Commercial Diving Safety Awareness: Beyond The Dive – Training For Safer Diving Operations
- Robert Robinson
- Sep 24
- 3 min read
Commercial diving is a high-risk profession that demands rigorous safety protocols, specialised skills, and continuous training. In recent years, despite advancements in diving technology and procedures, accidents still occur due to various reasons including, human error, equipment failure, or inadequate preparation. Recognising the need for enhanced safety awareness, KBA Training Centre Pte Ltd recently launched a new E-Learning course: Commercial Diving Safety Awareness: Beyond the Dive – Training for Safer Diving Operations.
This course is designed for Project Managers, Site Supervisors, Engineers and Technical Coordinators, Safety Officers and Designated Person Ashore (DPA) Representatives, anyone overseeing or supporting diving-related work with a need of essential knowledge to mitigate risks, comply with industry standards, and foster a culture of safety in commercial diving operations.
Why Safety Awareness Matters in Commercial Diving:
Commercial divers work in challenging environments - underwater construction, offshore oil and gas, renewable energy, salvage operations, and marine inspections both inshore and offshore environments - where understanding and managing hazards such as decompression sickness and diving related injuries, equipment malfunctions, environmental conditions, pressure differentials, SIMOPS that are a key requirement for a safe diving operations are often overlooked or not understood.
Understanding such key requirements include:
Understanding key safety framework of a Diving Safety Management System (DSMS);
Core roles in a commercial diving team;
Knowledge of basic diving physics and physiology;
Recognising common diving illnesses and response strategies;
Understanding surface-supplied versus saturation diving;
How a hyperbaric evacuation system (HES) works;
Learn how diving systems are audited; (IMCA DESIGN, DSMS)
Identify risk controls for SIMOPS, lifting and ROV operations;
Role of training, drills and communication in safety culture.
Without proper training, non-diving personnel and support teams may overlook critical safety measures, increasing the likelihood of accidents.
KBA Training Centre’s new E-Learning course focuses on preventive measures, emergency response, and industry best practices. The course is structured to provide:
1. Comprehensive Safety Protocols
Understanding international diving regulations; (IMCA, IOGP)
Pre-dive safety checks and risk assessments;
Proper use of dive tables and decompression procedures.
2. Equipment Safety & Maintenance
Inspection and maintenance of diving gear;
Recognise signs of equipment failure;
Emergency breathing systems and backup procedures.
3. Emergency Preparedness & Response
First aid for diving-related injuries;
Rescue techniques for distressed divers;
Managing underwater emergencies; (entrapment, gas supply failure)
Emergency Response Planning and requirements.
4. Human Factors & Team Coordination
Communication protocols between divers and surface teams;
Stress and fatigue management;
Role of dive supervisors in ensuring operational safety;
5. Environmental & Operational Hazards
Dealing with strong currents, poor visibility, and cold water;
Handling hazardous materials underwater;
Safe practices in confined and overhead environments;
A full understanding of subsea hazards, such as underwater lift bags, underwater cutting, DELTA P.
Benefits of E-Learning
Flexible Learning: Accessible anytime, anywhere, allowing you to train without disrupting work schedules;
Interactive Modules: Engaging content with real-life case studies and simulations;
Certification: E-Certificate awarded by KBA Training Centre.
Conclusion
Safety in commercial diving is not just about individual skills and knowledge - it’s about planning, preparation, awareness, and teamwork.
KBA Training Centre’s E-Learning course, Commercial Diving Safety Awareness: Beyond the Dive, provides the essential knowledge to reduce risks and ensure safer diving operations.
Whether you are new to the industry, or a seasoned professional involved with offshore or diving-related support work, this course is a critical step to ensuring a safer diving operations work environment.
No dive gear required. Just curiosity, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn how diving operations work, and why safety is non-negotiable at every depth.
Contributed by KBA Training: marketing@kbatraining.org
Course information: https://kbatraining.org/commercial-diving-safety-awareness-beyond-the-dive-training-for-safer-diving-operations/
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