Occupational Diving Services

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Contract us to perform a wide range of occupational diving services, and we'll customize our capabilities to meet your specific requirements.

PDC offers occupational diving services in performing:

• Underwater documentation, photography and videography work,
• New and conceptual equipment testing and review work,
• Underwater site inspections, surveys, and impact assessments,
• Scientific surveys and data gathering,
• General and light maintenance work,
• Search and recovery and light salvage operations,
• Training and certification courses and programs,
• Check dives, safety, and evaluation dives,
• Rescue diver and SAR dive services,
• Exploratory dives and site mapping,
• Consulting, analysis, and review work,
• and more...

If you or your organization has a need for any of the occupational services we provide, reach out to use to begin consultation.

Pinnacle Diving Company can provide detailed underwater hull inspection, cleaning, and propeller polishing services for certain commercial vessels either pier-side or afloat.

PDC is capable of offering commercial companies:

• Detailed underwater hull inspections, surveys, and condition reports,
• Underwater photography and videography documentary services,
• Condition reports of surfaces, through-hull equipment, sea chests, thrusters, propellers, shafts and hubs, cutters, rudders, and more,
• Biofouling removal and hull cleaning,
• Propeller cleaning and polishing,
• Anode replacement and light maintenance,
• And more.

All inspection services include detailed photographic imagery of the entire hull and all surfaces. We can provide inspections for the purposes of hull condition / dive reports, damage assessments, pre-cleaning and post-cleaning, and more. For both pre-inspections and final inspections, we will provide a certified written report, complete with summary of findings, condition report, and all images, for you company's documentation purposes.

We charge a "daily rate" for our personnel based on assigned position. This includes Tenders, Divers, Leads, Supervisors, etc.

For all Occupational Services other than hull cleaning, our Occupational Services Rates range from ¥10,000 to ¥25,000 per hour, depending on the nature, scale, and complexity of the work, with the exception of Training and Certification Courses and Programs. Refer to Dive Training for information on individual course costs.

We have set daily rates for use of specialty equipment, such as cavitation cleaning, underwater electric drills, pneumatic systems, cameras, etc.

Our Hull Inspection Rate is ¥1,000 per foot for all commercial vessels.

Our General Underwater Inspection Rate is ¥10,000 per hour.

Our Basic Hull Cleaning Rate is ¥2,000 JPY per foot for all commercial vessels.

Our Basic Propeller Cleaning and Polishing Rate is ¥1,000 JPY per square foot for all commercial vessels.

Double the Basic Rate will be charged for heavy growth with FR ratings 60 and greater, and coverage at 60% and greater, or if the work is requested to be completed by hand (no powered equipment).

Unless exempt by law, we charge 10% VAT for all services rendered in Japan, and the required commercial tax rates for all services outside of Japan.

Additional fees might be added for services depending on location restrictions, and if special permissions or equipment are required.

Administrative Fees are included at no extra cost if we perform the work. Administrative fees are only assessed if we must subcontract additional operators to meet the service request.

For work performed outside of our local service area (Kanagawa and Tokyo - Bay Area), travel, transport, and accommodation costs will be added.

We use a secure electronic payment processing system. Regardless whether you want to pay by company card or bank transfer, an electronic invoice will be emailed to your contact email. Please ensure that the correct representative responsible for payment approvals and processing is provided to us. If you pay by card, you will use the link in the email provided to pay securely in our system. If you pay by bank transfer, once confirmation is made that funds have been successfully received, the invoice will be marked as "paid" in the system. In both cases, an official receipt of payment will be sent by the system automatically to your email.

An initial payment of 50% may be assessed for first time contractors and/or foreign entities.

All invoices must be paid no later than 10 business days from the date of issue.

If payment is made by bank transfer, the principle is responsible for all bank transfer fees.

For payments made by card, a Payment Processing Fee of 3.25% is charged by the system automatically, and is added for all credit card payments.

Unless arrangements are made in advance and agreed upon by PDC, late fees of 5% (0.05) will be assessed daily for payments made after 10 business days.