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Offshore Diving and Inland/Onshore Diving – Branches of commercial diving [click here to return to previous page]

Offshore diving:  Offshore diving is the most well known branch of commercial diving, with divers working in support of the exploration and production sector of the oil and gas industry in places such as the Gulf of Mexico in the United States and the North Sea in the United Kingdom and Norway. The work in this area of the industry typically revolves around the maintenance of oil platforms and the building of underwater structures used in the production process.  For many newly qualified divers, this is the entry point to the industry, the lack of experienced divers and the excess of qualified divers within the industry push down wages for younger, less experienced divers beginning their careers.  The low wages, relative inexperience of the workforce combined with difficult and dangerous operating conditions make offshore diving the most dangerous area of employment for professional divers.  Equipment used for offshore diving tends to be surface supplied equipment but this does vary depending on the nature of the work and location, for instance Gulf of Mexico based divers may use wetsuits whilst North Sea divers need drysuits or even hot water suits due to the temperature of the water.

Inland/Onshore diving:  Inland or onshore diving is very similar to offshore diving in terms of the nature of work and the equipment used, the work often being in support of land based civil engineering projects, with the majority of the work either underwater survey or engineering work. The number of dive sites this covers is varied however, and divers can be found working in harbors and lakes, in rivers and around bridges and pontoons, with the bulk of this work being undertaken in freshwater. Onshore divers typically earn less per hour than their colleagues who work offshore, but the ability to work from home for many divers is an advantage.  The equipment used does depend on the nature of the work and location, but normally a mixture of SCUBA and Surface supplied diving equipment is used by divers and their employers.

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