Tritons Centre, the new training centre for commercial diving, will launch in March with the Diver Medic course, which will lead to the prestigious IMCA certification, awarded by the most prestigious and recognised international body in the sector.
Tritons Centre – a consortium whose members and partners include organisations of international standing – aims to bring back to Italy, and more specifically to Liguria, professional training dedicated to the offshore sector as a whole, ranging from the industrial sphere (oil and gas extraction, alternative energy, infrastructure, offshore installations and services) to the scientific and military spheres.
Until the first half of the last century, Italy was at the forefront of diving techniques, but this expertise rapidly faded after the Second World War, giving way to Anglo-Saxon dominance, which still dictates the rules in the sector today, starting with training. And whilst the sector grew exponentially across the world, Italy gradually fell further behind.
Today, the Italian diving industry is under severe pressure, partly due to a culpable delay on the part of the government, as Italy is the only country in Europe that has not yet enacted a national law on safety in diving activities, as repeatedly highlighted by AISI (the Association of Italian Diving Companies).
Italian companies, even the most prestigious ones, are forced to have their divers’ qualifications certified abroad in order to operate in the international market. As these training courses often involve hundreds of hours of training, including practical sessions at sea, and require the use of technologically advanced equipment and simulators, they are frequently very expensive; this cost becomes prohibitive if the courses have to be undertaken abroad, given the travel expenses involved.
This marks the start of the Tritons Centre’s challenge. Thanks to its collaboration with its partner Interdive – a well-known British training centre accredited by the IMCA – the Centre will be able to deliver courses leading to internationally recognised certifications, with a comprehensive catalogue organised into thematic sections: commercial diving, health and safety, and marine and underwater technologies.
Tritons Centre sees the local area as the perfect ally for establishing itself in the Mediterranean region. Starting with its headquarters: the Centre is one of the first organisations to collaborate with the DLTM, the Ligurian Marine Technology District, within the La Spezia Maritime Hub. Here, it will be natural to forge synergies with the DLTM, the University of Genoa, the Tecnomar Consortium and the Italian Navy. At an institutional level, positive relations have already been established with Alfa Liguria regarding regional recognition of certain basic courses.
The organisational obstacles and difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, which brought virtually the entire training sector to a standstill, have delayed the start of the courses. However, Tritons Centre sought to turn these obstacles into an opportunity by creating an e-learning platform to deliver the theoretical part of the IMCA-authorised Diver Medic course. This means that participants can follow the lessons from the comfort and safety of their own homes, limiting their time in the classroom to just three days to take part in the practical exercises and the final exam.
TRITONS CENTRE: Safe, Flexible, Money-saving!
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