Careers in diving..

[metalive]

Hello,
I am new to scubaboard!

I have been considering career possibilities lately (with my parents and teachers) and one of my ideas would be something in the field of diving. Doing my faourite sport as a job would be a dream!

Now, I know that there are many, many possibilities, but I don't know anything about them. I think I'm not really good at science and eveything, but I have always had good technical/practical skills and understanding. So I think the more practical jobs would be applicable for me.

So,

-what kind of jobs exist? (manual, scientific, etc.)
-what are the academic requirements?
-what are the outlooks for the future?

Diving as a job would cetainly be my dream job, but like I said, I don't know where to start. Could someone please guide me a bit here. For example, starting off by giving me a few links on this topic... That would be very helpful to start researching possible carrers for me.

Thanks fellow divers!

 

[DandyDon]

Welcome to Scuba Board. :hi:

If you don't get what the responses you need here, you might browse around other forums.

good luck, don

 

[rmediver2002]

Have you considered the military, good way to gain some valuable experience and training.

https://wwwnt.cnet.navy.mil/ndstc/

Here is some info on our program:

http://www.adp.fsu.edu/

http://www.adp.fsu.edu/uwbio.html

http://www.anthro.fsu.edu/uw/uw.html

Drop me a line if you have any questions,

Jeff Lane

 

[CBulla]

Welcome to the board!

Keep an eye out for posts by DrBill, NetDoc, SeaJay and many others have careers and lives that run around the diving field in quite a diverse spectrum. So far, my encounters have proven them to not be shy with communicating to you if you have questions or message them... jump in, look around, have fun and dive dive dive!

 

[GotAir]

To the scuba board!
I'm with you , that would be a dream job! diving for a living. i guess if i where you i would go to Yahoo, MSN or something like that and put in a search for scuba diving jobs career.
just a thought. Mike

 

[metalive]

rmediver2002 once bubbled...
Have you considered the military, good way to gain some valuable experience and training.

https://wwwnt.cnet.navy.mil/ndstc/

Here is some info on our program:

http://www.adp.fsu.edu/

http://www.adp.fsu.edu/uwbio.html

http://www.anthro.fsu.edu/uw/uw.html

Drop me a line if you have any questions,

Jeff Lane

Thx 4 the interesting links!
Alltough the Naval Diving looks amazingly interesting, I not so sure about it. You see, somewho I'm generally opposed to any kind of war.
Even if the military divers do not directly fight I guess, they do support the army.

So anything <b>but</b> the army. Thanks a lot anyway. Please don't misunderstand me. I just have a rather pacifistic attitude yo life.

greetz

 

[rmediver2002]

I understand completely, that is a freedom worth protecting...

You might be intersted in looking into the Coast Guard, they also have divers.

Several good commercial diving school out there...

Then of course there is always fringe vocations allowing you to dive often... Writer, photographer, manufacturers rep...

Hope you are able to find something you will enjoy!

Jeff Lane

 

[Mobius1]

im thinking of a career in diving i got the info packet and video from the college of oceanering and it looks pretty good. any other schools or comments on this?

 

[pipedope]

Is that nobody pays me to DIVE.

They pay me to inspect, clean, dredge, plug pipe, unplug pipe, install, remove, pump concrete, repair, etc.. Diving is just the commute to the job site.

Jobs that will have *nice* diving are likely to be scientific in nature and will require detailed science knowledge.
The other nice diving jobs are very low pay. Ask any diving instructor you know if they are making a living by diving.

I got my diving job because I can fix electronics and odd machinery, and because I don't mind getting dirty.

 

[rmediver2002]

Is a good training center, there are several great facilities out there.

One that is well worth considering just from a monetary standpoint is Youngs memorial campus in LA, not only are you getting the training for a very good price (about 25% of the private schools) the school is located in the middle of three major Gulf diving contractors and many of the students are able to gain real working experience part time during training.

http://www.youngmemorial.com/diving/default.htm

If you plan to do any work oversea's you will need HSE certification, the only institute offering this certification in the US is DIT

http://www.diversinstitute.com

Pipedope is right about the work, rarely are you going to be in a desirable environment... You are using dive gear to get to a work site and do construction... There is a much different sense of satisfaction from the work than from any other style of diving but like any vocation it is not for everyone.

Good luck in your search!!

Jeff Lane