I’m looking at attending south lousiana community college for commercial diving. Wondering if anyone attentions or is looking to attend, if attended how was it?. Is it a good spot to go to if I want to in the future be a deep sea diver? This school is in my interest because it’s less of a financial risk
I got an offer for 70k salary starting with benefits before bonuses and diver pay. Was wondering if they are a good company to work for.
Any divers out here lighting up while not on jobs?
Little backstory, I am a Marine Corps infantry veteran, and was going to go to Divers institute in Seattle when I first got out of the military, but I changed my mind last minute and went to welding school instead. I’ve been working full time as a welder for awhile now but I’m tired of the shop life it’s pretty boring to me, I’ve always had an interest in commercial diving. I currently make around 65,000 a year as a welder and was wondering what I would be looking at as a first year tender pay wise? And if it would be a good career change?
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Going to Louisiana community college for commercial diving. I’m really interested in going deep sea diving later in my future. Will this school be able to get me IMCA recognized?
Anyone have a recommended field guide? or something to keep in my back pocket? Building a manifold and kept forgetting the names of some of the fittings, want to just refresh myself.
Morning all,
I'm getting to know someone in the north of England who's a deep sea diver, and I’m trying to get an unbiased opinion about what the lifestyle is actually like from people who do it.
How normal is it for divers to just fully disappear communication wise for weeks at a time? Like if you were seeing someone new and they suddenly stopped replying for 2–3 weeks, would your immediate thought be “yeah they’re offshore” or “they’re not interested” 😂
I know offshore work can mean weird schedules, long shifts and bad signal, but I’ve got no idea what’s realistic these days. Are people genuinely unreachable for long stretches, or do most divers still have decent enough internet/phone access to check in?
Basically trying to work out whether commercial diving is one of those careers where everyone around you just gets used to random periods of radio silence.
I’m new to Reddit, so please do let me know if I’ve said anything inappropriate or come across as rude. Many thanks to everyone who’s replied; now let’s get down to business.
I’m a 21-year-old woman looking to find out about the job prospects and current situation for saturation divers or commercial divers. I’d like to ask: if I complete a commercial diving course with the Australian CDA or the US DIT, will I be able to find work? (Taking the Australian CDA as an example, if all goes well, I plan to complete Parts 1 to 3 of the course. Will this level of qualification allow me to find work as a dive assistant or similar role in Australia and elsewhere?) In short, I don’t want to waste my tuition fees. My ultimate goal is to become a saturation diver, but I’d be happy to start as a dive assistant. I just want to ensure that, upon completing the course, I have a clear idea of whether I’ll have a chance of finding work. (I know the industry may be slightly male-dominated, but I really love this field and want to give it a go – please give me some advice! Your opinion is invaluable to me.)
Just going to say right off the bat that I know nothing about this industry, just lurking on here because it's interesting (not trying to be one of you guys)
I saw some posts about hardly not very much welding in the trade and it made me wonder about what you guys think of automation and robotics will lead to in this field? Also do you guys do very much fiberoptic cable work? I've heard that pays a lot on land, so I imagine underwater it has to be valuable to some companies. Hopefully. Because your kind of work should be paying at a bare minimum 125k+ in my opinion.
I want to become a commercial diver but I’m just now hearing that a lot of people that had trades before become saturation diving and I just need to know if this was simply because they became saturation divers later on or they got a trade for the purpose of commercial diving qualifications.
Hi guys, Im (24M) considering going to The Ocean Corporation in Houston for commercial diving and I'm really into it and I absolutely do want to get into it, the only issue is I would be coming all the way from India, and I'm slightly worried about the job market for me as an international student. What's it like? How difficult would it be for me to get some offshore experience?
A little context about me; I did engineering but im not happy with a 9 to 5 desk job and commercial diving feels like the best fit for me, I have dived once before and I know I can do it every day.
I hope to one day get into saturation diving too, so any suggestions or opinions are greatly appreciated :D