| Many people from around the world enjoy the | | | | rig and may not be conducive to a family life. A |
| underwater world, using scuba gear. They might | | | | benefit of offshore diving is that it provides can |
| explore sunken wrecks, photograph coral reefs, | | | | provide experience working with specialty |
| or even search a lake bottom for old bottles. | | | | equipment such as large ROVs that are less |
| Scuba diving offers a unique experience to its | | | | common inland. |
| visitors. For a select group of individuals, called | | | | Inland diving includes working in lakes, rivers, |
| commercial divers, this underwater world is the | | | | ponds, nuclear reactor pools, and other aquatic |
| place where they go to work. | | | | structures. An inland diver may experience a |
| Commercial diving is an exciting career that is | | | | broad range of tasks and will need to be able to |
| both challenging and unique. Generally, scuba | | | | adapt to a variety of circumstances. Though |
| certification is not sufficient to qualify as a | | | | inland divers are able to spend more time with |
| commercial diving candidate. Typically, one must | | | | their families, the nature of the work often |
| attend a specialized program or school to become | | | | requires a lot of travel. |
| an accredited diver. These programs tend to vary | | | | To succeed as a commercial diver, one must |
| in length and scope. In selecting a program, it is | | | | possess strength, ingenuity, dexterity, the ability |
| important to keep in mind that many companies | | | | to work with ones hands, as well as the ability to |
| will retrain its divers to follow a company's own | | | | work calmly in hazardous environments. |
| protocols. As a result, it would be advantageous | | | | Frequently, commercial divers must perform their |
| to chooses a school that gives hands on training in | | | | tasks in low light, murky, low visibility water. As a |
| specialty areas of interest such as underwater | | | | result, divers must learn to rely on touch to |
| welding or similar fields. | | | | navigate structures and accomplish tasks. |
| Due to the nature of the job, commercial diving is | | | | Due to the dangers involved with this line of |
| not for everybody. Here are a few things to | | | | work, divers can be well compensated for their |
| consider before becoming a commercial diver. | | | | time. Often, divers will receive depth pay, hazard |
| Divers work either offshore or inland. Offshore | | | | pay, and other bonuses in addition to their hourly |
| work usually involves spending months on an oil | | | | rates. |