Projects
Turkish Delight
 Descend took on the challenge of training 17 non-english speaking divers, see how it went...
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Your Worst Nightmare!
 Onshore Dive Supervisor Training...
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Descend Commercial Update - July 2005
 Commercial Update It has been quite a while since we gave an update on the commercial scene. The reason is because in the 30 years I have been diving commercially I have never experienced a busier period for diving. It’s not just Descend,
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Descend Commercial Update
 So much has been happening its hard to keep up with it all - Telstra Awards, Diver contracting boom, New training courses, and more..
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So What Is A Construction Diver?
 I often get asked by potential students of commercial diving courses whether or not they really need an ADAS card as they are not intending to work offshore and the onshore work they do probably wont involve actually building structures. The answer to
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RTA Bridge Inspections
 Descend Underwater Training Centre recently won a major contract to inspect all of the bridges over the Murray River in N.S.W. The inspections started close to the start of the Murray River at Indi, where you can literally walk across the river, and
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Tullaroop Outlet Tower Screen Guide Rehabilitation
 Xcalibre and the Rack.... I have always found drilling concrete underwater a difficult task. Even though we were equipped with hydraulic drills and diamond tipped drill bits the jobs were physically demanding and maintaining accuracy with a hand held
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The Hong Kong Project
 Some of the Transfield team had just finished the Sydney Airport Rail Link Tunnel and because they were happy with the services that Descend had provided on that project we were again invited to tender for the contract of preparing and presenting the training package for hyperbaric workers and lock operators. Descend won the contract in June 2002.
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A Dive in Raw Sewerage
 Recently the team at Descend Underwater Training Centre were contracted to survey a pumping structure for the Albury City Council. Now there is nothing very unusual about that except that the structure is 5 metres deep in primary sewage.
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Lake Eildon Project
 In Real Conditions - Planning Pays Earlier this year Descend Underwater Training Centre won a deep construction project in Lake Eildon for Goulburn Murray Water. The Project involved the removal of old trash screens on the low level water outlet and
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Increasing Business Requires Vehicle Upgrade
 Descend Underwater Training Centre recently won a major contract with Goulburn Murray Water. The contract involves all the diving work to be completed on Goulburn Murrays nine dams comprise the headworks assets and will be in force until December 2002.
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Commercial Diving: Good Housekeeping Keeps Your Water Clean
 Vacuum cleaning is usually associated with housework, and I think I am correct in saying it is usually carried out by the females in the house. That's not being sexist, its just that males like to tinker with the lawn mower or the car and are usually
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Sydney Airport Link Rail Tunnel Project
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