Pan Dakota Dive Services
Operating out of the Bow Valley for over 30 years, Pan Dakota employs a stable team of fully-certified, technically-competent divers. Pan Dakota is ISNetword certified and the “go-to” choice for project managers and engineers in the hydroelectric industry. Every member of the diving team has met appropriate DCBC (Diver Certification Board of Canada) certifications.
Pan Dakota Dive Services adheres to the standards of the Canadian Standards Association and the standards of other professional associations; the Canadian Association of Diving Contractors, the Canadian Dam Association, the Alberta Construction Safety Association, and ISNetworld.
Urgent requests are part of the territory and Pan Dakota will take your call 24 hours a day. Although safety is our priority, our procedural approach allows us to react quickly. Often a call in the morning results in a diver in the water that afternoon…operating safely!
Cameron Smith
Cam Started diving in 1991 and has been a certified unrestricted surface supplied commercial diver since 2009 and a dive supervisor since 2012, graduating from the Canadian Working Divers Institute. Throughout his dive career, Cam has spent the majority of his time working on hydro-electric dam maintenance and potable water reservoirs. Cam has also focused on the safety side of the industry, by taking courses such as Rescue 3 Swiftwater Rescue, confined space, fall arrest as well as several first aid courses and Emergency Scene Management.
Prior to turning his passion for diving in to a career, Cam worked in the construction industry, managed different bars and restaurants and for a safety supply company. During his time in the restaurant industry, Cam headed up the safety committee for several of the bars/restaurants he was involved in. Nowadays when Cam is not diving, he spends his time as a proud member of the Exshaw Fire Department, which has only re-enforced his deep belief in working safely.
For inquiries about your underwater service needs in the Bow Valley/Southern Alberta, Email Cam now.
Brandon David
Brandon David has been a commercial diver since June 2017. Brandon has experience diving in several places across Canada, such as Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Nunavut and Alberta. Brandon graduated from Holland college in Prince Edward Island and then proceeded to dive for a company in Newfoundland, gaining vast diving experience within the industries in the areas of fishing, oil and gas, and shipping.
Before going to dive school, Brandon spent 5 years working full time on oil and gas service rigs all over western Canada. During his time on the rigs, Brandon developed a very solid work ethic as well as a strong sense of safety and for all safety procedures and policies, as well as an understanding that safety is the first and foremost top priority on all job sites, in any industry.
For inquiries about your underwater service needs in the Drayton Valley/Northern Alberta area, Email Brandon now.