Further Retraining Thanks to Caithness Chamber Initiative
June 14th, 2013 by The Underwater Centre
A funding initiative aimed at encouraging individuals affected by the decommissioning of the Dounreay nuclear facility in Caithness to retrain continues to yield positive results. The scheme is being led by Caithness Chamber of Commerce and is jointly funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) [...]
Standby Diver Opportunities
June 7th, 2013 by The Underwater Centre
We are offering the chance for students to become standby divers at The Underwater Centre, Fort William and it’s happening now. This work will exclusively be for students who are on the Premium Industry Package; vacancies will potentially be available upon successful completion of the course. We currently have two standby divers working for us [...]
An Introduction to ROV Careers
May 29th, 2013 by The Underwater Centre
This introductory day is ideal for prospective students who want to find out more about the role of an ROV (Remotely Operate Vehicle) pilot technician, and even gives you the opportunity to try flying a live ROV. We’ve welcomed students on the introductory days with a variety of career backgrounds ranging from former RAF engineers [...]
Changes to IMCA Diver Medic Training Validity Period
May 15th, 2013 by The Underwater Centre
IMCA recently announced a change to the period for which a Diver Medic ticket will be valid: There is an IMCA requirement for at least one member of the dive team, who is not diving (other than the supervisor), to be trained in advanced first aid – generally referred to as a ‘diver medic’. Diver medics [...]
Scotland’s first graduate training programme for divers launched
May 10th, 2013 by The Underwater Centre
We are delighted to announce that Scotland’s first graduate training programme for divers has been launched in conjunction with our centre in Fort William and Stork Technical Services (Stork), the leading global provider of knowledge-based integrity services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors. The Stork Dive Trainee Programme is a three-year work-based [...]
Commercial Diver: Marco Polo Manubes
May 6th, 2013 by The Underwater Centre
Since he was a child Marco Polo Palacios Manubes was interested in diving as he loved the sea. In this blog post he tells us about working as a diver in the Gulf of Mexico, and why he chose to gain additional commercial diving qualifications by coming to Scotland. Benefits of a subsea career ‘As [...]
ROV Pilot Tech Course: Week 3
April 26th, 2013 by The Underwater Centre
A few weeks ago, we posted a summary of week 2 of our ROV Pilot Technician course from Jens Harris, who completed the course in March. Following on from that, here is Jens’ summary of week 3 of the course. My last week at The Underwater Centre ‘Well, my weekend was ruined by Wales smashing [...]
How to Succeed in the Diving Industry
April 19th, 2013 by The Underwater Centre
You may already know of James Ridgeway BSc MSc, our Training Operations Manager on a professional or on an educational basis. James now runs our Career Advice Session which is proving to be a great success; hence why it is compulsory for our students to attend. ‘Just Keep Busy and Keep Diving’, was James’s translucent message through-out [...]
Secretary of State visits The Underwater Centre
April 12th, 2013 by The Underwater Centre
We were delighted to show Michael Moore MP and Charles Kennedy MP around The Underwater Centre in Fort William this week, to further present that the training and equipment we provide is vital to the subsea industry. By showing such figures around we are able to highlight the importance of the Oil and Gas industry, and [...]
ROV Pilot Tech Course: Week 2
April 4th, 2013 by Colleen MacLean
A few weeks ago, we posted a summary of week 1 of our ROV Pilot Technician course from Jens Harris, who completed the course in March. Following on from that, here is Jen’s summary of week 2 of the course. Flying an ROV ‘We were now into the second week, which meant only one thing…we [...]
