Useful links
Diver competence assessment organisations
Defence Diving School
Horsea Island
Cosham
Hants
PO6 4TT
Telephone 02392 224048
Courses: Military. Assessment and training for armed forces.
D.V.Diving
Dive Centre
138 Mount Stewart Road
Newtownards
Co Down
BT22 2ES
Northern Ireland
Telephone 028 91464671 / 91861686
Fax 028 91464671 / 91861686
Website http://www.dvdiving.co.uk/
e-mail info@dvdiving.co.uk
Course: HSE SCUBA.
Northumbria Police International Diving and Marine School
Marine Unit
Viking Park
Blackett Street
Jarrow
Tyne and Wear
NE32 3DS
Telephone 0191 563 5331
Fax 0191 563 5388
Courses: HSE SCUBA and HSE Surface Supplied. Assessment and
training for police forces.
Puffin Dive Centre
Port Gallanach
Oban
Argyll
Scotland
PA34 4QH
Telephone 01631 566088
Fax 01631 564142
Website http://www.puffin.org.uk
e-mail info@puffin.org.uk
Course: HSE SCUBA
Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
Dunstaffinage Marine Laboratory
Oban
Argyll
Scotland
PA37 1QA
Telephone 01631 559000
Fax 01631 559001
email info@sams.ac.uk
Courses: HSE SCUBA.
TH Diving Services Ltd
20 Westfield Avenue
Hooe
Plymouth
PL9 9PF
Telephone: 01752 408200
Fax: 01752 408200
Course: HSE SCUBA
The Professional Diving Academy Ltd
Unit 19
Sandbank Business Park
Sandbank
Dunoon
Argyll
PA23 8PB
Scotland
Telephone 01369 701701
Fax 01369 701700
e mail info@professionaldivingacademy.com
website www.professionaldivingacademy.com
Courses: HSE SCUBA, HSE Surface Supplied, HSE Surface Supplied (Top Up)
The Underwater Centre Fort William Ltd
An Aird
Fort William
Inverness-shire
PH33 6AN
Scotland
Telephone 013977 03786
Fax 013977 04969
Website http://www.theunderwatercentre.co.uk/
e-mail info@theunderwatercentre.co.uk
Courses: HSE SCUBA, Surface Supplied, Surface Supplied Top Up and Closed
Bell
University of Plymouth
Diving and Marine Centre
Artillery Place
Coxside
Plymouth
PL4 0LU
Telephone 01752 672783
Fax 01752 226042
e mail : divingcentre@plymouth.ac.uk
www.plymouth.ac.uk/divingcentre
Course: HSE SCUBA.
Trade Associations
Association of Diving Contractors
83 Boundary Lane, St Leonards, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2SF
Tel: 01202 855648
International Marine Contractors Association
Carlyle House, 235 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1 1EJ
Tel: 0207931
Website: http://www.imca-int.com/
Scuba Industries Trade Association
29 Ravenswood Avenue, West Wickam, Kent, BR4 0PN
Tel: 020 8777 6740
Website: http://www.sita.org.uk/
Trade Unions
Rail, Maritime and Transport Union
4 Coronation Street, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE33 1AR
Tel: 01704 228 337
Website: http://www.rmt.org.uk
Association of Professional Divers
32 Kensington Park Gardens, London, W11 2QS
Tel: 020 7727 8208
Website: None Available
Offshore Survival Training
OPITO
Minerva House,
Bruntland Road,
Portlethan,
Aberdeen,
Scotland,
AB12 4QL
Tel: 01224 787 800
Website: None Available
Other Diving Related Organisations
Scientific Diving Supervisory Committee (SDSC)
Southampton Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH
Tel: 023 8059 6262
Website: http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/OTHERS/SDSC/
Association of Media Divers
18 Balmoral Gardens, West Ealing, W13 9UA
Tel: 020 8567 4213
Website: None Available
Maritime Archaeology
English Heritage, Fort Cumberland, Fort Cumberland Road, Eastney, Southsea,
Hampshire, PO4 9LD
Tel: 02392 856 767
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