Programs offered:

Commercial Diver

CDTI offers several programs including unrestricted surface supplied diver, national surface supplied diver, diver medic, and underwater burning specialist.

The unrestricted surface supplied diver program is a 26-week course (900 hours) and will provide you the training needed to do diving jobs to a depth of 165 feet. This program will allow you to graduate with several certifications in various areas which will increase your job opportunities. You can also achieve a DCBC certification which will allow you to work worldwide.

The national surface supplied diver is a 17-week (625 hour) course which will allow you to weld and burn underwater, do decompression dives, and work on offshore projects. The diver medic technician course is a 2-week program that will allow you to provide medical services to injured divers. The underwater burning specialist is a 1-week course where a diver can learn more about oxy-arc cutting in a more hands-on environment.

The Minnesota Commercial Diver Training Center offers a commercial diver.tender course which is an introductory class for diving. Students will learn about diving apparatus, regulations, and fundamental diving techniques. The course is 11-weeks (625+ hours).

Upon graduation students will achieve a variety of certifications including:

• ADCI Entry Level Tender/Diver Certification
• DSI Dive Lab
• TDI and PADI Nitrox I
• TDI Advanced Nitrox
• TDI Nitrox Gas Blender
• American Red Cross: 02 Provider
• American Heart Association: CPR & First Aid

The Ocean Corporation delivers hands-on training and coursework that can have you in the workforce in as little as 8 months.

Courses include:

• Offshore oilfield diving
• Inland diving
• Surface and underwater welding
• Mixed-gas and lock-out diving
• Recompression chamber operations
• Nuclear/contaminated environment diving
• Rigging certification
• Hazardous environment intervention
• Offshore survival and safety
• Underwater nondestructive testing
• MT & UT Level I & II

DIT has over 50 years of experience helping commercial divers learn the tricks of the trades. Their graduates go on to work in hazmat, salvage, inland, offshore, and saturation diving careers.

They offer an intensive 7-month program. Each month will focus on the following topics:

• Physics and medicine
• Lightweight and rigging
• Offshore and hazmat
• Underwater welding and burning
• Scuba and inland
• Deep dives

Upon graduation from the program you can receive a variety of certifications that will certify your experience and skills and increase your job opportunities.