Our mission is to be an innovative provider of offshore training,
logistics and marine services.
“We will be the company of choice for offshore training, logistics and marine
services in Australasia.”
Formed in February 1996, The Underwater Centre Fremantle,
trading as TUCF, initially provided a broad range of underwater training
services with emphasis on occupational diver training. To compliment
our training services, TUCF has also been providing vessels and logistical
support services to various clients of the offshore oil and gas industry.
Over the next five years TUCF will expand its role, into a company
which offers unique offshore logistics and marine service solutions
to global oil and gas exploration companies. We will do this while
also remaining adaptive to the changing nature of marine service markets,
and we will be able to respond to the changing market quickly.
As the company’s operations have already grown considerably, services
are now divided into three main areas:
TUCF offers a full range of occupational diver training. The courses
conducted by TUCF cover all industry sectors, including aquaculture,
scientific and commercial construction diving. TUCF's accredited trainers can provide a range of customised training programs to meet the needs of the offshore oil and gas industry.
TUCF is a provider of dive teams to the Australian occupational diving industry. Through its online recruiting database, clients can view candidate information and select personnel that suit requirements. TUCF is capable of training divers and providing dive teams.
The Underwater Centre Fremantle is accredited under the Commonwealth
Governments "Australian
Diver Accreditation Scheme" (ADAS Number 008) and as a "PADI
5 Star Dive Centre" (PADI Number S8387). TUCF was last audited
by the Commonwealth in August 2010. TUCF is also a member of IMCA.
TUCF is in the unique position to provide independent advice to dive contractors and companies that employ dive contractors. To date, TUCF have compiled 50% of the accepted Diving Safety Management Systems (DSMS) that have been accepted for diving on Petroleum leases.
TUCF has provided consultants to investigate dive related incidents; audit dive sites and dive management systems; develop systems for the managment of diving operations; verified diver competencies; reviewed project plans; facilitated workshops; audit vessel management systems and inspected commercial tonnage vessels. Clients are from the offshore oil and gas industry, offshore construction, and mining industry. TUCF has longterm service contracts with major Clients.
TUCF is capable of providing diving and marine subject matter experts.
TUCF provides an integrated package of services that includes the
marketing, management, maintenance and operation of a complete range
of vessels and barges ( and including aircraft). TUCF provides vessel management, operations, marketing and charter services; and provides the Australian and New Zealand
upstream oil & gas industry with a diversified range of vessels to
support all phases of offshore activity.
Through an exclusive agreement with the Malaysian
based Petra Perdana Group of Companies, TUCF provides vessles and barges of varying size and class to meet the demanding needs of remote offshore work in our region.
Petra owns a modern fleet of offshore vessels consisting of AHTS, accomodation, construction, and platform supply vessels.
TUCF is capable of providing and managing vessels ranging from 8m Dive Support Vessels to 70m AHTSV.
The Underwater Centre Fremantle (TUCF) is a proprietary limited company
based in Fremantle, Western Australia, with offices in Melbourne and
Broome.
The company has five shareholders:
• Perth Diving Academy Pty Ltd :
24%
• The Milliner Family Trust : 24%
• Mr Craig Maddison : 20%
• Mr Anthony (Dusty) Miller : 16%
• Mr Colin Murphy : 16%
The board of directors of TUCF currently consists of two members;
Managing Director and Company Secretary, Mr Ian Andrew Milliner. Director,
Mr Hugh McInnes Morrison.
The company’s accountant is Mr Con Van Maanen, Van Maanen Burson Chartered
accountants, Suite 3, 100 Hay Street, Subiaco, WA, 6018.
The company’s solicitors are Cocks MacNish, Barristers and Solicitors,
Level 2, 7 Ventnor Avenue, West Perth, WA 6005.
The company’s registered office is at Van Maanen Burson Chartered
Accountants, Suite 3, 100 Hay Street, Subiaco, WA, 6018.
TUCF's Quality Management System (QMS) was documented and implemented
in 1996 to comply with the requirements of the Australian Training
and Qualification Framework (ATQF) and the Australian Diver Accreditation
Scheme (ADAS). The QMS has since undergone ten major improvement-oriented
revisions since that time.
In 2006, the TUCF QMS was updated to incorporate the expansion of
our operations into formal marine contracting. The TUCF Quality Management
System was produced to provide guidance to all stakeholders of TUCF
in the safe conduct of training, marine, logistics and diving operations.
• Fremantle
• Melbourne
TUCF diver training is co-located in purpose built
diver training facilities, which include
• Modern
air-conditioned classrooms,
• Workshops,
• Shallow
water training area, with
• Specially
designed work tasks,
all are adjacent to office facilities at Rous Head Harbour. Other
training areas include the Swan River , Port of Fremantle , Cockburn
Sound, Rottnest Island , and deep diving sites at Lake Stockton (Collie)
approximately three hours south west of Fremantle. For more information
click here.
Most of the largest local and international employers of commercial
divers in Australia are base in Perth . Close to our facilities in
Fremantle. This gives TUCF unsurpassed access to current industry
trends, direction on industry training requirements, as well as access
to the key employers for our divers on completion of their course.
