Mission & Outline of IDI's Commercial Divers Surface Supplied Diving Course

IDI's course outline for its
Commercial Diver Training Program &
Certification in Surface Supplied Diving

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International Diving Institute (IDI) is a member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADC) and trains to the Standards published by the Association of Commercial Diving Educators (ACDE), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the National Association of SCUBA Educators (NASE), and the Sea Research Society (SRS). Each IDI elective course (advanced program or certification) that a diver takes increases the diver's overall effectiveness and thus his worth to his employer and should result in higher pay. Each elective should not only be thought of as an investment in a diver's financial future, but also an investment in the diver's personal safety and enjoyment of his work in the field of commercial diving. Whether you dive in the deep sea or in hazardous waste, the respect you get is real.

Orientation:
             1. Mission and goals of International Diving Institute (IDI)
             2. Overview and Objectives of the Course Schedule
             3. IDI's terms and conditions
             4. Pass ADC Physical Examination
             5. View School and Dive Site and Dormitory
             6. Issue Professional Diving Equipment
             7. History of Diving
             8. Introduction to ADC Consensus
             9. Introduction to Physical Fitness

SEE INDEX (bookmarks to this page)

diver seen through viewport
Large viewing port on the side of IDI's 20' diameter by 21' deep dive training tank

A Brief Breakdown or Overview of the Courses:

             US Navy / US Coast Guard Pressure Tolerance Test (return to index)
                       Complete a Hyperbaric Chamber dive to 60 fsw [1]
                       Complete a Hyperbaric Chamber dive to 165 fsw

Safety Operations for Surface Supplied (return to index)
Federal State and ACDE/ANSI Job Safety

OSHA Diving Regulations

US Navy Standards

US Coast Guard Standards

American Red Cross/First Aid CPR

Environmental Hazards of Diving

Dive Log Book for Commercial Divers

Documentation

Drug Policy (Healthy Work and Training Environment, Drug and Alcohol-Free)

Diving Physics (return to index)
Terms Related to Physics

Measuring the Diver's World

The Gasses Divers Use

The Gas Laws
Buoyancy Principal

Physics Calculations and Formulas

Physics Exercises and Homework/Quizzes

Anatomy and Physiology/Dive Medicine (return to index)
Terms Related to Physiology and Dive Medicine

Systems of the Body

Divers Ailments

Diving Injuries and Psychological Aspects

Treatment Tables

Diving Emergencies and Procedure

Decompression and Treatment Tables (return to index)
Terms related to Decompression Diving

Decompression Tables for Air Diving/Surface Decompression

Dive Charts, Tables and Exercises

Recompression Rules

Recompression Treatment Procedures

Practice Treatment Exercises

Examination of Injured Diver

Hyperbaric chambers at the IDI commercial diver training facility.
IDI's double lock Hyperbaric Chambers
Each has a medlock and one has a second entry for bell attachment

             Hyperbaric Chamber/Medicine (return to index)
                       Decompression Chamber History

Hyperbaric Chamber System and Design

Gas Supply for Chambers

Precautions in Chamber Use

Chamber Operations Procedures

Surface Decompression using Oxygen and/or Air-Nitrox

Lock in/Lock out Procedures

SCUBA & Surface Supplied Applications (return to index)

Theory and Practice

PSD Public Safety Diving

NASE Open Water Training

SCUBA use in Surface Supplied Diving Applications

Diver's helmet hangs on hook between dives.
IDI's training facility is located in the midst of commercial and military docks

Commercial Diving Equipment (return to index)
Diving and Support Equipment

Diving Gear and Type for Commercial use

Diving Hats/Masks and Bailout Bottles

Diving Boxes/Manifolds and Umbilicals

Divers Protective Clothing and Tools

Maintenance and Repair

Diver working on project in IDI's training tank
Diver rights large flange to begin training project

Underwater Use of Tools and Equipment Part 1 (return to index)
Emergency Procedures for Loss of Gas

Diving Operations Planning

Multiple Bolts and Flange Projects

Bottom Search Project

Pneumatic UW. Tools and Power Units

Live boating

a) Operational Considerations

b) Safety Considerations

Rigging Fundamentals / Practical Application (return to index)
Construction use and care of Fiber, Synthetic and Wire Rope

Seamanship Rigging, Splicing, Knots and Hitches

Calculation of Problems for Safe Working Load

Performance of Underwater Rigging Project

Crane Signals and Directions

Air-Winches (air-tuggers) and Booms

Underwater Use of Tools and Equipment Part 2 (return to index)
Penetration Dive

Air-Lifts and Hand Jetting

Mid-Water Project

Lifting Devices

Introduction to Free-Flow Helmets

Topside Welding/Cutting (return to index)

Application of Topside Welding/Cutting

Limitations of Topside Welding and Cutting

Welding/Cutting Techniques and Components

Equipment for Topside Welding/Cutting

Safety Precautions

* The topside welding/cutting will be taught at Trident Technical College

(http://www.tridenttech.edu/)

IDI student practices underwater welding.
IDI student wearing Superlite helmet and bailout bottle practices his welding

Underwater Wet Welding and Cutting (return to index)
UW Welding/Cutting Equipment

UW Welding and Cutting Technique

UW Cutting and Welding Procedures

UW Welding in the Flat, Vertical and Over-Head Positions

UW Safety Precautions

Offshore Oilfield Diving and Operations (return to index)
Operations of the Offshore Diving Industry

History of Offshore Diving

Oilfield Productions and Contracts

Offshore Terms and Structures Related to Oil Productions

Offshore Diving Personnel in Operations

Offshore Working and Diving Conditions

Offshore Diving Spreads and Dynamic Positioning (DP).

Special Safety Precautions

Underwater Use of Tools and Equipment Part 3 (return to index)
Riser Clamp and Riser Setting

Pipeline and Bottom Working Applications

Hydraulic Tools and Power Units

Hogging Line Project and Angle Descending Line

Excavating, Dredging and Air Lifts

Inspection and Maintenance of UW Tools

Safety Inspection Before use

Inland and Coastal Diving (return to index)
Major Types of Inland Diving:

a) River Operations

b) Lake Operations

c) Power Plant Operations

UW Inspection

Ship-Husbandry/Dry Docks

UW Demolition Applications

Salvage Theory

Sea, Ship and Salvage

Safety Equipment and Procedures

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) (return to index)
Objectives of UW Inspection Program

Diver Inspector Qualifications
Inspection Requirement:

a) Visual Inspection

b) MPI Inspection
c) Ultrasonic Inspection/CP Measurement

d) Report Writing/Recording Methods

Job Safety Analysis

Diving Support Equipment (return to index)
Drawings, Blueprint Reading, Report Writing

Mechanical Drafting

Marine Diesel Engines and Compressors

Gas & Air Systems and Testing/Repair

Hydraulics Systems

Support Equipment Assembly and Maintenance

Maintenance of Diver's Umbilical

commercial diving bell half exposed at surface of water
Diving Bell being lowered into sea over job

Mixed Gas - Surface Supply and Saturations Diving (return to index)
History & Medical Aspects of Mixed Gas Diving