{"id":158,"date":"2015-10-22T08:17:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T08:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/?p=158"},"modified":"2015-10-22T08:41:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T08:41:17","slug":"uxo-diver-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"UXO diver training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 314px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/news101\/marine-civils\/diving-and-underwater-services\/uxo-diver-training-for-the-renewables-industry\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/__data\/assets\/image\/0009\/1065348\/varieties\/carousel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">DX300 in use on PDA UXO course<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Commercial divers will be trained to detect unexploded bombs in a new partnership between explosives disposal experts Ramora UK and the Professional Diving Academy, Dunoon.<\/p>\n<p>Major operators such as e.on have stipulated that divers who wish to participate in this area of work must first have undergone a suitable training course. The course will focus on awareness and identification of unexploded items and will include the use of diver-operated magnetometers.<br \/>\nThe Aquascan DX 300 Magnetometer has been chosen for this purpose, as it is arguably the most commonly used in this field. The DX300 is a highly-sensitive detection tool which can pinpoint the location of suspect items underwater, even when buried.<\/p>\n<p>The course content draws on Ramora UK\u2019s world-renowned expertise in explosives detection and disposal. The PDA, which has a global reputation for delivering high-quality, internationally recognised training for divers, will offer this course as a bolt-on within its Premier Career Package, or alternatively as a two-day standalone course for divers who wish to expand their skills.<\/p>\n<p>To view the full article on Maritime Journal, click here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/news101\/marine-civils\/diving-and-underwater-services\/uxo-diver-training-for-the-renewables-industry\">http:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/news101\/marine-civils\/diving-and-underwater-services\/uxo-diver-training-for-the-renewables-industry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commercial divers will be trained to detect unexploded bombs in a new partnership between explosives disposal experts Ramora UK and the Professional Diving Academy, Dunoon. Major operators such as e.on have stipulated that divers who wish to participate in this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/?p=158\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquascan.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}