​The Atlantic Commercial Diving Centre, located in Summerside, PEI is the only certified commercial diving school east of Ontario.

Commercial diving is a trade that is currently in high demand, and we have employers reaching out daily looking for new grads from our program. This program is a great opportunity for anyone who is adventurous, looking for a career that involves hands on work and being outdoors the majority of the time. Taking this course can lead to finding employment immediately after completion and earning above average salaries, we often have students who receive job offers prior to their graduation. We are proud of our high success rate from our carefully crafted programming, combining in-class lectures with hands on experience that prepares our students to enter the workforce. 

The USSD certifications is a 23-week intense course held at our state-of-the-art facility. The program typically runs from January to June with classed that are limited to a maximum of 24 students. Having these smaller classes helps allow for more one on one from our instructors. In this program our students will learn about diving equipment, systems and procedures, and then progressing into courses on inspection, underwater welding, construction techniques and more. Surface cutting and welding courses are taught on campus before progressing to underwater techniques. ACDC uses various dive sites throughout Atlantic Canada to expose our divers to the realities of working in tidal waters and currents to prepare them to work in any body of water worldwide.