Dive technician course

Course objectives

Our dive technician course has been created to enable a person of technical background, the ability to safely maintain the life support equipment found on dive sites within offshore and inshore diving environments.

This training course has been designed to enable rapid progression on to the dive technician scheme. Completion of this module prepares the new entrant for practical work as a workshop trainee.

Knowledge of saturation diving systems, air chambers, high-pressure gas systems, diving helmets, compressors and oxygen cleaning procedures only touches upon this enormous subject.

Entry requirement

Candidates should have completed a recognised trade apprenticeship in a relevant technical trade, or other qualifications as per IMCA D001. CV to be submitted for verification.

Certification

On completion of the course, each student is issued with a JFD certificate of competence.

Course Duration

10 Days.

Experienced diving and life support technicians provide professional classroom and practical tuition including modules on the following:

Topics include:

• Commercial Diving Industry Techniques and Overview
• Diving Legislation, Regulations, ACOPS and IMCA Guidance
• Planned Maintenance Systems, Certification, IMCA Documents and Introduction to Auditing
• Basic Diving Physiology & Physics
• Breathing Gas & Oxygen Systems and Cleaning Procedures
• Diving Umbilical’s, Hoses & Cables, Repairs, Swaging, Crimping, Re-Useable, Cleaning & Testing
• Gas Handling Safety, Pressure Testing, Hydro-Testing
• Pipe Fittings, Tube Bending, Swaging, Flaring
• Air Purity Testing and Gas Analysis Methods
• Pressure Regulators, Pressure Relief Valves, First Stage Regulators, Demand Valves
• Gas Cylinders/Tubes (Inspection Introduction) Hyperbaric Fire Suppression & Fire Extinguishers
• Work of Breathing/Resistance, Underwater Breathing Apparatus, BIBS
• HP & LP Air and Gas Compressors
• Diver Thermal Control and Hot Water Systems
• Diving Suits, Harnesses and Buoyancy Control Devices
• Pressure Gauges, Testing and Certification
• Life Support Systems, Diving Plant and Equipment
• Diving Panels, Chambers, Bell, TUP, Safety Interlocks, Survival Pack Equipment
• Diver and Chamber Gas Reclaim Systems
• Launch and Recovery Systems
• Hyperbaric Evacuation Systems
• Air/Sat Dive System Mobilisation and Commissioning Procedures
• IMCA Competency Assurance Scheme