About Us

• CDA provides training and job placement assistance. Contact us today to learn about the "CDA Advantage." 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.