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Professional Diving Services

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Professional Divers Training Academy (PDTA)PDTA provides first class occupational diver and supervisor training in accordance with Australian Standard AS2815 and Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme requirements. PDTA provides its students with realistic working conditions, actual industry tools and equipment, and a commitment to teaching excellence that turns students into professional divers.

Smarter Safer Solutions (SSS)Teaching the future in Workplace Health and Safety, Smarter Safer Solutions is a Registered Training Organisation that has been at the forefront of delivering OH&S training within various industries for the last 15 years. Through our Nationally Accredited Courses, we can offer your workplace ongoing training and education in all levels from Cert III to Advanced Diploma.

Professional Marine Science Services (PMSS) PMSS is an Aquatic Environmental Consultancy specialising in marine and coastal applications. The extent of our experience and knowledge of dynamic marine environments as applied ecologists, provides information for practical environmental management.

Standards and CompliancePDS operate in accordance with ANZ/ AS2299.1:2007 Australian standard for commercial diving, Victorian Work Safe requirements and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, together with PDS’s internal operational guidelines and manuals to ensure safe operations of diving.

Divers are accredited with the Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme (ADAS) to ensure their compliance to internationally recognised commercial diving qualifications and standards. PDS are routinely audited for operational compliance against ADAS, Shell, SAI Global, Lloyds of London, Bureau Veritas, Germanischer Lloyd, and American Bureau of Shipping guidelines.

Professional Diving Services has the experience, equipment and reputation to provide the professional and safe commercial diving solution that you require.Professional Diving Services (PDS) is part of the Professional Divers Group, and has been an industry leader in the implementation of innovative commercial diving solutions since 1981.

Since then, PDS has established itself as one of the leading onshore commercial diving companies in Australia and built a strong reputation as a provider of quality services whilst meeting and exceeding the occupational diving industry’s highest quality and safety standards.

Located in Melbourne, Portland, Sydney, Albury and Vanuatu, PDS have the capabilities to run up to ten commercial diving crews and offer ADAS certified occupational dive training throughout Victoria, interstate and overseas.

Our highly qualified and experienced diving professionals are committed to delivering operational excellence and able to cater to all facets of the occupational diving industry.

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Key CapabilitiesMarine and diving project management

Project compliance and auditing

Underwater maintenance, heavy construction and demolition

Underwater surveys on timber, concrete and steel structures

Salvage experts of both vessels and structures

In water ship survey approved for Lloyd’s of London, American Bureau of Shipping, Germanischer Lloyd and Bureau Veritas.

Vessel hull and propeller cleaning

Underwater digital video and still photography

Thermal lance (Broco) ultra-thermic cutting

Underwater wet welding to AWS and AS1554.1:2011.sp including weld procedures and weld testing

Underwater hydraulic tool use

Underwater explosives

Environmental surveys and sampling

Heritage surveys and project management

Ultrasonic thickness testing (UTT), magnetic particle inspection (MPI) and non-destructive testing (NDT)

Contaminated environment diving

Lock, weir and water storage maintenance

Tank surveys

Diver controlled dredging

Remote Operated Vehicle ROV to 100m

Twin lock and single lock transportable recompression chambers

Vessel hire, PDS have a fleet of working vessels and barges

Nitrox and mixed gas diving

Deep water experience

Remote area dive operations

Gas testing and confined space entry services

Height Safety

Construction and Demolition Professional Diving Services have successfully completed a large number of major multi-million dollar construction projects across Victoria and around Australia. Port of Melbourne projects have included wharf reconstruction projects at Appleton Dock, Swanson Dock, Station Pier, Webb Dock, Princes Pier and Docklands. Other works have included pipeline and outfall installations, marine structure demolition, and providing diving services for the entire Port of Melbourne Channel Deepening Project.

Contaminated Environments Professional Diving Services is an industry leader in contaminated environment diving. Contaminated diving is widely regarded as the most specialised branch of the commercial diving industry. Typical work involves working in raw sewage, dangerous chemicals, oil, sludge, and food products. All our divers have extensive experience at conducting maintenance, damage repair, dredging, inspection and equipment recovery in contaminated environments.

Cutting/Welding Professional Diving Services conducts a wide range of operations including underwater thermal cutting and wet welding. PDS use Broco brand ultra-thermic thermal lance cutting equipment, and Broco wet welding equipment and electrodes. PDS divers are highly experienced in wet welding and coded for wet welding works. Typical cutting jobs include removal of piles, sheet pile wall, demolition and removal of vessels, pipelines, and underwater obstructions.

Environmental Surveys Professional Diving Services conduct environmental seabed surveys and environmental monitoring. Over the past 30 years PDS has developed safe and practical methods of data and sample collection. Our team, with qualifications and experience in Marine Ecology, Marine Biology and Maritime Archaeology, offer a high level of experience to any environmental project. PDS has a wide range of monitoring and sampling equipment to support its works.

CapabilitiesProfessional Diving Services’ diving personnel are sought from a range of diverse backgrounds. Our divers have qualifications and experience in materials, structural and marine engineering, construction, demolition, salvage, OH&S and auditing, drafting and surveying, non-destructive testing, maritime archaeology, marine biology, welding/fabrication and search and rescue. In addition, our employees also have decades of experience in occupational and recreational dive training.

Professional Diving Services’ main capabilities include, but are not limited to:

Ship survey/salvage & repairs Ship surveys are a PDS specialty; PDS are accredited with Lloyds of London, GL, ABS and BV for in water surveys. PDS has conducted more than 1000 in-water surveys and reports on vessels of all sizes. We have diving crews permanently based in the Port of Melbourne, Port of Geelong, and Port of Portland. Our survey reports are supplied in digital format and are of the highest standard. PDS can also provide propeller polishing to Rupert class A finish. Professional Diving Services has vast experience in vessel salvage and repair, from the salvage of the 40,000 ton bulk carrier MV Devprayag on the Victorian coast to the underwater demolition and removal of the ex-Sydney ferry Lady Chelmsford from within the Docklands precinct. PDS has a large range of salvage equipment at its disposal to assist in any salvage operation.

Tank inspections & cleaning Professional Diving Services is able to inspect, clean and repair water storage facilities, from potable or grey water storage systems to pools, fire and general water storage. Our confined space qualified divers will conduct a detailed inspection and provide a comprehensive report accompanied with digital photographs or if preferred digital video of the inspection. Our divers are experts at locating and sealing leaks without the need to drain any storage facility.

Structure surveys/condition assessments Professional Diving Services conducts underwater inspections, surveys and develop condition assessment reports on a vast range of marine and freshwater structures. These include steel, concrete and timber structures that support wharfs, piers, jetties, marinas, inlet towers, weirs, dams, locks, pump stations and pipelines.

PDS has inspected more than 100,000 piles supporting marine structures throughout Australia. The condition reports produced results are highly detailed and considered first class.

Pile Protection and RehabilitationProfessional Diving Services have extensive experience working on pile protection and pile rehabilitation projects. Our proven track record includes using pile strengthening and pile replacement systems on timber piles at Princes Pier, Geelong Ports, Appleton Dock and Gellibrand Pier. In addition, we have also conducted pile surveys and reporting on thousands of piles throughout the Port of Melbourne, Port of Geelong, Port of Hastings, Port of Portland as well as major and minor Ports throughout Southern Australia.

As approved Denso, Petro Coating Systems and Hychem agents we are continuously working with our partners to trial and develop new systems. This research has given us a wealth of knowledge into pile condition and rehabilitation works enabling us to offer extensive experience and a proven track record in this field.

Channel Deepening Project

Professional Diving Services have been contracted to the Port of Melbourne Corporation and Boskalis for all diving services related to the channel deepening of the Port of Melbourne. Works on this project began for PDS in 1997 and are still ongoing. PDS were responsible for all diving works associated with the project including environmental monitoring, sediment sampling, wharf demolition, construction, removal of pipelines and the underwater maintenance of all vessels and dredging equipment. Professional Diving Services continue with monitoring and environmental monitoring works related to the project.

Inspection/removal of sludge from 90m litre methane reactor

A 90 million litre methane reactor at a major Australian cheese and butter manufacturer requires regular inspections several times throughout the year. Professional Diving Services have been contracted for this difficult contaminated diving job since 1994. Works conducted at the plant include routine inspections, upgrades to piping inside the reactor, dredging to remove dead bacteria and repairs as required.

Victorian Desalination Project

The Victorian Desalination Project has been using Professional Diving Services to provide diving and support services since its inception. These works have included seabed surveys for the initial site selection, pre- and post-construction environmental monitoring, onshore and offshore underwater construction and the general underwater maintenance of the facility. Recent works have included the ongoing maintenance of the offshore structures and deep diving inspection works of the intake and outlet tunnels at 50m water depth.

Offshore oil and gas support

Professional Diving Services are Shell Diving Centre of Excellence approved and therefore a significant supplier to the offshore oil and gas industry when urgent works are required. Professional Diving Services have played significant roles in some of the major semi-submersible rig refits taken place in Australia to date including the Ocean Patriot and Kan Tan IV. Due to the urgency of the projects PDS supplied multiple dive crews 24 hours per day for two months to the Ocean Patriot project. Professional Diving Services also supported the heavy lift ship Blue Marlin on the delivery of the new Australian Navy LHD’s.

Spirit of Tasmania

For more than twenty years, Professional Diving Services have been supplying diving services to TT-Line conducting surveys, maintenance and repairs to The Spirit of Tasmania vessels. This has included class In-Water Surveys, propeller polishing, propeller repairs, callout for emergency inspection and ongoing general underwater ship maintenance. PDS also assist TT-Line in the ongoing maintenance, upgrades and repairs of its berthing facilities.

Gellibrand Pier

The Port of Melbourne Corporation contracted Professional Diving Services to complete rehabilitation works to timber and steel piles at Gellibrand Pier Oil Berth. Works were completed around shipping movements and required significant co-ordination between Mobil, Port of Melbourne, shipping companies and other contractors. The works included the installation of Denso pile protection and pile strengthening systems to over 180 piles and the installation of over 10ton of anodes welded to piles.

Projects and Experience

Shell Geelong

As a Shell Diving Centre of Excellence approved supplier, Professional Diving Services have been supplying diving services to the Geelong Oil Refinery for over a decade. Professional Diving Services was selected by Shell International above all other companies in Australia and extensively audited for compliance to not only Australian onshore diving compliance but also International Offshore Oil & Gas Producers. Professional Diving Services became the first company in Australia to hold this accreditation and works at the facility are ongoing.

Cotter Dam

As a supplier to Bulk Water Alliance, Professional Diving Services provided remote operated vehicle (ROV) and diving services for the inspection and repair to the dam wall at Cotter Dam. The ROV was used to locate the defects in the dam wall and identify location and size for later repair. Professional Diving Services dive crews working to depths of 50m used hot water suits and completed surface decompression for this project to increase diver safety. Divers worked on the cracks in the wall injecting epoxy resin to flow through the gaps and seal the leaks.

Appleton Dock

In partnership with Fitzgerald Constructions, Professional Diving Services secured at its time the largest pile rehabilitation project attempted at one time of any wharf in Australia. Over 1,300 timber piles were rehabilitated by means of pile protection, pile strengthening or pile replacement systems. Denso Seashield systems were used and for them this project also formed one of the largest single supply contracts to date. The project quantity increased by a third from the onset and the project was still completed on time and without variation.

Port Maintenance Contract

For over twenty years Professional Diving Services have been the main supplier of commercial diving services and underwater solutions to the Port of Melbourne Corporation. The services provided have ensured that Professional Diving Services maintain an intimate knowledge of port structures. Works include structure and pile inspections, condition assessments, ongoing maintenance, upgrades, urgent construction and demolition works and providing a 24 hour on call service for Port emergencies.

Robinvale Loch 13

Professional Diving Services were initially contracted by Built Environs and then later MacDow to complete the underwater component of the Robinvale Loch 13 refurbishment project. The project, working around high and low water flow periods, commenced in 2010 and was completed in early 2014 and involved the placement of 32, 2ton and 30m long stainless steel support straps. Each strap was fixed with 36, M24 stainless studs being drilled and set 250mm into the concrete apron and bolted down.

Falls Creek

The snow making pumps at Falls Creek don’t go without routine maintenance and breakdown repair works and as a regular support to the Australian snow season, the Professional Diving Services crew are not unfamiliar with having to break through the ice and work beneath to change or repair pumps.

At zero degrees Celsius and ice overhead this makes for one of our most interesting and memorable projects.

Professional Diving Services

PDS Melbourne

2 Sonia StreetCarrum Downs VIC 3201Phone: 03 9775 0998Fax: 03 9775 1758melbourne@profdivers.com

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PDS Portland

14 Townsend Street

Portland VIC 3305

Phone: 03 5523 6392

portland@profdivers.com

Sydney 02 9666 1891 sydney@profdivers.com

Albury 02 6041 1405albury@profdivers.com

Vanuatu vanuatu@profdivers.com