Don’t want to work in an office? How about underwater? That’s exactly what commercial divers get to do. They wear scuba gear and dive underwater to remove, repair, inspect, and install structures and equipment or to take pictures, do experiments, or rig explosives.
Commercial divers must communicate with employees working above the water by using telephones or signal lines, track dive depths and lengths, maintain diving equipment, register with authorities, gather information about the environment, and retrieve sunken objects.
People with this career also test and inspect docks, bouyage systems, ships, underwater pipelines, plant intakes and outflows, cables, and sewers. Commercial divers even use underwater welding tools, photography, and closed circuit television to do their job.
Commercial divers use tools like masks, air tanks, helmets, harnesses, gauges, supports, jigs, crane lines, derricks, winches, and cranes.
People who do well in this career are usually good at maintenance, critical thinking, fixing things, troubleshooting, communicating, and using their hands.
Successful commercial divers usually have an associate’s degree. An educational program will teach students all they need to know about design, mechanics, physics, math, engineering, building, technology, construction, public safety, and personal service.
Regardless of their background or experience, students can embark on a rewarding career as a commercial diver in many locations.
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