Canadian Working Divers Institute Relocating.
By CADC Admin ~ June 1st, 2011. Filed under: EDUCATION, Latest Diving News.
Canadian Working Divers Institute is moving to a superior facility near Chapleau Ontario. (see http://www.chapleaulodge.com/ )
Gord Hay – course director – said, “The first year of operation was in 1993 on Catchacoma Lake in Buckhorn Ontario, Canada. Eight years ago the only other college training commercial divers in Canada was Seneca. We ran 3 courses that year and were accredited by the National Energy Board, switching to two courses per year the following season. We have run 37 Unrestricted Surface-Supplied courses, and trained over 400 divers so far from 23 countries.”
Running 12 hours per day, 6 to 7 days per week, the 12 week program has very little time for diversions. If you can’t do it here, you can’t do it offshore! The diving barges are moored close to the classroom, lounge, shops, offices, galley and living facilities. We have 200 feet of water, 600 meters from the College. There is road access to the new facility, which is a big change however it is still quite isolated. There will be only one course offered per year, with 30 seats and we will still maintain our 5/1 student/teacher ratio.
We are a private corporation with a goal of maintaining the best entry-level commercial diver training facility in the world. Training to and exceeding the “Canadian Standards Association’s Z275.5 Diver Training Guidelines” being the highest standards in the world, gave us a good start.”
For more information contact Gord Hay at “info@canadianworkingdivers.com”
