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 [...]
Caithness Chamber Funds Retraining for Subsea Sector
March 28th, 2013 by The Underwater Centre
The first graduate to complete our ROV Pilot Technician courses, as a result of a Caithness Chamber of Commerce-led funding initiative has already secured a job in the industry. Read on to find out his funded training led him to employment with leading ROV employer Fugro. Former Dounreay employee lands ROV pilot technician job with [...]
Funded Training on Commercial Diving Course Package
March 22nd, 2013 by The Underwater Centre
Last year, we were awarded funding for students with a Scottish postcode to put towards the cost of our Premium Industry or Construction Career Packages. Here you can read about one of those students, Klaus Dohrn, who is currently training on our 13-week Premium Industry Package. A Career Underwater Coming from a family of water-sport [...]
ROV Pilot Tech Course: Week 1
March 16th, 2013 by The Underwater Centre
As we congratulate another 3 week ROV Pilot Technician Class on successful completion of their course, Jens Harris (now on his way home!) gives us his take on Week 1 of the course in this blog post. Arrival ‘Finally, after booking the premium ROV pilot tech course 4 months earlier, I arrived in Fort William on [...]
