Inshore Surface Supply (ISS)
Next course: October 31, 2011
Course length: 7 weeks (440 hours)
This course will give students the certification to the CSA standards for an Inshore Surface Supply Diver. This certification allows the diver to conduct commercial diving operations using surface supplied diving equipment to a maximum depth of 30 meters (100 feet). The scope of operations allowed under this level are aquaculture diving, seafood harvesting, engineering and biological inspections, archaeological investigation, search and recovery, police operations, vessel maintenance, salvage diving, underwater construction, dredging, underwater welding and cutting and much more...
Key Course Information:
Course length: 7 weeks (440 hours)
Course hours: Full-time 8:30am to 5pm (Monday to Friday)
Course pre-requisites: In order to enroll in this course the applicant must:
- complete a CSA Divers Medical and be certified as "Fit for Diving" by a DCBC recognized Physician
- have certification as a basic recreational diver through a recognized agency
- have 20 logged dives within the last 12 months
Course co-requisites: In order to qualify for DCBC certification these tickets will be required upon completion of the course:
- have certification in First Aid to Occupational Level 1 or equivalent
- have certification in Basic WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Identification Systems) Have certification in Oxygen Therapy
(DiveSafe Intl. will help you acquire these courses during the program or you can get these courses before the program begins.)
Course Outline:
- Theory lessons
- Surface Supply Equipment - Umbilical assembly
- Diving Helmets
- Valves and fittings
- Low-Pressure air compressors - Bottom surveys
- Low Pressure air systems - Hardwire communications
- High Pressure air systems - Hookah diving
- Divers umbilicals
- Surface Supply operations
- Search and recovery
- Emergency procedures
- Air lift and suction dredging
- Rack Manifold operations - Underwater Hand tools
- Breathing air filtration
- Pressure & Volume requirements
- Industry regulations
- Line pull signals
- Vessel Salvage
- Low Visibility Diving