There’s a lot of noise around the new sat training routes, so let’s strip it back and look at two real options: I did my air course at PDC years ago, so I’ve seen how they train. 🇿🇦 Professional Diving Centre (PDC)– ~5 weeks– ~R480,000 (~£18.5k)– Accommodation & food extra– Traditional approach: more time, more repetition. 🇬🇧 DEEP– 3 weeks– £30k + VAT (~£36k)– Fast-track model: structured, controlled environment Same end goal:👉 HSE closed bell / sat qualification But very different routes to get there. One takes longer and costs less .One is shorter and costs more. The real question isn’t which one is “better” —it’s whether either of them actually changes what happens after: 👉 You still need experience 👉 You still need the right opportunity 👉 You still need timing on your side So if you’re looking at spending £18.5k–£36k to get into saturation… What would you choose — more time in training, or a faster route in?

𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐎𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧: ✅𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 ✅𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞 ✅𝐑𝐎𝐕 ✅𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ✅𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 ✅𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: ✅ 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 (𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐭𝐢𝐥/𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐊 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭). ✅ 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲. ✅ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞/𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲: 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐕 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐲.𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬@𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦-𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲.𝐜𝐨.𝐮𝐤 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭! #𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐉𝐨𝐛𝐬 #𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 #𝐑𝐎𝐕 #𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 #𝐎𝐢𝐥𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐆𝐚𝐬 #𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 #𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 #𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 Nicole Kennedy Kenzie Marnoch [email protected] You can tell Kenzie you heard this from me 😀 @Roberts Mazlazdins @Nahuel Demitri @Thomas Opt

Hi, here is a comment I did find on the web with a link to a PDF report file concerning a diving incident that happened in Switzerland. On August 31st, 2010, a diver was servicing the spent fuel pool at the Leibstadt nuclear reactor in Switzerland. He spotted an unidentified length of tubing on the bottom of the pool and radioed his supervisor to ask what to do. He was told to put it in his tool basket, which he did. Due to bubble noise in the pool, he didn’t hear his radiation alarm. When the tool basket was lifted from the water, the room’s radiation alarms went off. The basket was dropped back in the water and the diver left the pool. The diver’s dosimeter badges showed that he’d received a higher-than-normal whole-body dose, and the dose in his right hand was extremely high. The object turned out to be protective tubing from a radiation monitor in the reactor core, made highly radioactive by neutron flux. It had been accidentally sheared off while a capsule was being closed in 2006. It sank to a remote corner of the pool floor, where it sat unnoticed for four years. The tubing was so radioactive that if he’d tucked it into a tool belt or shoulder bag, where it sat close to his body, he could’ve been killed. As it was, the water protected him, and only his hand—a body part more resistant to radiation than the delicate internal organs—received a heavy dose.

Watch out for those freezers folks! The latest IMCA safety flash has been published, covering the following incidents: 1. Dropped object: falling shim plate while lowering A-frame 2. W2W gangway bumper damaged during demonstration 3. Towing wire parted 4. BSEE: Falling corroded crane component results in near miss 5. 5 Cook temporarily trapped in freezer

Hi everyone, I am opposed to the use of wrist‑mounted dive computers in commercial diving. However, I do wonder whether it might be worthwhile for commercial divers to wear a small electronic sensor of this type. The device cannot be read underwater, but it records and stores all dive information, which can later be downloaded to a computer. Several inshore divers here in Belgium have been using it for many years, and personally I find this kind of logging device very useful. In the event of a dispute, it can provide a great deal of valuable information about any problematic dives.