The Professional Diving Academy (PDA), Dunoon, Scotland and KBA Training Centre (KBAT) have signed a MOU to train commercial divers in Singapore to the UK HSE offshore diving standard. Delegates who have successfully completed the nine-week inland/inshore commercial diving training with KBAT can thereafter apply to PDA to attend a bespoke training programme that will […]
Commercial divers will be trained to detect unexploded ordinance (UXO) in a new partnership between leading explosives disposal experts Ramora UK and the Professional Diving Academy, Dunoon. The partnership means the Professional Diving Academy will be fully accredited by Ramora UK to enhance its existing commercial diver training courses with a 2 day module in […]
The Professional Diving Academy is the only commercial diver training school in the UK that is approved to teach the Kirby Morgan Basic Maintenance and Repair Technician Course. This course consist of maintenance and inspection of fiberglass and stainless steel shells, side block and demand valves, yoke/neck clamp assembly and includes daily, monthly and annual […]
A subsea tool specialist has found an innovative way of bridging the oil and gas industry’s skills gap by collaborating with a world class commercial diving training academy. Fisher Offshore is working in conjunction with the Professional Diving Academy (PDA) in a partnership which will see both continue to place an importance on supporting new […]
Kirby Morgan President Connie Lynne Morgan, presenting PDA Training Manager Neil Macmillan, with the new 47 Rex BR demand helmet. The Professional Diving Academy has been awarded with a new Kirby Morgan 47 Rex demand helmet from renowned diving equipment manufacturer, Kirby Morgan. President, Connie, Lyn Morgan, chose the recent Seawork 2012 Exhibition in […]
Top companies that have a vested interest in the offshore oil and gas industry tend to gather at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas. The annual conference which is held in the Reliant centre and Arena covers a vast floor area of approximately 350,000 square feet. It typically attracts thousands of industry’s brightest and […]
(Former PDA Graduates Came Together For Prestigious Maersk Contract) A large group of Professional Diving Academy graduates taken from courses over the last 4 years, came together recently for a prestigious diving project run by Shearwater Marine Services. Shearwater is the sister company of the PDA and operates out of the same spacious unit in […]
PDA Training: Reinforced Through Live Situations As part of its continuous process to improve quality, the Professional Diving Academy, based in Dunoon, Scotland, has recently been accredited by the British Accreditation Council. This extremely prestigious recognition demonstrates that PDA standards of management, training, and student welfare fully comply and indeed in many cases exceed the […]
The Professional Diving Academy has secured an agreement with Argyll and Bute Council for the exclusive use of Dunoon Pier for the purpose of training divers. The pier, which is an iconic feature to the town of Dunoon and the upper Clyde estuary, was the main sea route for tourists entering the beautiful Argyll and […]
Hydratight and the Professional Diving Academy will collaborate on specialist courses aimed at improving both subsea joint integrity and skills, as well as diver safety. The partnership aims to fill a gap in the current training provision for industrial divers, initially offering a course on the subsea use of bolting tools with extensive underwater practical […]
