Jimmer
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I'm just about to graduate with my mechanical engineering diploma here in Canada. What sort of jobs do diving engineers perform?
Jim
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Calling all commercial divers, newbi needs help.
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The majority that I know are Professional Licensed Civil Engineers and they do inspections of structures, structural designs for repairs and stamped reports for agencies like the U.S. Navy or major port athorities.
The U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center in Washington, D.C. does hire other types of engineers under the job title of General Engineer, but they also focus on structures.
You might be able to get on with a really big commercial diving outfit like Oceaneering International or Pheonix International, but most commercial work is really done by low wage, cut-throat, non-educated construction divers because the oil industry wont pay for an engineer to do inspections.
If you are not a Civil Engineer, your chances of getting in to this type of work are slim.
The U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center in Washington, D.C. does hire other types of engineers under the job title of General Engineer, but they also focus on structures.
You might be able to get on with a really big commercial diving outfit like Oceaneering International or Pheonix International, but most commercial work is really done by low wage, cut-throat, non-educated construction divers because the oil industry wont pay for an engineer to do inspections.
If you are not a Civil Engineer, your chances of getting in to this type of work are slim.
Hey now this is getting good. Thanks for all of your input so far. And by all means keep it coming. After monthes of looking and many hours on the phone, It looks like my school of choice will be DIT. On a side note are there any divers out there that have attended DIT?
divekyra
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Yep, I did.
On A side note. Could you tell me what the general area is like around DIT. A while back I talked to the outfit up in Cameden New jersy about there school, they really talked it up. About a month later I was in the area and drove by to see the campus and was a little supprised at the astonishing amount of hookers and so on. I know that port areas are kinda like that, but this one was bad.divekyra:
divekyra
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DIT is located walking (or jogging as I used t during our lunch time) distance from a real nice, artsy area called Freemont. The houses in the close vicinity of the school are average and there are some businesses and warehouses but you get up the hills and there are some fance places. So it is varied ut definitely no hookers, not when I went. Most of the nearby areas in Seattle are decent. I never felt unsafe jogging in the area by myself. Decent apartments to live too (though I lived dwntwn).
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