Commercial Divers
Managing Coast Guard diving programs, equipment, and standards provides directly relevant experience for commercial diving operations.
How to prepare: Have a prospective employer assess your existing qualifications and documented military experience against OSHA's assigned-task training and experience requirements, including CPR, first aid, and diving physics and physiology for personnel exposed to or controlling hyperbaric exposure. If pursuing ADCI classification, request an equivalency review before enrolling in additional schooling: its Entry Level framework requires 625 documented hours of formal instruction or a recognized equivalent, while Air Diver requires at least 100 field days and 30 working dives, with only surface-supplied dives counting toward Air Diver requirements.
What the civilian work involves
- Take appropriate safety precautions, such as monitoring dive lengths and depths and registering with authorities before diving expeditions begin.
- Check and maintain diving equipment, such as helmets, masks, air tanks, harnesses, or gauges.
- Obtain information about diving tasks and environmental conditions.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Diving logbook software