick the Instructor and the rest of the team at PDA.

Had a blast whilst completing my pro scuba coarse at the academy and hope to be back very soon to do my surface supplied.

I got recommended by a friend about PDA and I'd recommend it to anyone, great time great staff & instructors (paddy, joni, ian and don) Thank you very much for everything ..

Hello to everyone at the PDA! Since my course in 2007 I’ve worked in Estonia as a diver running my own diving company. However mostly I am working in Norway. In Norway I have been working on several different diving boats as a skipper and also as a dive leader. During the last eighteen months I have been the skipper and dive leader on the MS Stromoyvag, which is one of the Atlantic Discovery AS diving boats. At the moment we are working in cooperation with Norway’s largest producer of handpicked live scallops (pecten maximus). Here in Norway scallops are harvested only by divers along the pure, cold, clear and beautiful Norwegian coastline. My best regards to all of you.. Marko Kaldmaa / CDC 15

Had a great time , altough i am an experienced diver for 15 years i still learned a lot, recommend the PDA to anyone who wants to start a diving career !!

It’s been 6 months now since leaving the academy & what a great time it’s been! I got recommended by a friend about PDA and I'd recommend it to anyone, great time great staff & instructors (paddy, joni, ian and don) Cheers guys!!

Since my course in 2006 my work has taken me all over the world. The PDA set me up for a new career relatively late in life brilliantly. The PDA should be the first choice for anyone seeking a career in Commercial Diving.

Hi guys, I'm off to Port Lincoln, South Australia on friday the 28th. I have a Diving job on the Maria Louisa for the comming tuna season and I'm gonna be out at sea for 6 months. Big thanx to Nick Jackson, Neil Macmillan and Don Gable. u guys r the best in the business. 1 more thing, Nick I miss our little moments. I don't feel complete without them LOL. Lee Tugwell CDC37