you mentioned that if you were to breathe air into the helmet it would turn into co2 if I heared correctly , could you explain that ?
@Diverdixon2 ай бұрын
Hay your 1 of the 1st youtube divers i ever watched,now i own my own company diving on lake union.I have afew questions about getting subscribers if ya have a sec?
@e.nichols53802 ай бұрын
I can’t focus on anything other than you keeping you home at 78 degrees!? 😂 🥵
@nicoboiardo36122 ай бұрын
Everything you said is 100 correct You just have to make The decision is it right for you. hazmatiq probably one of the highest paid diving jobs you can get🎉 if you're young join the Navy and come on Navy diver get the experience then when you get out if you get a job anywhere I was 20 years demolitions Navy diver
@daan18255 ай бұрын
when they pay you 30.000 plus a month you have to be a fucking idiot to think its a easy job 😂
@flyzeyefab5 ай бұрын
Graduated T.O.C. in 1994 - he speaks truth. However, for me it was my best life's decision - although I'm no longer in the industry, it was absolutely the best thing that continues to reward me.
@hurt17047 ай бұрын
Why do guys go to these very expensive $30 plus thousand dollar dive schools when you can go to young’s memorial Slcc dive academy in Louisiana for like 9 grand? I don’t get it. It’s been around forever
@isouftraore-t4v7 ай бұрын
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@RumpleGold10 ай бұрын
Hey bro ? I’m planning to go to commercial diving school in one year . I scored a cruise ship job and I wanted to take the one year onboard a ship before I come back and pay for the 4 month training . I was given a list of stuff I need to buy for school and he said “ gloves “ but wasn’t specific . What are the best gloves to buy for commercial diving ?
@arftejano22848 ай бұрын
Look up neoprene gloves, buy one regular neoprene pair and buy one neoprene Kevlar pair. The neoprene pairs are usually like $20 and the Kevlar reinforced work gloves are $40-60 a pair. I’ve gone through a couple of the regular neoprenes but I still have the same pair of Kevlar ones. Both are water proof
@RumpleGold10 ай бұрын
I just got a job on a cruise ship as a Carpet cleaner/ Janitor basically and I was thinking. Put in 1 year on the ship and walk away with 90k in my pocket and Go to commercial diving school. But if jobs are scarce , How does one score a 150k 3 month gig.? Is there like a diving roster?
@michaelmccoy6852 Жыл бұрын
Shoe Goo is literally the best ever. When I was 16 years old my girlfriend hit six different deer with my Chevy silverado. I rebuilt the entire front end of that truck with Shoe Goo and it held for over a decade.
@michaelmccoy6852 Жыл бұрын
I sent a ocean reef g diver I use as a student mask. After 8 months it came back. $175 bill. Then I hooked it up to an 80AL and guess what. It didn't breath at all. I don't know why, but I shook it while thinking "wtf is wrong with this thing?" The pressure lever was busted off inside. I emailed them 3 times. No response. I have used them for 3 years for commercial repairs. Never again now. 😢
@SunWuKongStaf1968 Жыл бұрын
When you work 4 weeks - 7 days a week for a minimum of 12 hours a day, don't spend money on grub and lodging. you have a nice paycheck. I think if some Land Lubber would do that, he would make just as much. In Belgium, when on your first job, they'll baptize you as soon as possible. no sitting around for Years??? We (Dutch/Norwegian/Belgian) all work with a rotation system. You poor Americans...
@SoleMan117 Жыл бұрын
You mention there aren't a lot of jobs: what about going international? Do other cou tries figure in your statistic?
@DL-mn6pg28 күн бұрын
I started in the GOM and finished my career sat diving internationally. You gotta learn to read tea leaves, listen to every story no matter how stupid it sounds (there is some truth to it most likely). Keep your resume always updated and no more than two pages. When you choose a dive school make sure you can take the certs internationally otherwise it's a waste of $$$. Unless you just want to work in the GOM. Keep up on your dive logs and get them signed and stamped. I was able to update my certs internationally from just my dive logs. And if you are a Navy diver and want to be a mercenary diver and dive internationally take my advice. It's what I had to do. The only good Brit is one you are shagging. British divers is where backstabbing started then it moved to Louisiana. Learn to yell and scream in Spanish and Portuguese. Everyone else knows English including Nigerians. If you come across gold doubloons diving, you better think fast at what you're going to do next. Don't play booray till you've been diving at least 10 years. Stay away from an open ended pipe. Had to recover a diver from a 10 inch pipe. He hand jetted the mud that was plugging the opening of the pipe coming from the platform. Good luck.
@gopikrishna9647 Жыл бұрын
Hey bro What is your opinion about scuba diving as a career
@youqyvlog6298 Жыл бұрын
Hi bro commercial dive how much deep going may be
@arandomzoomer4837 Жыл бұрын
Do you think it’s possible to combine powerlifting/oly lifting which requires a lot of muscle mass and commercial diving? Will having a lot of muscle ruin my chances? I enjoy my gains very much 😂
@Diver-Down1585 Жыл бұрын
Are you still diving?
@aaronstephens8890 Жыл бұрын
If your not straight and white or male then run. The industry is Bigot based. I'm a certified commercial diver
@nitinbhangalia6628 Жыл бұрын
Please suggest me the best commercial driving school
@briansullivan1621 Жыл бұрын
Diving is kind of what you make it . A lot of people can talk the talk but when they can walk the walk they will get good paying work
@DL-mn6pg29 күн бұрын
On one freelance burning job I did, this inland dive company owner offered me a low-ball pay rate to burn a straight cut around a 32 inch pipe with no chicken scratch. I told him that I could do it but wanted more $$$ than his low ball rate. He told me that most diver he came across could only burn chicken scratch. I made a deal with him that I would burn a straight cut all the way around the pipe for my set price and if I came back with swiss cheese he could pay me his embarrassingly low rate. Fair enough he said and we shook hands and agreed to my offer. So while the barge crew was prepping I had a little time to build a jig out of a sheet of plywood I found. I cut out a 32 inch hole in the plywood which would fit around the pipe. I always planned for the worst in my head such as zero vis and this was no exception on this dive. Now this pipe had been previously cut and it felt like dog shit. Talking swiss cheese and crooked as fux. I cleaned up the area a bit and gave myself some room to work underneath the pipe, installed my jig around the outside diameter of the 32 inch pipe about 4 inches behind said dog shit. Called for the burning gear and rods had my feeler gauge on hand and called topside to make it hot. I set that rod right up against my wood jig and began burning. It took about 8 rods and 15 minute bottom time to burn all the way around it. I called to pick up the burning rig and sent up my piece. The dive company owner asked me if I had any visibility down there. Negative I responded and to pick me up. I got up on deck and he had a big smile. I looked at my piece laying flat even on the deck my burn side down with all the pin hole crooked ass dog shit previous cuts above it. He said to me "I guess I'll pay you what you asked for". For the record I had just finished a burning certification course for Cal Dive. They wouldn't send anyone on a offshore burning job if you didn't go through this refresher course. Now it was just like dive school. Practice burning various size pipes then test with blackout cover over your face plate. Practice + experience + tricks of the trade=$$$$. Another time after a hurricane I had negotiated a $36 hr pay rate with a Northern dive company and brought over a whole GOM dive team. The company they came from lost a job because they had no divers to send offshore. But that's another back$$$tabbing story for another time.
@briansullivan1621 Жыл бұрын
Your plan would probably be good for a few years until you are experienced & build a network of guys in the business to work with
@briansullivan1621 Жыл бұрын
Hello everyone Been inland diving for 29 years . The school cost me $5,300. I’ve spent years in swells , very strong currents, zero & very low visibility, being covered in mud , epoxies , oil , creosote hundreds of stings from jellyfish, cut & smashed fingers, burned from hot water machine , chemical burns from concrete & creosote. Been in the water hundreds of times after heavy rains with half treated sewage floating by. Another wonderful part of the job is when everything is frozen in the winter. I primarily work in the nyc metro area so 2 &3 hour commutes & hundreds of dollars a month spent on tolls is not uncommon. If i could go back I would of gone to a trade high school then went in the coast guard or Navy & then maybe some different trade like plumbing or electrical or got a job in law enforcement or on like a freight railroad. I also regret not ever going offshore so if i was able to start over in diving i would definitely go offshore for valuable life experience for at least 3-5 years.
@mihalispsychedelicrealeyes12842 ай бұрын
Great comment, I've been diving since 1987 and still loving it. Your experience is typical...mine was and is waaaay different
@zackmorgan4500 Жыл бұрын
I will let you in on a little secret you don't have to go to commercial dive school to be a commercial diver in the United States. There is a group that has tried to deem itself a governing body in the United States called ADCI. They are nothing but a group of guys that saw a way to make money by coming up with this group and have gotten dive schools and some companies to go along with it. Most of the board members own dive companies or dive schools wink wink. It's a scam so they can make money coming and going. I've been commercial diving 30 years, went to commercial dive school at the Ocean Corp Houston, Texas before ADCI was ever thought about. Been diving all over the world and never needed it. Get your scuba diving cert go to work for an inland company they will teach you everything you need to know about commercial diving and you can actually dive immediately versus waiting for two years offshore. Log your hours and dives have the supervisor sign on all of them and if you feel the need submit your logs with the extortion money to ADCI they will give you a card. Save your money and go the route I've explained here. I can guarantee you that most that go to commercial dive school aren't doing it within a couple years of graduating. You do it the way I'm telling you and you can see if it's something you really want to do for a living without wasting money on school or equipment.
@zackmorgan4500 Жыл бұрын
This guy is one of the few telling how it really is. I will let you in on a little secret you don't have to go to commercial dive school to be a commercial diver in the United States. There is a group that has tried to deem itself a governing body in the United States called ADCI. They are nothing but a group of guys that saw a way to make money by coming up with this group and have gotten dive schools and some companies to go along with it. Most of the board members own dive companies or dive schools wink wink. It's a scam so they can make money coming and going. I've been commercial diving 30 years, went to commercial dive school at the Ocean Corp Houston, Texas before ADCI was ever thought about. Been diving all over the world and never needed it. Get your scuba diving cert go to work for an inland company they will teach you everything you need to know about commercial diving and you can actually dive immediately versus waiting for two years offshore. Log your hours and dives have the supervisor sign on all of them and if you feel the need submit your logs with the extortion money to ADCI they will give you a card. Save your money and go the route I've explained here. I can guarantee you that most that go to commercial dive school aren't doing it within a couple years of graduating. You do it the way I'm telling you and you can see if it's something you really want to do for a living without wasting money on school or equipment.
@sammylacks4937 Жыл бұрын
No. 1 Divers do it deeper.
@amazingspot1357 Жыл бұрын
Hi
@garywilburn7384 Жыл бұрын
100% correct
@garywilburn7384 Жыл бұрын
All I heard was I love tacos I don't understand the problem
@ClosedPitMining Жыл бұрын
diving is fatphobic confirmed
@mikljay46352 жыл бұрын
Was his real name “dick slinger” listen if so all respect but like what
@edeonefr.79452 жыл бұрын
Nice information, srry if I may ask. In that diver school, hw they going to teach u al the courses, e.g., underwater welding diver, offshore air diver, inshore diver, harbour diver... pls reply me🙏
@maccliff21152 жыл бұрын
Simply Scuba sent me here. I agree, our body is our most important tool.
@floored30782 жыл бұрын
There's plenty of jobs, most people get out of school and can't handle being away from family, or can't handle the initial pay. Put in 5 years, and you'll make 400k+ a year in SAT. the entire profession is dangerous, so do it.
@hurt17047 ай бұрын
Any schools you suggest?
@patrickrussell14986 ай бұрын
any school recommendations
@trompel13 ай бұрын
really...just like that.......ex 70/80's Oceaneering
@mihalispsychedelicrealeyes12842 ай бұрын
Good you mentioned the great,great pay. I didn't wanna mention it because most won't get there, just like the movie 300," only the few only the strong" peace to all yall...
@benthomas15452 жыл бұрын
Any chance you are still a commercial diver ?
@DuncanCunningham Жыл бұрын
I checked out his website and it doesn't go anywhere now, I do hope he's doing okay. Starting a business is very hard work and can take time. He might be working his way up the ladder again.
@jaimesparks5331 Жыл бұрын
@@DuncanCunninghamthat's really sweet of you. Kyle told me he saw your comment and I had to reach out and say thank you for your positive thoughts! We moved to Texas in May 2021, so no more dive business since we are in the desert. Kyle is thinking about doing an update video soon. Channel inactivity is largely a reassessment of priorities and life getting busy. I wont give extra details in case he does make the video, but he's doing better than ever and we are hoping to keep this momentum up! ❤
@Zyndall Жыл бұрын
@@jaimesparks5331 We are happy to hear this. There isn't much personal commercial diving content on KZbin, still to this day like Kyle made. Very glad he's better than ever. An update would be awesome. Cheers.
@gmtplongee73702 жыл бұрын
Why not a knife in a sheath ?
@trevion17362 жыл бұрын
Your girl was fucking hilarious
@trevion17362 жыл бұрын
This is insane because they have constantly fucked my drysuits and put me in my semi drysuit for almost a year. They are absolute trash of a company
@billycollins42882 жыл бұрын
He's right! The nose block we call the "ncd" but Same difference! I don't understand how when you stick your phneumo up into the neck dam to your helmet how water doesn't get in I'm confused on that part.
@thrasherc96472 жыл бұрын
2 years later how you doing
@arjunchitradurgam81642 жыл бұрын
What's a good age to start diving as a learner and graduate upto commercial diver.?
@thomaspigott56172 жыл бұрын
I retired from diving after 9 years to become a registered nurse. Reasons I left diving 1. The pay hadn’t changed since the 70s, so inflation slowly ate away your quality of life. In fact, when I left depth pay was being decreased instead of increased. 2. Job security. Jobs get scarce, you may take a short shallow job, and miss a great gas job because you just needed to make money now. 3. Not much room for growth. Diver, Supervisor, possibly Sat. I truly miss it, and I often wonder where I would be if I didn’t leave. Think hard before you go. I do have some regrets.
@arftejano22848 ай бұрын
The wage stagnation has been crazy and while it’s affecting almost every skilled industry it’s a shame it’s affected one as hazardous and niche as ours as hard as it is. Us zoomers are working to fix it, I know when I started as a tender about 8 years ago I laughed at the initial offers and was able to negotiate several dollars an hour more (following a probationary period of course), when the senior divers heard how much I was making as a tender they threw fits and that pushed their wages up. Slowly but surely all across the industry that’s happening, on top of carpenters Union membership spreading. It’s a damn shame pay hasn’t changed since the 70s and 80s because we all know damn well the companies have upped their prices for services since then 🙄 Anyways, not sure what creative ways people in the past came up to supplement income in slow seasons but I do private marine construction (building docks and stuff) and got rope access training to weld on rigs, which is what I always tell new divers to do. Anyways, of how I wish to have lived in the hey day of diving when $30 an hour was basically rich 😭
@gagesterboy2 жыл бұрын
hey salty, did you go to santa barbara community college? and are you an inland diver? or an offshore diver?
@teacherdeadman99682 жыл бұрын
good morning I'm a commercial diver and i have a problem with km 18 the nose piece didn't fit with my nose how i can solve it 😅 . thank u
@lifeincognito28292 жыл бұрын
I am at the divers institute of technology. We were told after school we would get hired and would start off making 80 to 85 a year. But we are learning about underwater welding and saturation diving not commercial.
@gagesterboy2 жыл бұрын
im starting at dit in the october class i wanna go into offshore diving, is it worth it??
@jeremyn4397 Жыл бұрын
How did DIT work out for ya?
@WesternScienceUSA2 жыл бұрын
you played yourself 1 million percent if your dumb enough to accept 11 dollars an hour . that's worst then fast food. i'll just keep looking for the better companies.
@WIZARD-i3n2 жыл бұрын
Sir I am from INDIA and I want to become a commercial diver so can you please tell which course I want to to in which place and which university
@johnmartin20792 жыл бұрын
Thanks brother for the explanation of the helmet. I always want to do your type of work.
@johnmartin20792 жыл бұрын
Poor volume for the deaf diver.
@alexg.9942 жыл бұрын
I really love my MK2 and would not replace it with any other. I use it for scuba diving in cold and worm waters. One big advantage compared to other FFM is that when you need to press the purge button doesn’t nearly blow out the lenses out of your eyes, so very comfortable. One little disadvantage it has next to the one mentioned by you is that you can‘t include a backup regulator in your mk2 compared to most oceanreef or the draeger FFM. But still, I would not replace it with any other FFM. Or is there a way to change to an alternate air source during the dive you know about? I don’t think the second stage is ever going broke.