Calling all commercial divers, newbi needs help.
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Hi. I graduated from The Oceancorp in Feb. A few things to consider are... That 100% job placement that they boast is 100% wrong. I had a job on the day I graduated because I went out and found it on my own. The reason they claim 100% is that before you can take your final exam, you must sign a job placement form whether you have a job or not. It is also pretty much a self taught program after about 3-4 months. However on a different note, I work with two guys who attended school in Seattle and they actually get some real dives in. The deepest you will get @ TOC is 25ft in the school tank. Feel free to contact me with any more questions or anything I can help with.
Just an update from what I have found.
International diving institute only offers ADC
Commercial divers academy only offers ADC
The Ocean Corperation Only Offers ADC
Divers academy Of The Easter Seaboard Only offers ADC
College of oceneering only offers ADC
Divers Institute of technology offers IMCA
Santa Barbra city college offers ADC with the option to do the book work for you IMCA, IMCA diving test must be done at your perspective job.
Prices ranging any where from $22,000- $17,000 with santa barbra city college coming in at $6500 per year 1 year for ADC 2 years for your IMCA and assosiates of marine diving. and about half that cost for in state students.
International diving institute only offers ADC
Commercial divers academy only offers ADC
The Ocean Corperation Only Offers ADC
Divers academy Of The Easter Seaboard Only offers ADC
College of oceneering only offers ADC
Divers Institute of technology offers IMCA
Santa Barbra city college offers ADC with the option to do the book work for you IMCA, IMCA diving test must be done at your perspective job.
Prices ranging any where from $22,000- $17,000 with santa barbra city college coming in at $6500 per year 1 year for ADC 2 years for your IMCA and assosiates of marine diving. and about half that cost for in state students.
kalidor's8
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jrvyota:
Hi there and welcome to the board!
I am attending The Ocean Corp in Houston and am due to graduate in May. I may get a little flak from saying this but this has been my experience thus far. Some will tell you to go with a cheap school since all you need is the certs, I would not agree with this line of thought since you tend to get just what you pay for. TOC has about a 98% hire rate for it's students and they do work to get you hired. Most of the companies out there are looking for some type of welding background and with this school you get those certs as well both surface and water. You also graduate a lvl 2 w/o experience inspector when several schools only give you lvl 1. The instructors have of course all been in the field for years and know what they are talking about, just go in there and keep a head on your shoulders and you should be fine with it, and make sure you get to know the instructors, they know thier stuff and will try to pass thier knowledge on to you if you show the interest.
Another thing I should point out is in most cases don't look to start diving with a company right away, you will more than likely be tending the other divers for a while with chances to dive for mundane tasks. Don't get discouraged since we all have to go through it, just part of the job.
Hope this helps
Kev
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not many engineering divers.......
one engineering company, you can google, does underwater inspections and forensic engineering (ie determining the casue of structural failures).
4 years ngineering college and some diving training....might be a sweet deal if it is your passion.
I suggest a finance degree for the mega bonuses....grrr....I chose wrong proffesion
not many engineering divers.......
one engineering company, you can google, does underwater inspections and forensic engineering (ie determining the casue of structural failures).
4 years ngineering college and some diving training....might be a sweet deal if it is your passion.
I suggest a finance degree for the mega bonuses....grrr....I chose wrong proffesion
In responce to kev's post, you will receive no welding certs @ TOC. Neither topside or U/W. You will however recieve a certificate saying that you did do both while you were there. Also, if you seek employment w/a company like global or oceaneering, or any company w/ any corprate structure, they will probably make you retake several courses that you have already had @ any accrediated school to accommodate their corprate policies ( etc. Safegulf )
so what would some of you recommend TOC,DIT,CDA or some no name cheap school? i was thinking going offshore and i feel that i would have more bottom time going inland with a little better future in the long run. if it's gotta be a big school i would think about going to CDA since it's short and get your ADC. ya Kev is right you get what you pay for, but some people retain better and have a little more common sense then others. I have friends in the industry and all are offshore and i hear the same thing (get your certs cheap you will learn everything OJT). i'm new myself and have done a lot of looking around but still can decide where or what i want to do. so some of you that have been in it for awhile, all the help you can give us is great for us wanna be worms.
divekyra
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Just a note:
There are a lot of retards paying a lot of bucks to go to the "better" dive schools and then not making it out on the field, some not ever even getting there; and there are a lot of people who have the drive and dedication but lack the means to afford more than Young Memorial (for example) and having stellar careers. You do not get what you pay for, you get what you put into it of yourself.
There are a lot of retards paying a lot of bucks to go to the "better" dive schools and then not making it out on the field, some not ever even getting there; and there are a lot of people who have the drive and dedication but lack the means to afford more than Young Memorial (for example) and having stellar careers. You do not get what you pay for, you get what you put into it of yourself.
kalidor's8 is wrong in regards to being level II NDT certified out of school. The ANST requirements specify a certain amount of hands on experience before a COMPANY can certify an NDT Technician. The school can not certify you, you are certified through your employer. You can get trained to Level II in NDT but you still must have the required experience to be a certified tech.
The College of Oceaneering in California does train the NDT tech's to Level II before graduation.
AXL72 there are about seven (7) engineering companies across the U.S. that use engineers that dive. There are also a minimum of four government agencies that also hire and use divers that must be engineers. they include CalTrans, U.S. Navy NEFSC, U.S.A.C.E., Bureau of Reclaimation, and State of Virgina Dept. of Trans.
The College of Oceaneering in California does train the NDT tech's to Level II before graduation.
AXL72 there are about seven (7) engineering companies across the U.S. that use engineers that dive. There are also a minimum of four government agencies that also hire and use divers that must be engineers. they include CalTrans, U.S. Navy NEFSC, U.S.A.C.E., Bureau of Reclaimation, and State of Virgina Dept. of Trans.
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