is there a shortage of job in the commercial diving industry?

[theyogitrade]

the colleges are shooting out a 90% employment rate but i dont know if you can get a steady stream of jobs...

 

[jbuck88]

The marina I work for hired a dive company to do some work last summer. They performed the work over 3 trips over the course of 4 or 5 months and showed up with a new crew every time.

Talking to the owner he was complaining about the high turnover in the industry, he said that's rare to get people to stay after the first time they get scared. The pay was really good though, the lead diver said he was making 100,000/year.

 

[theyogitrade]

The marina I work for hired a dive company to do some work last summer. They performed the work over 3 trips over the course of 4 or 5 months and showed up with a new crew every time.

Talking to the owner he was complaining about the high turnover in the industry, he said that's rare to get people to stay after the first time they get scared. The pay was really good though, the lead diver said he was making 100,000/year.

great to hear! cant wait to start

 

[halocline]

It's probably not the best career path you could choose in terms of security. That's not why people do it. If you are not a recreational certified diver yet (that's what it looks like) then you have a llllloooooonnnnnngggggg way to go. Start diving, see how you like it. It's a great hobby.

 

[Akimbo]

Check Scubaboard's Commercial Diving Forum. The vast majority of commercial diving work is in the offshore oil industry so work always slows down when oil prices are low.

 

[theyogitrade]

It's probably not the best career path you could choose in terms of security. That's not why people do it. If you are not a recreational certified diver yet (that's what it looks like) then you have a llllloooooonnnnnngggggg way to go. Start diving, see how you like it. It's a great hobby.

see i wish i could do that, but i live in louisville kentucky, not much suitable diving water around here. the way i see it, i love swimming, so why wouldnt i like diving? i mean i understand theres alot more to it then that, but somewhat similar.

 

[kevindsingleton]

Diving is not, at all, like swimming, although there is some swimming involved in diving. You really need to give scuba a try to know whether you can, and will, continue to pursue the activity. It's the most fun thing I get to do (in polite conversation), but that's not the same experience that everyone else reports.

 

[kevindsingleton]

The marina I work for hired a dive company to do some work last summer. They performed the work over 3 trips over the course of 4 or 5 months and showed up with a new crew every time.

Talking to the owner he was complaining about the high turnover in the industry, he said that's rare to get people to stay after the first time they get scared. The pay was really good though, the lead diver said he was making 100,000/year.

Do you know what he meant by "the first time they get scared"?

 

[theyogitrade]

Do you know what he meant by "the first time they get scared"?

yeah i understand, the job is definitely is scary as hell, doesnt automatically mean you cant do it, just sounds like you need some balls.

 

[Superlyte27]

Fiction at its best.

the lead diver said he was making 100,000/year.