CDA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE | Jacksonville

About Us

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Commercial Diving Academy is a Technical school that offers a commercial diving program, a stand alone welding program and also an Industrial Nondestructive Testing program.

CDA Technical Institute (CDA), formerly Commercial Diving Academy, is the only accredited commercial diving school in the Southeast. CDA is not your average welding school, and in fact offer the most comprehensive and rigorous program (20 weeks) of all the other accredited commercial diver training schools. CDA also offers more internationally recognized certifications than any other training program. CDA is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET), which is listed by the US Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency. CDA is licensed to operate as a private school and is licensed by the Commission for Independent Education, Florida Department of Education.

CDA Technical Institute is a post-secondary welding school designed to provide the diving, inspection, maritime and medical industries with entry level personnel, who excel in superior knowledge, skill, safety, and work ethic. Our training is comprehensive, rigorous, and designed with individual student career objectives, abilities, and interests in mind.

In addition to these welding skills, our curriculum also includes training in metal preparation, cutting, fabrication, fitting, rigging, crane operations, hazardous waste and material handling, confined space entry, industrial safety, offshore survival procedures, and much more. We also qualify students in first aid and CPR.

Business History
CDA was established as Commercial Diving Academy in 1995, in Orange Beach, Alabama, in order to provide training and employable skills in the profession of commercial diving. CDA was founded by Capt. Ray Black in answer to the need for trained commercial divers and the rare-existence of schools of this type. CDA is the realization of his dream of sharing his 15 years of experience and training with others. In 2011, CDA changed its name to CDA Technical Institute to better reflect the expansion of its program offerings. CDA continues to improve and develop associated programs.

Professional Associations
Florida Association of Post-Secondary Schools and Colleges (FAPSC)
Association of Commercial Diving Educators (ACDE)
Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI)
Divers Certification board of Canada (DCBC)
International Marine Contracts Association (IMCA)
National Academy of Scuba Educators (NASE)
National Center For Construction Education and Research (NCCER)
National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technicians (NBDHMT)
Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS)
American Welding Society (AWS)
Speciality Welds UK

Specialties
Commercial Diving, Underwater Welding, Medical Assisting & Hyperbaric Chamber Operations, Industrial Nondestructive Testing, Welding, Commercial Diving (including Underwater Welding), Stand alone welding program, and Maritime Welding Program.

Year Founded
1995

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