(CADC MAG SUMMER 2017 – DIGITAL EDITION) “There are old divers – and there are bold divers. But there are very few old, bold divers” Commercial diving and the supply of underwater services is a serious business. Things have come a long way from “the good ol’ days” hard hat diver to the introduction of […]
CSA Dive Standards Committee will meet in Halifax Nova Scotia in conjunction with the Canadian Standards Associations AGM (June 18-20.) Dive Committee meetings will take place at the Halifax during the committee week from June 21 > 22 2017. June 21 (8:30 a.m. – 10:00) Hyperbaric Facilities SC (Z275.1) June 21 (10:15 a.m. – 12:00 […]
CADC member Dominion Diving announces that it has reduced costs by customising its Saab Seaeye Cougar XT light work electric ROV and boosting its performance. The resulting Cougar XT custom version could handle a tooling package normally possible only on a much larger hydraulic system – and take on three demanding tasks in one hit. Founded 50 years […]
Jim Garrington of Shark Marine is presented with the 2017 Technical Achievement award by DCBC Chairman Johnathon Chapple at the Canadian Underwater Conference in Ottawa last week. Under Jim’s guidance, Shark Marine Technologies Inc. has become a major manufacturer of underwater products that are innovative, high quality, dependable, and cost effective. It’s products include ROVs, […]
The “Infrastructure Health and Safety Association’ (IHSA – formerly the CSAO) has completed arrangements to offer a Diving Supervisor Training program in conjunction with Mr. Dave Geddes (DCBC certified course instructor) . The course concept of joint partnership in its presentation was proposed by the CADC during discussions with the Ontario Commercial Diving Trade Labour […]
Welcome to the digital edition of the 2016 -2017 Winter version of CADC Magazine. The adage that “the only thing sure thing in life is change” rings true as I write this just into the New Year. Besides the New Year and political shifts around the world, we in the Canadian Diving industry are facing […]
Holland College in Summerside PEI will be running a diving supervisors course that is DCBC accredited and meets all the CSA Competency requirements of Z274.4-12. Detail are: Diving Supervisors Course December 12 – 16, 2016 Location: Holland College Summerside, PEI Topics Include: Elements of supervision Motivation & communication Legislation Site emergencies and accident investigation Dive […]
Video taken at the underwater site of the sunken Manolis L shows the painstaking task for divers assessing the leaking hull of the ship near Change Islands, in Newfoundland’s Notre Dame Bay.Groups of two make five dives per day. It takes about 10 minutes to reach the hull on the ocean, and divers can only stay down for 30 […]
Bob Landry of Toronto, Ontario has received the prestigious CSA Award of Merit in recognition of longstanding involvement, exceptional industry insight and determined commitment to standards promoting diving safety. Bob is retired from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, but continues to generously give of his personal time to standards development at CSA Group as well […]
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