Commercial Diving - FAQ

27/02/2021

Free Commercial Diving C.V. template.

I made a video on YouTube a while back about writing an industry specific Diving C.V. and offered two free .doc templates to those who were interested.

If you would like a copy of these, email me at [email protected] and I'll reply with the files.
There are two versions that cover both experienced divers and new entrants into the industry.

I would also recommend checking out the short video I made to get an overview on how it's set out and why.

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqBF1_0CY4&t=149s...

alternatively, you can go to my Instagram profile page and follow the link to my YouTube channel.

https://www.instagram.com/commercialdivingfaq/

Good luck to everyone for the job hunt!

22/02/2021

FAQ.

Q) Do dive companies prefer entry level tender/divers from a certain dive school or program?

A) Any school that trains you, will do so under your country's local regulations. Most schools adhere to these regulations when training student's and the result is an internationally recognized certification. Employer's generally see these school certificates as equally weighted.
So, there is no preferred school as such but you need to find out if the certification they provide is locally & internationally recognized.

To find out if your certification is internationally recognized, visit;

IMCA (International Marine Contractors Association)
https://www.imca-int.com/information-notes/diver-diving-supervisor-certification/

or visit the Commercial Diving FAQ YouTube page for more industry info;
https://www.youtube.com/c/CommercialDivingFAQ

18/09/2020

This is a video showing a C.N.S. (acute oxygen poisoning) in a DDC.
Imagine if this happens under water.

Crise hyperoxique lors d'une expérience en caisson

23/06/2020

An interesting watch.

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07/06/2020

FREE diving C.V. template download.
Whether you're new into the Commercial Diving industry or just want to polish up your C.V. with a simplistic but informative look, here's a video to help you with the first step toward getting that next job.

FREE DIVE C.V. TEMPLATE! Find out how to download below. If you're looking to write a C.V for the Commercial Diving industry, this video will give you the ba...

30/05/2020

Here's a video providing some constructive information for people looking to get into a Commercial Diving career. If the dream to work subsea is there, coupled with the right information, you can make an informed and educated decision.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=TXsj3daIzj8

If you're thinking about making a CAREER change to COMMERCIAL DIVING in your 30's or even 40's then WATCH this. I go through a few topics that you NEED to co...

25/05/2020

The Jascon 4 tug capsized on May 26, 2013 off the coast of Nigeria with only one survivor from 12 people on board. Now, six months on from the accident, incredible footage has emerged showing the moment the ship's cook was rescued from an air bubble on the ship, two days after the ship capsized. From 20 seconds a member of the DCN Diving rescue team exclaims as the sole survivor's hand comes into view, Okene Harrison was visibly shaken, but alive.

The Jascon 4 tug capsized on May 26, 2013 off the coast of Nigeria with only one survivor from 12 people on board. Now, six months on from the accident, incr...

22/05/2020

The life of a Saturation Diver.

A buddy of mine Dave and his wife Hayley live the dream sailing around the world due to an incredible career as a Saturation diver for some major Oil & Gas companies.
Along the way they vlog the interesting life they've build for themselves and their kids so they can share it with us.

This episode is a great insight at what it's like in this line of work.

Give it a watch and help support their channel, The Daley Adventure by hitting that thumbs up & Subscribe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDAbRKfjeHY&t=5s

May 2018. After being off work for 10 months we have completely run out of money so it’s time for me to go back to work. We get a lot of questions about how ...

21/05/2020

The next vid is out.

I list #5 tips to increase safety and productivity when doing CRANE OPERATIONS subsea and as a BONUS, I threw in some footage of a crane failure I witnessed a few years back. Watch out for it at the end.

And if you haven't already, hit SUBSCRIBE!

Stay healthy.

J

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi-l_-a3CN4&t=9s

Here are #5 tips for Offshore Diving. Divers wanting to increase their safety, productivity and awareness with crane operations subsea, plus bonus footage of...

12/05/2020

The next two videos are planned!

First, we dive into crane ops subsea and give a few industry hacks to increase safety & productivity, with an added bonus some raw footage of a crane failure whilst carrying a load.

Second, we look at age vs diving as a career. How old is too old to get into diving professionally?

If you've got any questions about the Commercial Diving industry that you'd like answered, leave them in the comments below or hit us up with a PM.

05/05/2020

02/05/2020

The next video is out!
Does a high risk job, come with high reward? It's a subject that I know is a curiosity for a lot.
This video is aimed at divers who want to get into the industry of Commercial Diving and are curious at what they might earn along the way, without much over embellishment.
Click the link and give it a like :)

Here's an income breakdown for each certification level within the in the Commercial Diving industry including examples of Inshore rates, Offshore Air rates ...

24/04/2020

Interesting dive facts

• Did you know. Breathing Air below 25 metres can give you the feeling of being drunk? It’s called Nitrogen Narcosis.
• Below a depth of 10 metres, you can’t see red as the water absorbs this spectrum of light first. Blood would appear blue.
• Oxygen is poisonous at depth, divers going below 50 metres sea water (msw) depth use a mixed gas with a lower oxygen percentage.
• Sound travels 5 times faster in water than in air making it impossible to judge the direction of the source.
• ‘Delta P’ meaning pressure differential, is a term used where two different environments are at different pressures. If a small crack were to appear in a pipe that is not equalized to its surroundings, it could suck a diver right through it. See video example below.
• Deepest saturation dive in open water 534 m (1,752 ft) & deepest experimental (dry dive) in a hyperbaric chamber was 701 msw (2,300 fsw) by Theo Mavrostomos 1992.
• The sound of your voice while diving on compressed air will become progressively more high pitch the deeper you go due to the density increase of the air flowing past your voice box.
• Saturation divers live in a helium/oxygen environment for up to 28 days and speak like chipmunks 24/7
• Saturation divers are extremely well-paid earning anywhere between $1000-$2500USD per day but the risks they’re exposed to reflects the rationale behind the pay structure.
• It takes less than 3.5 hours for astronauts to arrive back to earth from the ISS, it takes 5 days for divers to decompress back from 100msw, both are unique in the fact that they work in martian environments.
• Divers can work in extremely cold conditions below 4 degrees with the help of hot water suits, without these, a human would be unconscious in less than 15mins and be facing death row within 45mins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flzpRbWl8bQ

19/04/2020

Thank you all for sharing and following Commercial Diving FAQ. We are almost at 200 interested souls who have shown interest in this page and are helping it grow. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel where most of video content will be shared. Click the link below.

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The in's-and-out's of the Commercial Diving are somewhat of a mystery to most. Commercial Diving FAQ will go through the Frequently Asked Questions of a closed curtain industry to reveal what it's like to work in one of the world's most dangerous jobs.

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19/04/2020

To inspiring Commercial Divers!
Learn what foundations are needed in the Commercial Diving Industry to have a successful career.

In this second video from the Commercial Diving FAQ, I list of my top 10 tips that I think every diver should know.

If you have any topics or FAQ's you would like to see a video made on, let me know in the comments below.

🔴Don't forget to like and subscribe.
Thanks for watching 🙏
Keep salty!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEqMB3SF4WI

Learn what foundations are needed in the Commercial Diving Industry to have a successful career. Here's a list of my top 10 tips that I think every diver sho...

15/04/2020

Fact of the day.

The deepest dive in history was completed in 1992 by Greek diver Theodoros Mavrostomos. He achieved a record of 701 msw (2300 fsw) in an onshore hyperbaric chamber (dry dive). He took 43 days to complete the record experimental dive, where a hydrogen–helium–oxygen gas mixture was used as breathing gas.

Unrelated picture for effect.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturation_diving

Picture: https://www.quora.com/In-the-past-deep-sea-divers-had-suits-with-heavy-helmets-and-an-air-hose-attached-There-are-stories-of-the-air-failing-Because-of-the-extreme-pressure-they-have-found-nothing-but-bones-How-can-the-diver-withstand

13/04/2020

Here is some basic industry tips for diving in Zero Viz.

This is the first video of many aimed at spreading knowledge of our industry to the public and the presentation needs some work but practice makes perfect.

Please feel free to like and subscribe to help our little page grow.

Also, take it easy on the banter!
Thanks, Jed.

If you've never been lost in Zero Viz, you're probably not a Commercial Diver. Here's some industry tips to keep you orientated in the water.

07/04/2020

Charles's law of temperature effect on gas explained beautifully.

Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.

Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Charles' Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct......leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'

Source: https://www.scubaboard.com/community/threads/boyles-law-humor.196840/

05/04/2020

Pretty good viz down under!!

Closed Bell Diving from a Diving support vessel in the North Sea. Music by Jayvee Encilay. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB5-Jl1KmnEK1llMmHuI8yw

04/04/2020

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03/04/2020

Whale Vs ROV.

Nothing specifically diving related but who doesn't want to see a S***m Whale coming in for a scratch on a subsea structure.

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S***m whale needed a scratch.

03/04/2020

Here's a little clip of Man vs Fish, another day in the life of a salty diver working on the sea floor.

Like & subscribe for more.

https://youtu.be/x3ky7Bihn98

An old saturation diving video, industry famous. Watch until the end to see who wins. Just another day on the ocean floor.

03/04/2020

Ever wondered about how much a Commercial Diver earns, or how long they can stay under water? What about the training required to get the right certification?
The in's-and-out's of the Commercial Diving industry are somewhat of a mystery to most.

This group aims to go through the FAQ's of a closed curtain industry to reveal what it's like to work in one of the world's most dangerous jobs.

As we are a new Facebook group & Youtube channel, please bare with us as we start this informative and educational platform. Content is to be released every week and feedback is always appreciated.

AND, don't be afraid to ask a question or two either! Whether you're a seasoned professional in the group, or someone who would just like to educate themselves more, we will do our best to give you informative and accurate answers regardless of what's being asked.

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Thanks for joining, and remember, always exhale on the way up!

03/04/2020