DIT is proud to maintain our quality reputation, and we know that we have this for one reason: we train quality commercial divers. Our highest priority, as a school, is to ensure that when you graduate, you’ll enter the diving industry with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in your new career.
We’ve been Veteran Owned and Veteran Operated since our inception in 1968. Also, we’ve had a history of leading the field in training divers. We were the first, and are currently one of only three programs in the United States to offer an International Certification, the CSA . This allows you to work globally, and can open up many opportunities for you in your future career.Here at DIT, we don’t just train underwater welders, or any other particular type of diver. We care about creating a well-balanced diver, and we will train you to succeed in many aspects commercial diving. When you attend school here, the bulk of your surface supplied diver training will be conducted in open water, giving you real world experience that can’t be replicated in pools, tanks, or quarries.
You’ll perform deep dives to 165 feet, employing both in-water and surface decompression. Your instructors here are highly experienced and knowledgeable in the field, and our intensive, hands-on, and measurable curriculum will ensure that once you graduate, you are prepared to excel. Here at DIT, we ask a lot of you, and you’ll be expected to challenge yourself, but we’ll be here to help you each step of the way.
For Commercial Diving Careers:
After graduation from commercial diving school, some of the specific jobs that commercial divers may perform include:
Bridge inspection, construction and repair
Flotation devices maintenance
Gravity surveying
Grouting
Guideline replacement
Hyperbaric chamber operations
Injection equipment installation
Life-support systems construction, operation, repair and maintenance
Marine environment control check
Medical and emergency care for diving illnesses and accidents
Operation of remotely operated vehicles (ROV)
Operation of diving bells
Platform construction, inspection, maintenance and removal
Rock drilling and blasting
Underwater Salvage
Search and recovery
Seismic surveying
Sewage line installation and maintenance
Site surveys prior to installation
Submersible operations
Surface geological appraisal
Trenching or underwater jetting
Underwater inspection, installation, repair or maintenance
Underwater painting
Underwater photography or videography
Underwater surveys
Underwater welding and cutting
Water line installation, inspection, repair or maintenance
Wellhead repair and maintenance