Our training centre
BC-opleidingen has an extensive training centre with facilities specially designed for training professional divers. From indoor pools to outdoor locations, from decompression chambers to our own training vessel.
All facilities are equipped to the latest standards and are continuously maintained for optimal training conditions.
Diving tower
The tower contains three connected indoor pools: a 9-metre basin with a 5-metre platform, a 3.5-metre basin and a 1.35-metre connecting section.
- 22 mounted cameras at various depths
- Overhead crane for positioning instruction equipment
- Three connected indoor pools
- Rental available for external parties
Diving pit
An outdoor location for deep diving with an adjustable floor that allows depths of 0, 9, 15 and 21 metres. Ideal for realistic training conditions.
- Infinitely adjustable floor (0 to 21 metres), fine-tuned to the centimetre
- LARS system available
- Hot-water suits and professional tools
- Suitable for professional preparation
Built for the real work
Our facilities were not converted from something else — they were designed, from the very first pile, for training professional divers. In 2018 the main building went up and we lowered the diving tower into the building through the roof; in 2021 the 21-metre diving pit followed, complete with a steel ring, concrete poured underwater by divers themselves, and a wrecked car as the first practice object.
Building the 21-metre diving pit: from excavation to the first wreck going into the water (2021).
Placing the diving tower, filmed from the air (2018).
Movable floor
The floor of the diving pit can be adjusted to the centimetre, infinitely variable from 0 to 21 metres deep. This lets trainees dive at exactly the depth that suits their course and exercise. In the timelapse alongside, you can see the floor rise to the surface in just a few minutes — with the diver still on it.
Water incident vehicle
A modular emergency vehicle configured for SCUBA or surface-supplied air training, used in fire service diving programmes. This unique vehicle enables realistic training scenarios for emergency services.
Decompression chamber
A chamber with a 1600mm diameter in a 20-foot container, equipped with a high-capacity compressor for surface decompression and instruction.
Compliant with WOD-SOE and IMCA regulations, suitable for both training and operational use.
Vessels: 'Diva' & 'Triton'
Instruction vessel and dive support vessel for SCUBA, OLV and SSE diving operations. Both are actively used in practical training and diving work on the Markermeer.
Boat 'Diva'
Instruction vessel used for various diving operations and practical training on the Markermeer.
Dive support vessel 'Triton'
Dive support vessel (19.95 m) with a 29 tonne-metre hydraulic crane, two spud poles and a 50 m² work deck, complete with a dive station and video inspection system. Used for practical training and diving work on the Markermeer.
More about the Triton at duikwerkschip.nl →
LARS & Equipment
Equipment used for B30 to B50 diving operations and examinations. The LARS (Launch and Recovery System) is used during both training and official certification examinations and is essential for professional diving operations.
The training programmes use professional diving systems: the SCUBA programmes use, among others, the Interspiro MKIII and DP1, and the SSE programmes use the Kirby Morgan band mask 18B and the Kirby Morgan Superlite 27B and 37SS.
Hyperbaric welding installation
In partnership with the Hyperbaric Welding Center, the centre has a 3-metre welding tank for wet underwater welding and dry hyperbaric welding. This installation is used in the underwater welding course and for research and test work — a unique facility in the Netherlands.
Impression of the campus
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Other facilities
In addition to our water facilities, the centre has extensive supporting amenities.
Classrooms
Several classrooms for theory lessons, briefings and medical instruction.
Virtual Reality Dome
Innovative VR dome for immersive training scenarios and simulations.
Technical rooms
Video evaluation room and technical rooms with air compressor stations.
Want to see the facilities?
Come and visit during one of our information afternoons and see our unique facilities with your own eyes.