Careers in scuba diving?

[kmac618]

I just got done with my first year in college and I'm a criminal justice major. I want to have another plan incase things don't work out with law enforcement. I've always wanted to go scuba diving so I wouldn't mind having a job that involved it.

I was on jobsabroad.com last night and I saw a website for a scuba diving course in Thailand for $6,000. I'm not sure where, maybe Pattaya.(learn-in-asia.com) It says they'll get you a job in Thailand when you're done with the course, which takes 6 months. Would that be a good course to take? It just doesn't seem right that I would be scuba diving in Thailand for a job after only 6 months. (I know my job wouldn't be only scuba diving) Maybe I'm missing something.

What kind of jobs can I get that involve scuba diving? What would I have to do to get them? How hard would it be to get a job in another country, like Brazil or Spain? Just curious about this stuff...

 

[wedivebc]

I think PDIC is an agency that teaches an underwater crime investigation prgram.
Might be up your alley.

cheers,

 

[pasley]

Look very carefully before you leap. Check into what type of job, what it pays and how long the job is for. In a previous thread on this same subject the tale was told of the diver who quit a $60K a year job, spent $30K geting trained to be a commercial diver and then landed a job making $24K which was about average.

The 6 months does seem a little quick. Do a search on this topic here at this board. There were serveral replies from people who had been there and done that.

Last but not least, taking a hobby you enjoy and making it your job may not be all that great. It quickly becomes you work and not all that much fun. Last but not least, commercial divers have a high attrition rate due to long term injuries.

 

[Mako Mark]

the six month is a minimum requirement from RSTC agencies to become a dive instructor, but $6000 USD seems like a Helluva lot. You could get it for half that here in Mexico.

 

[kmac618]

Ok, thanks for the input.

 

[steleehin]

sea world pays 8 to 12 dollars an hour ,cold water ,big critters , eventually it turns into a job and you have to
go rec. diving to remember its supposed to be fun

 

[domino22]

Look very carefully before you leap. Check into what type of job, what it pays and how long the job is for. In a previous thread on this same subject the tale was told of the diver who quit a $60K a year job, spent $30K geting trained to be a commercial diver and then landed a job making $24K which was about average.

The 6 months does seem a little quick. Do a search on this topic here at this board. There were serveral replies from people who had been there and done that.

Last but not least, taking a hobby you enjoy and making it your job may not be all that great. It quickly becomes you work and not all that much fun. Last but not least, commercial divers have a high attrition rate due to long term injuries.

Pasely you are right did the commercial thing 20 yrs ago took awhile before the big money came. More money in running a commercial diving school than commercial diving. And all the scuba rags have those schools listed every month, it sucks alot of folks in.