Diving job?

al1tonyota · Jul 24, 2015

Like I said I'm just feeling it out and weighing options. I'm sure oil rig welding is prob pretty high up the pay scale along with building skyscrapers dams and bridges? Not to sound conceded but I'm pretty good at what I know how to do and learn fast. I know people that make a living doing the things I know how to do make more money than me and just getting info to maybe get a little more out of my potential? Yes underwater with electricity does sound a little dangerous :woot:

smurfy90 · Jul 24, 2015

NTIDWELL said:
Yes it is life expectancy of 3 yrs

A guy I went to school with was told it would take 10 years off your life before he started underwater welding. He now has been doing it for 10 years. He still kickin

Mortalis5509 · Jul 24, 2015

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Never thought about it. I don't dive very often but I'm advance cert through padi

al1tonyota · Jul 24, 2015

Depth and dive time have a lot to do with nitrogen in your lungs and also the mortality rate

InDaShop · Jul 24, 2015

You think about Offshore/Underwater Salvage?

Those guys get to do some cool ****!
The Titan guys are bad asses.

Or the Dutch Co's. like Smit, or Mammoet, or Resolve. I know SMIT is doing the Costa Concordia salvage in the Med.

This article should take you down the rabbit hole pretty far.
http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-03/ff_seacowboys?currentPage=all

al1tonyota · Jul 24, 2015

InDaShop said:
You think about Offshore/Underwater Salvage?

Those guys get to do some cool ****!
The Titan guys are bad asses.

Or the Dutch Co's. like Smit, or Mammoet, or Resolve. I know SMIT is doing the Costa Concordia salvage in the Med.

This article should take you down the rabbit hole pretty far.
http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-03/ff_seacowboys?currentPage=all

Yes basically just seein what is out there in the diving or underwater field!

ROKTOY829 · Jul 26, 2015

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I dive also and few years back I was looking at going to a school to learn to under water welding.

On the the website they said if you any OTC drugs they would not take you. If you have a medical issue they may not take you.

al1tonyota · Jul 26, 2015

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ROKTOY829 said:
I dive also and few years back I was looking at going to a school to learn to under water welding.

On the the website they said if you any OTC drugs they would not take you. If you have a medical issue they may not take you.

I've gotten a good bit of info from talking to a guy in Chattanooga that's been doing it for 6 yrs he had a good bit of real world info. Starting out new to the game I would take a good 15-20k down grade in pay until I got more experience and then could move up to around 20-30k more depending on the jobs and frequency. The big money jobs (6 figures) are in the oil field welding on offshore rigs but since there hasn't been any good hurricanes lately that area is kind of slow. Im still going to contact a local small business and see what they have to offer, I really don't want to have to move or sell my place to go to school 3-9 months then live a long way from jobs and have to stay gone all the time.

patooyee · Jul 26, 2015

NTIDWELL said:
Yes it is life expectancy of 3 yrs

Damn, what kills them so fast?

al1tonyota · Jul 26, 2015

patooyee said:
Damn, what kills them so fast?

Wives tale the guy I talked to in chatt said they have had one death in 40 years in operation but the guy wasn't diving,operating a crane.

NTIDWELL · Jul 26, 2015

patooyee said:
Damn, what kills them so fast?

Not kill them talking life of job before you have to down grade to the ship repair/cleaning jobs. Less pay. Not being able to dive deep. Guess I should've worded that better

samb. · Jul 26, 2015

http://www.aclines.com/site/manufacture/
http://chk.tbe.taleo.net/chk03/ats/careers/jobSearch.jsp?org=ACBL&cws=1

They have a site just north of Louisville Ky in Indiana on the Ohio River. Do lots of welding on barges tugs etc, doubt they do any deep diving there but they may have other facilities you can look into.