Divers Academy International is a technical educational institution in New Jersey that offers training in commercial diving and underwater welding.
Divers Academy was founded in 1977 by Captain William M. Brown, a Korean War veteran, as the Divers Academy of the Eastern Seaboard, to meet the high demand for commercial divers in the offshore oil industry, inland harbors, and rivers. In 2001 the school was renamed Divers Academy International. As the commercial dive industry has evolved, Divers Academy has expanded the curriculum, certifications, facilities, technology, and faculty to meet current industry needs.
Campus
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Divers Academy is currently based in Erial, New Jersey. It moved from its original campus in Camden, New Jersey to a custom-designed facility in Erial in 2006. The school campus includes a 32-acre 60-foot deep commercial dive training quarry, hyperbaric chamber, Lincoln welding facilities and fully equipped classrooms. In 2013 Divers Academy expanded, adding a custom mixed gas deep dive training facility in Allentown PA. The 50-acre, 300 foot deep dive quarry is the deepest dive training quarry in the US, and is used exclusively for mixed gas deep dive training.
Training Curriculum
Divers Academy is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Career Schools and Colleges. This allows Divers Academy to provide students with access to federal financial assistance such as Pell Grants and direct student loans.
Divers Academy is also accredited and affiliated with leading technical and diving organizations:
Accreditation and Approvals
- • Accrediting Commission for Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC)
- • Association of Commercial Diving Educators (ACDE)
- • New Jersey Department Labor - Division of Workforce Development
- • The State Approval Agency for the training of Veterans (NJ)
Memberships and Affiliations
- • American Society for Materials (ASM)
- • American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)
- • American Welding Society (AWS)
- • ANSI/ACDE-01-2009 Commercial Divers
Training Standards
- • Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI)
- • Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU)
- • Canadian Association of Diving Contractors (CADC)
- • Diver Certification Board of Canada (DCBC)
- • International Diving School Association (IDSA)
- • International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA)
- • Private Career Schools of New Jersey (PCSA)
- • National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI)
- • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS)
Military Friendly Status
For three consecutive years Divers Academy has been recognized by GI Jobs Magazine as a Military Friendly school. This is a shortlist of universities and tech schools in the US that received recognition for offering support and opportunities to service members and veteran students. Veterans who enroll at Divers Academy can use their Post-9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33) or Montgomery GI Bill (Chapter 30) to cover up to 95% of tuition.
References
External links
- Official website
