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Any diver can be a subcontractor, as long as they as the subcontractor carry the required liability and workmens compensation insurance. Any diving operation (when diving as a condition of emplyoment) must be conducted in compliance with the OSHA commercial diving regulations. letter of...

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/commercialdiving/

Hey Brandon, I am a commercial diver, I started off almost 14 years ago as a US Army Engineer diver and when I left the military in 2001 continued commercial diving. The job is different depending on the area your working and the type of work your doing, divers are working from the North...

Just making sure Gary. Resqsqurt, I am curious about the reasoning behind having your standby diver waiting in the water? Seems like it would get cold with your water temperatures up there. Does the dressed out standby rotate into the water for the next dive? Jeff

It would depend on your definition of solo diving: Having one diver in the water at a time, line tended to the surface with another diver dressed out and standing by in the event of an emergency?

Here is a related article: http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/clubhouse/golf-ball-divers-531.htm

Former Army Engineer diver (1991-2001) 91-92 Honduras as a MP doing physical security for MILI 92-98 511th, 544th, 74th, and 569th dive detachments (Ft Eustic VA) 99-01 instructor duty Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center

I am going to miss his writing and perspective on things... I remember reading his articles when they were still printing him in the Army Times...

It is worth investigating Youngs Memorial, the tuition is much lower than any of the other schools out there and it is right down the road from a couple of the larger Gulf diving contractors (you can usually pick up work while your in school...

For small boats around here they charge around $2.00 a foot, we do the Navy vessels in town and charge an hourly rate for the dive team but that is the only vessels we get and the only reason we get them is that the Navy base requires contractors to meet the OSHA and Coast Guard regulations for...

A "zinc" is a type of sacrificial anode used on a vessel. Salt water has high conductivity and as you will notice with some of our dive gear metal tends to corrode quickly. There are a few ways to slow this process: 1) is using non-ferrus metals, these are often used for the running gear...

Check out Youngs Memorial in Morgan City, LA http://www.commercialdiveschool.com/diving/default.htm Well respected course and one of the cheapest going, another adsvantage is that it is right down the road from a couple of the larger Gulf diving contractors and you can usually get shop...

If it were me I would seek a ENT specialist, perhaps it is something physiological. I have seen several divers who developed various growths that made clearing difficult.

CO2 toxicity was the most common cause of blackout among hard hat divers in years past, inadequate ventilation of the helmet was the cause. It still occurs sometimes, but more often than not now it is overbreathing a regulator, skip breathing, equipment that is not maintained or has been...

I believe this subject is currently being studied at Duke. I know that the Navy is investigating this subject as well (NEDU) Perhaps at some point we will have a basic set of surface O2 tables for surface interval before flying

I like to remove my valves once a year, soak them in a viniger and water solution and inspect and clean the mating surface on the suit. It is possible you have some debris in there especially if you were looking for something in the bottom at any point.

1991-2001 US Army, 00B (diver)

This is am example of a cloth / transport chamber, the US Navy has also purchased several of these and already successfully used it to transport a sick fisherman / diver in Hawaii http://www.nautilussystems.com/cham...amber-frame.htm

Generally compressors listed by HP rating not cubic foot a minute are low pressure / shop air compressors. (the original post mentions a 8 HP compressor) You are correct in that with an extremely large reserve of high pressure air in storage you could run a treatment. Generally low...

just some more information for those interested: Recompressions chambers are low pressure vessels, but since they are used for human occupancy they are signifigantly over engineered for safety. Chambers are built from steel, aluminium (most common), lexan, and more recently synthetic...