The Canadian Working Divers Institute is offering upgrade courses that can lead to Canadian Category 1 diving certification being issued. On successful completion of the course, National Energy Board certification can be applied for. Canadian Category 1 diving certification is recognized by: The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) (see HSE list of approved diving qualifications on www.hse.gov.uk); and the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA).

Did you train in the States or at an unrecognized school?
Have previous experience commercial diving but have never gone to school?

You will need to prove or complete all of the dives and times on the Dive Profile, pass 10 exams, and show competency in all aspects of diving and chamber operations.

You need the following dives logged in Surface-Supplied gear.



We require every graduate to have dove 6 Sur D O2’s and have run the chamber on 6 Sur D-O2’s.

There are 10 exams one hour long each with 25 questions and a pass Mark of 80%.

1 . . . . . LAW, ETHICS, SEAMANSHIP & NAVIGATION

2 . . . . . DIVING, PHYSICS & PHYSIOLOGY

3 . . . . . CHAMBER & DIVE OPERATION & DIVE GEAR

4 . . . . . DIVING MEDICINE & EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

5 . . . . . SALVAGE

6 . . . . . RIGGING

7 . . . . . GAS & OILFIELD DIVING

8 . . . . . INSPECTION

9 . . . . . CUTTING, WELDING, PIPELINES, FLANGES & FITTINGS

10 . . . . FORMING, CONCRETE, JETTING, DREDGING & EXPLOSIVES

The Canadian Working Divers Institute has trained divers who have graduated from all of the Schools in the United States and have found that they need a minimum of 3 weeks. Experienced divers have taken as little as 3 days!

The cost for Evaluation Route Competency Assessment (ERCA) is $500 for the assessment and $1,600 per week (6 days), (which includes room and board) for training and testing.

A Category “1” diving certification is issued and a National Energy Board certification can be applied for after completion. This is a government certification that costs $20. We are audited and certified for training to Category “1” Diver.

You must be a certified Category “1” diver for at least a year before you can start to train for Category “2” or saturation diver.

Call or write to Canadian Working Divers Institute

Canadian Working Divers Institute
Box 125, RR#1 Buckhorn,
ON CANADA, K0L 1J0
Tel/Fax: (705) 657-2766
mailto:cwdi@trytel.net

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