Our Commercial Dive School is located at 1003A Island Highway - The COAST MARINA in Campbell River - Our classroom is the wide open ocean.
Our classes travel to points north to the HMCS Columbia and as far south to our adopted Marine Park - Mittlenatch Island - and everywhere in between..
DiveSafe Commercial Divers are in high demand! Employers are phoning us for WCB trained commercial Divers!! - See links page!
Come dive the incredible West Coast and train to be a commercial diver at the same time.
Upcoming classes- PCTIA registered
- July 28th, Surface Supply - Inshore - 2 seats left WORKSAFE BC Approved
- September 08, Occupational SCUBA Diver- Unrestricted US NAVY approved
- check the schedule page for full course list - DCBC in progress
Occupational SCUBA course - in progress - Start date of class June 9th,
Weather Forecast: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers or thundershowers. High 23. UV index 5 or moderate
Todays Log: We're off to our underwater classroom at Lone Tree Island this morning to do our deep 130ft dive. The students will learn to recognize the signs of nitrogen narcosis and we'll see how they tie a Bowline knot at depth. We'll carry on with some deep marine life identification and bottom survey dives after that.
At DiveSafe Intl. we train divers for careers in:
- Aquaculture
- Seafood Harvesting
- Engineering Inspections
- Environmental Surveys
- Vessel salvage
- Light commercial work
- UW Film/Video Production
- UW Archaeology
- Scientific/Research Diving
- Search and Recovery
- Small Vessel Maintenance
And more....DCBCPending PCTIA Registered #3455
WorkSafe BC Authorized
US Navy approved
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DiveSafe Intl. is authorized as a provider of commercial diving training by the Workers Compensation Board of BC.
Our mission statement:
"DiveSafe Intl. provides excellence in Commercial Diving Instruction with an emphasis on safety and adherence to the highest of training standards. DiveSafe Intl. treats each and every student with dignity and respect. Our goal is to provide industry with highly capable and qualified graduates with a professional attitude."
DiveSafe Intl. courses are taught to and/or exceed the Canadian Standards Association (CSA Standards) which are internationally recognized as being the highest in the world.
COMMERCIAL DIVE COURSES:
Commercial SCUBA: DiveSafe Intl. meets and exceeds CSA standard for the Unrestricted Occupational Scuba Diver.This 5 week course will get you out working in the commercial diving field fast! You can work as an underwater movie maker, a seafood harvesting diver, an aquaculture diver, environmental survey diver etc…
Commercial Nitrox: The Commercial Nitrox course is 3 days. The student learns how to blend Nitrox and use Nitrox for commercial scuba diving.
Oxygen Therapy for Divers: The Oxygen Therapy course is 4 hours. Graduates receive a Red Cross Certificate in Oxygen Therapy.
Dive Accident Management:New! 1 Day Dive Accident Management Refresher course. $90. Otherwise: The Dive Accident Management Course is 12 hours. Topics include water rescue, basic diving medicine, care of a diving patient. This course and certificate is included in the Commercial Scuba Course and the Surface Supply Course.
Underwater VIDEO Production: Underwater Video Production is fun and exciting. The course will teach you the basics of movie making, video editing and equipment use. BOth the Commercial SCUBA Diver course and the Inshore Surface Supply course includes extensive use of video equipment.
Environmental Survey Diving: This program is for the environmentalist in all of us. The course teaches the diver proper environmental survey techniques and environmental sensitivity when scuba diving or commercial diving.
Surface Supply Diving: 180 hours, DiveSafe Intl. works with North Island College to train Surface Supply Divers. This course is the longest running Commercial Surface Supply course in BC.
Schedule: DiveSafe Intl. courses run throughout the year on the BC Mainland and Vancouver Island. We offer Commercial Scuba, Oxygen Therapy, Dive Accident Management, Nitrox, Surface Supply, Environment Diver and many other courses.
FAQ’s: Are you a scuba diver? Do you want that career in commercial diving in 5 weeks? DiveSafe Intl. offers the commercial scuba diver course just for you.
Photos: The DiveSafe Intl. diving photo gallery is always interested in your commercial diving pictures. We may post some to our website. We always want to know how our students are doing in their new careers.
Products: the Commercial Diving products we list have been tested by hundreds of divers and many months. Our students let us know how each commercial divers logbook can be improved. Check out our photo gallery to see our students testing our most recent products.
Links: At DiveSafe Intl. we feel it is important to provide industry information for scuba divers and commercial divers alike. You will find links to the aquaculture Industry, the Seafood harvesting industry, Dive Safety, Dive Stores, the movie industry, and other websites like … Diver Magazine.
Contacts: DiveSafe Intl. will provide you with the information you need to further your diving career. Commercial Diving is our passion, Commercial Dive Training is our expertise.