Our Mission:

Why Train at SEADOG Commercial Diving School?

• Realistic Training - SEADOG's unique location on 700m's of water front with a private training jetty, provides the trainee with realistic conditions, as we strive to stay away from easier benign water and quarry diving, this ensures optimal waterman ship, seamanship and diver training. 
• Staff Compliment - Each 4 week module is run by a qualified facilitator and assistant. Registered assessors are tasked as a supportive guides to encourage the success of the learner through the training program. (Ref: National Qualifications framework)
• Safety Induction  - Occupational Health and safety in the work place and the requirements for the use of Personal Protective Equipment, good house keeping and emergency procedures.    
• Biokinetic Evaluation  - Determine the individuals ability to safely perform the physical requirements of commercial diving. Exercise testing remains a valuable and important component of the diver medical assessment. (ref DMAC Statement on Exercise testing) 
• Watermanship Training  - SEADOG's policy is to conduct activities in such a way to consider the health and safety of student divers. Diving is a safety critical and physical demanding task and for those reasons divers require adequate reserves of physical fitness. Above average levels of physical fitness and endurance training are considered go be protective against decompression illness and provide protection against other health risks.
• Seamanship - All diver training is SEA GOING on one of the 5 dedicated diving vessels. This improves the requirement of Seamanship, personal safety at sea and basic rigging
• Working at Heights  - Falls from height are a serious problem in the offshore industry . SEADOG promotes the safety awareness when working at height. Skills training is to equip learners with the knowledge, skill and attitudes to work at height safely. 
• Commercial Diver Training - SEADOG is a training centre designed to enhance the ability of our clients to achieve improved quality of life in a sustainable way through delivering quality accredited skills programs.
• Class IV - SCUBA - 4 week Module  - Dedicated Facilitator and assistant - Dedicated vessels - Screaming Skull and Seaker
• Class III - Surface Supplied Inshore - 4 week Module - Dedicated Facilitator and assistant - Dedicated vessels - Kalypso (Flying Scott)
• Class II - Surface Supply Offshore - 4 week Module - Dedicated Facilitator and assistant - dedicated vessels - Westwind (FlyingScott)
• Maintenance and Dive Technicians - SEADOG boasts a fully equipped maintenance team to safely maintain diving equipment and ensure system maintenance with knowledge of relevant legislation and industry standards. 
• KIRBY MORGAN DIVE SYSTEMS INC.(KMDSI)  - HELMETS AND BAND MASK USER OPERATOR AUTHORISED TRAINING PROVIDER
• SEADOG is the only training school in South African trained by Dive Lab  (USA)  and Authorised to train User Operator and Hat Technician courses. Promoting optimal technical performance in relation to Human performance 
• Surface supply Diving Equipment, breathing requirements and recommendations for Kirby Morgan helmets and band masks

• DoL Recognised First Aid Training Centre  (Levels 1-3) - C-DOC health care professionals provide first aid training and Emergency Response Procedure  (ERP) training. 
• IMCA Diver Medic Training Facility - C-DOC is audited by IMCA and provides training required for offshore medics on completion on the final Class II Module.
• Transport - Meet and Greet Service - West Coast link  - Private professional transport Service to assist you effortlessly between Cape Town International and SEADOG diving school. 
• Accommodation and Catering - Onsite divers accommodation - The Hard Hat and 2 private Diving Houses within walking distance (50 metres !) Catering with international cuisine and extreme hospitality!
• Other Courses: 
  
• Chamber Attendant Course
• Chamber Operators Course 
• Air Diver Technician Courses 
• Kirby Morgan Hat Technician Authorised  training centre
• IMCA Diver medic 
• IMCA Air Diving Supervisors (TADS)

SEADOG is a training centre designed to enhance the ability of our clients to achieve improved quality of life in a sustainable way through delivering quality accredited skills programs.  

COMMERCIAL DIVING COURSES OFFERED

• Inspection Diver (CSWIP)
• Coded Welder
• Saturation Diver
• ROV Pilot/Technician
• Dive Systems Technician
• Life support Technician

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ACCREDITATION AND REGISTRATION:

South Africa is the most developed economy in sub-Saharan African and has a long history of excellence in many sectors such as mining and resource extraction and maritime services and fabrication.  South African companies are also well-versed in the business of operating in the challenging African environment.  In recent decades the initial development of South Africa's oil and gas resources and the rapid growth of upstream opportunities in West Africa has underpinned the extension of this established capability into the upstream markets and there is now a significant upstream supplier base in South Africa - SAOGA has about 170 member companies and we are aware of many more.  Local supplier capacity is complemented by the presence of many of the world's leading service companies who supply both the domestic and regional upmarkets from South African bases.