American Welding Society at IDI - Sept 17, 2009

On September 17, 2009 International Diving Institute hosted the South Carolina Section of the American Welding Society with the debut of our brand new underwater welding facility which includes a 20 foot deep, 9,330 gallon wet tank. The society event included a cookout with over 100 members in attendance. Highlights of the evening included an informative lecture on Underwater Wet Welding by Instructor, David Sharpe as well as an in water demonstration of wet welding by Steve Mattson, the Southeast Regional Director for American Welding Society

Facelift for our Wet Tank Facility

August 01, 2009 Today IDI wet tank facilities have begun to receive a face lift with fresh new paint. Along with this the newly added welding tank is being completed and readied for painting. The facility now includes 3 distinct wet tanks with additional facilities planned. With this quality commercial diver training facility it's no wonder that International Diving Institute has been used for training by many government agencies, law enforcement agencies, corporate entities and film production groups such as Disney, Discovery, and others.

New welding Tank Arrives !

July 10, 2009

Friday morning was an exciting one with the delivery of a 10" X 16" steel tank that will be fabricated into a 9300 gallon wet welding tank.
With this newest addition, wet welding exercises can be performed at any time without interference with other activities in the other wet tank facilities. This brings the total to 3 wet training tanks now. The main wet tank is 17' deep with a total capacity of 48,000 gallons of water and the other tank is a penetration tank for confined space training at 23' and contains 3336 gallons of water. As with the larger wet tank this new welding tank will include a poly carbonate observation window as well, a super sized filtration system, and will be equipped with standing rigging for hoisting large projects in and out of the tank. All heads tilted upward as the steel tank slowly ascended above the dive shop and was jockeyed into position beside the other two tanks. Students are now excited about being able to dive the tank and practice their underwater welding skills.

VideoRay ROV Exposition at IDI July 14th!

VideoRay will have an exposition and seminar concerning underwater port security to be held at International Diving Institute on July 14 as part of their Underwater Port Security Tour. For more information contact the school or visit the VideoRay website at www.Videoray.com or their listing at http://underwaterportsecuritytour.com/. The program will start at 9:00AM at International Diving Institute. Lecture topics will include

Port Security Challenges

Underwater Port Security Solutions

Port Security Success - how other agencies are integrating new port security technology.

The last hour will involve hands on underwater port security demonstrations using VideoRay ROV systems.

New blog for International Diving Institute

International Diving Institute, a Commercial Diver Training Institute in Chareston, SC announces its new blogging site.

International diving Institute was established as the East Coast Dive Connection, LLC in 1996 and has been actively engaged in teaching since that date. It was officially changed to International Diving Institute LLC in 2004.

International Diving Institute is a member of the Association of diving Contractors, International (ADCI) and trains to the standards published by the Association of Diving Educators (ACDE), and the American Standards Institute (ANSI), the National Association of SCUBA Educators(NASE) and the Sea Research Society (SRS). The Institute's mission is to provide and prepare our graduates for a career in the commercial diving industry as entry-level divers/tenders who excel in knowledge, skills, and safety.

For information concerning our Commercial Diver Training Program or advanced sport diver training programs please contact our admissions office toll-free at 888-740-1124.

Please visit our newly designed website at www.internationaldivinginstitute.com