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Practical / Curriculum - Theory

Approved as a Vocational Program under the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005

Tutoring:

There will be an instructor available every day after supper to help students that are having difficulty with any aspect of the course. Due to the intensive nature of the program there will be a test each week to monitor progress.

Practical:

Each instructor will oversee a five person dive team, giving a 5/1 student/teacher ratio. Theory will be incorporated into this period of intensive supervision and instruction. Mobilization and demobilization are an important part of daily work in construction diving. Many jobs require more equipment than the norm to account for changing hazards, projects and environments. At C.W.D.I. dive teams select the appropriate equipment and mobilize/demobilize the equipment each day. Equipment maintenance and repair will also be taught during this period.

* The Institute reserves the right to change the start dates or cancel courses and or amend the course outline or length.

Topic	Subjects Covered	Projects
Gains, Stop Logs and Dams	hazardous waters (head) u/w orientation & inspection preparatory inspection photography report writing leak repair techniques blueprint reading structural design	inspection and repair sealing leaks - gains repair
Wellhead	oilfield diving & equipment pipelines rigging & cutting u/w search & orientation safety jetting & air lifting explosives	locating casing bowl land wellhead connect pipeline to wellhead pressure test
Cribs and Piles	crib construction cutting & drilling explosives - rigging & hoisting u/w orientation jetting and air lifting	build crib repair crib
Pipelines	pipe types grading and alignment jetting and air lifting u/w orientation and inspection cutting and welding trenching techniques explosives	pipe puzzle trench, lay, grade and join air lift and remove repair
Salvage	u/w search and orientation jetting and air lifting rigging and hoisting hull repair safety surveying explosives	clear silt from wreck locate and survey wreck repair and float hull salvage u/w objects
Concrete	rigging & hoisting - types forming(types & method) drilling and anchoring inspection & report writing load and stress calculations	inspection and report and dams chip face, form and pour
Marine Railway	hazards (lock out) u/w orientation cutting and welding jetting and grading alignment rigging and hoisting blueprint reading inspection and report writing	track alignment to specifications track grading to specifications rock removal
Obstruction Removal	explosives - drilling and jetting anchoring - pile cutting, welding	concrete and rock removal

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