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Stumbled onto this thread and just wanted to say how much Dewey's friendship meant to me. Dewey was a unique individual, difficult to estimate his age or experience. He looked every bit the young college student. It was a bit of a shock to me to find out he was much closer to my age than that...

I can not recall a negligent homicide case but there have been many insurance (Jones Act cases) and civil suits brought against the dive companies, their insurance companies, in several cases the customer that hired an uninsured dive company. OSHA requires the supervisor on a commercial...

More often than not the ultimate blame lies on maintenance. Sometimes it is the company equipment and sometimes the divers personal gear. Using the wrong gear, incorrect gear, or not having adequate experience in the use of the gear.

It is a good school, it is a private institution so is expensive when compared to a state funded course (Youngs memorial in LA and Santa Barbara in CA) There are good employment prospects, especially right now but most require travel. Private schools are from $16,000-$30,000 depending on...

Look for an HSE compliant course. There are various levels of equipment qualification (SCUBA, SSD, CIVILS) you can pursue the route that will offer you the most work initially getting started in the field. for more information check out The Commercial Diving Directory The site is run by a...

Good point there about people scaring you away from your choice. Take a second and re-read these posts, within three pages of descriptions of how hard dive school is and what the job of being a military diver entails... Gary is a former US Navy diver, has completed the training, and can...

Infrastructure Engineers has the underwater inspection contract Jeff

Hey Kyra, I was curious about your comment? Jeff

Have a good time in school! Good luck with your career. Jeff

Hey MM, Thanks for your service! Both schools give a decent course, it is more expensive to go to a private school than one of the state funded courses (Youngs memorial in LA and SBCC in Santa Barbara) but all give you the same basic level of training allowing you to start out in the...

I like them, durable and cheap / easy maintenance.

Welcome to the board SurD!

Give the Florida School of Commercial Diving a call, they run classes on weekends so their students can continue to work full time. Florida School of Commercial Diving, St. Cloud, Florida

Give the Florida School of Commercial Diving a call, they run classes on weekends so their students can continue to work full time. Florida School of Commercial Diving, St. Cloud, Florida

I had the opportunity to dive with them while demonstrating the Gorski G2000SS for the aquariums divers. Great team of divers working there and a great dive. I would spend $300 to do it again, especially with my kids. Jeff

Sounds like you would be happier doing the in-water research while someone else focused on the more mundane papers, grant proposals, ect. Unfortunately most of the in water work is done by volunteers and undergrads... As stated above commercial diving is blue collar construction underwater, if...

Hey Max, Here is some more information on Army diving: armydiver : Army Diver OOB / 21D You may also want to investigate Navy Sea-Bee diving, these two options will give you the most bottom time regardless of duty station. You can enlist in the Army or the Navy as a diver, it is in your...

Here are some photos from the 2008 class. FSU ADP Scientific Diver Training 2008 Jeff

May issue has an article on commercial diving starting on page 12, you can read it online in PDF: Scuba News Magazine

I switched last June after buying a weak computer with Vista, when I tried to upgrade to premium it slowed to a three second delay from keyboard to screen... I love the Mac and could not see going back. I do use the office for Mac and have not had to much trouble.