COMMERCIAL DIVER TRAINING
COURSE
Commercial divers are trained for
the occupational environment by going through five (5) months of theory and practical classes and logging hours of
surface-supplied diving using the proper equipment.
UWIL offers a wide range of commercial diver
training courses certified by the DCBC. Our enrolment details, diving prerequisites and course descriptions, together
with all applicable costs are listed below.
ENROLMENT
Upon enrolment, all students are required to:
1. Fill out and sign the Commercial Diving Enrolment Agreement
2.
Complete a fit-to-dive medical from
a recognized hyperbaric physician.
3. Have all relevant
personal equipment required for the practical classes: wetsuit, coveralls, safety jacket, hard hat, light, watch, wrench,
steel tip boots, diving boots, gloves (3mm), fins, mask and dive knife. These items are also available for purchase from
UWIL. Please see the section on Scuba Diving for pricing details.
PREREQUISITES
Before
enrolment, all students MUST have completed the following:
1. SCUBA OPEN WATER CERTIFICATION
2. SCUBA ADVANCED OPEN WATER CERTIFICATION
UWIL offers these certifications for students who do not already possess them. Please see the section on Scuba
Diving for details.
DCBC Commercial
Diver Certification
The Divers Certification Board of Canada (DCBC) certifies divers
who have completed the required number of dives at the required depth and who are also able to demonstrate the required skills
and knowledge according to the Canadian Diver Training Standard (CSA Z275.5). This Standard is the highest and most robust
diver training in the world. It is approved by IMCA and recognized world wide.
Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards is preparing to launch a National Commercial Diving Standard that
conforms to the OSHA requirements for the industry. One of the requirements of OSHA is that all commercial diving companies
MUST have all their divers certified by an IMCA approved certification body. This will mean that once the National Commercial
Diving Standard is enforced, OSHA inspectors will be able to shut down all operations that are conducted by divers who do
not have the recognized international commercial diver certification and who are not following the national standards in their
operations.
We at UWIL are
presently offering a number of commercial diver training courses following the Canadian Standards. On successful completion
of the theory exams and logging of the required dive times and depth, we will apply for the DCBC certification cards. To be
able to certify at this high standard, foreign instructors and examiners from a recognized school will be conducting practical
assessments and supervising all theory exams. Students are expected to find at UWIL, the same intense training that can be
found in any school outside the Caribbean.
Courses Offered at UWIL
| Course | Cost
(TT$) |
| UWIL 1. | Unrestricted Surface-Supplied
Diver Training | $25,000.00 |
| UWIL 2. | Restricted Surface- Supplied Diver Training | $40,000.00 |
| UWIL 3. | Unrestricted Scuba Diver Training | $10,000.00 |
| UWIL
4. | Hyperbaric
Chamber Operator (HCO) Training | $12,000.00 |
| UWIL 5. | Open Water SCUBA Training | $ 1,850.00 |
| UWIL 6. | Advanced
Open Water SCUBA Training in Tobago | $
2,800.00 |
| UWIL 7. | Kirby Morgan Maintenance Certification
Training | $ 1,400.00 |
| UWIL 8. | First Aid /CPR & Oxygen Administration | $ 400.00 |
UWIL 9. | Soon
to come: Dive Medic Technician (DMT) now known as IMCA Dive Medic ROV Training | |
| | | |
Persons paying upfront
for the Restricted and Unrestricted will pay $55,000.00.
Persons
making part payments will pay the cost as stated above.
The courses are offered on a part-time basis, two (2) evenings per
week for five (5) months.
Date for the next Unrestricted
and Restricted Surface Diver Training course is-August 10th, 2010.
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UWIL 1 - UNRESTRICTED SURFACE-SUPPLIED DIVER TRAINING
·
Maximum Working Depth of 50m
(165fsw) using surface supplied system.
· Trainee must complete at least 50 surface supplied dives, totaling 50 hrs.
Depth/ m | Depth/fsw | In-water time/hrs |
0-15 | 0-49.5 | 36 |
15-20 | 49.5-66 | 7 |
20-40 | 66-132 | 3 |
40-50 | 132-165 | 3 |
50 | 165 | 1 |
· Five (5) exams (1 make up). 80% pass mark on the all
exams covering the theory topics.
Theory
Topics:
(1) Diving Equipment and Chamber Training
(2) Salvage
(3) Concrete, Foaming
and explosives
(4) Underwater Cutting and Welding
(5) Oil and Gas Fields
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UWIL 2 - RESTRICTED SURFACE -SUPPLIED DIVER TRAINING
· Maximum Working Depth of 30m (99 fsw) using surface supplied system
· Trainee must complete at least 30 surface supplied dives, totaling
20 hrs.
Depth/m | Depth/fsw | In-water time/hrs |
0-30 | 0-99 | 14 |
10-30 | 33-99 | 4 |
15-30 | 49.5-99 | 1 |
20-30 | 66-99 | 0.75 |
30 | 99 | 0.25 |
· Five (5) exams (1 make up). 80% pass mark on the all exams covering the
theory topics.
Theory Topics:
(1)Diving Physics
and Diving physiology
(2) Rigging
(3) Law, Ethics and Seamanship
(4) Dive Medicine
(5) Inspection
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UWIL 3 - UNRESTRICTED
SCUBA DIVER TRAINING
·
This certification allows the occupational
diver to work safely and competently to a depth of 40m (132fsw) using self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA).
· Trainee must have 5 hrs logged time between the depths of 21-40m
(69-132 fsw). Note that previous sport/recreational diving times shall not be considered as credit towards these in-water
requirements.
· Three (3) exams (1 make up). 80% pass mark on the
all exams covering the theory topics.
Theory Topics:
(1) Diving physics and Diving physiology
(2) Dive Medicine
(3) Diving Equipment
Divers form Companies can do this course and be recognised as a
diver within the standards, however this is not a full diver certificate approved by IMCA. It only satifies OSHA
requirements of having a diver beyond recreational certification i.e. SCUBA. He is however subjected to depth and time as
stipulated in the standards and will not be certified to use surface-supply.
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UWIL 4 - HYPERBARIC
CHAMBER OPERATOR (HCO) TRAINING
· This is a course for non-divers, as well as divers, and it enables a worker to function safely and
competently as a hyperbaric chamber operator, including the recognition and control of the hazards involved in hyperbaric
treatments.
· Practical Classes
– Two (2) days for eight (8) hours per day.
· Theory Classes - Twelve (12) days/evenings for five (5) hours per day.
· Two (2) theory exams. 80% pass mark on the all exams covering
the theory topics.
