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. CV to be submitted for verification.

Certification

On completion of the course, each student is issued with an NHC 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:

• Industry overview

• Diving techniques

• Legislation

• Diving physics

• Effects of pressure on divers

• Diving systems

• Planned maintenance systems

• Plant and equipment

• Life support systems

• Oxygen cleaning

• Regulations and ACOPS for diving operations

• Industry standards and guidelines (IMCA)

• Gas analysis

• Gas handling, fittings, valves, reducers

• Diver and chamber reclaim system

• Gauges

• Breathing resistance and equipment testing

• BIBS

• First stages

• Umbilicals

• Compressors

• Tescom regulators

• Pressure testing

• Lift bags

• Hot water systems

• Suits and repair

• Harnesses

• Swageing

• Pipe bending

• Air dive system mobilisation

• Air dive system commissioning