Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. Offshore Oil & Gas industry has progressed far beyond any earlier expectations, thanks to the fast paced technological development and the brave offshore people who dedicated their knowledge and efforts to achieve this result. The story of oilfield diving illustrates the complex interplay between human and technical achievements and is an important component of the history of the offshore oil and gas industry. The first offshore diving operations decades ago were little more than topside jobs completed underwater. Men recall jumping off boats, barges, and platforms to retrieve dropped objects, install clamps, or check for oyster beds. At that time, they did not have, nor perceive a need for, formal training as divers. The offshore Oil & Gas industry could not have progressed as it did, had it not been for the adventurous and entrepreneurial spirit of the Offshore Commercial divers. Offshore Commercial divers perform underwater activities related to construction, inspection, search, salvage, repair and photography within Offshore Oil and Gas fields. They perform underwater welding; assistance in the construction and inspection of offshore platforms; installation, inspection and repair of subsea pipelines and valves; and many other diving support activities. They use specialized equipment such as diving helmets, underwater cutting torches, underwater welding equipment, wet-suits, dry-suits, hot water heated suits, diving bells, decompression chambers, full face masks, air compressors, HP water jet machines, underwater inspection instruments, jack hammers, bolt tensioning machines and many other subsea tools and equipment.This course is designed to provide participants with a complete and an in-depth overview of the Offshore Commercial Diving Technology. It covers Introduction to Offshore Commercial Diving, Diving Physics and Physiology, Decompression, Medical Aspects of Diving, Diving Equipment, Diving Techniques and Procedures, Characteristics of a Good Dive Crew, Air Diving, Mixed Gas Diving, Saturation Diving, Hyperbaric Chamber, Underwater Work & Applications, Diving Support in Offshore Oil & Gas Industry, Underwater Welding, Underwater Burning, Safety Considerations, Cold Cut, Venting, Depth and Time Considerations, Subsea Non-Destructive Testing, and Underwater Weld Inspection and Reports. The course is designed for technical and non-technical personnel dealing with Offshore Commercial Diving in Oil and Gas companies such as managers, engineers, administration and Supervision Staff. The course will not teach you how to dive, but will provide you with invaluable knowledge and skills of how commercial divers perform their work and what they can and cannot do. It will provide you with updated knowledge about the possibilities, scenarios, restrictions tips and tricks of an offshore commercial diving work, together with the rules, standards and regulations that control the diving activities such as the UK-HSE and IMCA.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30