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06-03-2014, 14:46
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Florida on my boat
Boat: catalina 1985 30 -Hello over there
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Commercial Diver?
I'm currently a jack of all trades hvac, electrical, welding, and diesel mechanics
I am curious on commercial diving. Does anyone here have a decade or more of experience in the field that could answer some questions for me?
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06-03-2014, 15:01
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cruiser
Join Date: May 2010
Location: SF Bay Area; Former Annapolis and MA Liveaboard.
Boat: Looking and saving for my next...mid-atlantic coast
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Re: Commercial diver??
Contact SatDiver on CF and tell em the monkey sent you.
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06-03-2014, 15:02
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Registered User
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Thank you
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"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch, Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Ben Franklin
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15-03-2014, 12:09
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cruiser
Join Date: May 2010
Location: SF Bay Area; Former Annapolis and MA Liveaboard.
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Re: Commercial Diver?
and contact Fsstbttms
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15-03-2014, 12:27
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Re: Commercial Diver?
My underwater welding friend said that first and foremost you want to be a good welder, and then a diver after that. It's not a good way for a "diver" to make money, but it's a good way for a welder to increase their income.
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15-03-2014, 12:30
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Location: London, Ontario
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Re: Commercial Diver?
Quote:
Originally Posted by beetlejuice30
I'm currently a jack of all trades hvac, electrical, welding, and diesel mechanics
I am curious on commercial diving. Does anyone here have a decade or more of experience in the field that could answer some questions for me?
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Sure I may able to answer your questions, but in all honesty, if I were you I would suggest another profession. Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) are doing the lions share of the underwater work now.
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16-03-2014, 03:36
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Location: Live-aboard Cruiser
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Re: Commercial Diver?
Im with Mr Gallinger. Im in the offshore subsea construction industry and the spent my first 9 years as an air/sat diver in the North Sea and elsewhere. If your making a career decision today in this field, go into ROV's. Today we design most subsea construction tasks as diverless. The industry has been going into deepwater for some years now and its all ROV's. In fact there is still a demand for capable ROV pilots/techs.
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23-03-2014, 15:58
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Hull Diver
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Under a boat, in a marina, in the San Francisco Bay
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Re: Commercial Diver?
Quote:
Originally Posted by beetlejuice30
I'm currently a jack of all trades hvac, electrical, welding, and diesel mechanics
I am curious on commercial diving. Does anyone here have a decade or more of experience in the field that could answer some questions for me?
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If you want the unvarnished truth about getting into the commercial dive industry, go to the link below. Your question has been asked and answered many, many times:
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/commercial-divers/
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