Commercial+Divers

Commercial Divers

Dan Little

Job Description: Work below surface of water, using scuba gear to inspect, repair, remove, or install equipment and structures. May use a variety of power and hand tools, such as drills, sledgehammers, torches, and welding equipment. May conduct tests or experiments, rig explosives, or photograph structures or marine life.

Interests:
 * Realistic**- Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Tasks Completed in This Career: 1. Community with workers on the surface while underwater, using signal lines or telephones. 2. Take appropriate safety precautions, such as monitoring dive lengths and depths, and registering with authorities before diving expeditions begin. 3. Check and maintain diving equipment such as helmets, masks, air tanks, harnesses, and gauges. 4. Descend into water with the aid of diver helpers, using scuba gear or diving suits. 5. Obtain information and diving tasks and environmental conditions. 6. Inspect and test docks, ships, bouyage systems, plant intakes and outflows, and underwater pipelines, cables, and sewers, using closed circuit television, still photography, and testing equipment. 7. Repair ships, bridge foundations, and other structures below the water line, using caulk, bolts, and hand tools. 8. Cut and weld steel, using underwater welding equipment, jigs, and supports. 9. Recover objects by placing rigging around sunken objects, hooking rigging to crane lines, and operating winches, derricks, or cranes to raise objects. 10. Install pilings or footings for piers and bridges. 11. Take test samples and photographs to assess the condition of vessels and structures.

Skills Required and Needed:
 * Equipment Maintenance** - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
 * Equipment Selection** - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
 * Active Listening** - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
 * Operation Monitoring** - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
 * Repairing** - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
 * Critical Thinking** - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
 * Troubleshooting** - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Knowledge Required:
 * Building and Construction** - Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
 * Mechanical** - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
 * Physics** - Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
 * Engineering and Technology** - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
 * Design** - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
 * Administration and Management** - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
 * Mathematics** - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Education Required:
 * Education**: Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.
 * Training**: Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.

Training Programs: The college search results are undergraduate programs associated with Commercial Divers. Further education may also be required to pursue this career. The training search results include both short and long-term programs associated with Commercial Divers, and may be more appropriate for adult and non-traditional students. Further training may also be required to pursue this career.

Wages: In NY the average wage for this occupation was: $45,750 for entry level workers, and $78,740 for experienced workers.

Outlook: Based on the total number of annual openings and its growth rate, the employment prospects for this occupation are described as Favorable. During 2006, there were approximately 3,133 Commercial Divers employed in US. We estimate that in 2016 there will be 3,688 employed in US. This represents an increase of 0 job(s) each year, and a total of 0 job openings each year.

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