How much does Commercial Dive School cost?

[@johndial1515]

South Louisiana Community College in Morgan City. I looked them up a few years ago and their program was considerable less than most if not all commercial dive schools. A lot of what you're getting in any school is name recognition but all the programs cover the basics to get you started. Just something to think about as you look for a school.

[@afshinmohammed1580]

@The Salty Diver wats you opinion about the above mentioned college

[@afshinmohammed1580]

@@pl-mn2ro thanks buddy am gona do it

[@hurt1704]

@@afshinmohammed1580did you do it? I’d be curious to hear your experience going to school there. Also did you find work afterwards?

[@danielgagne485]

Go somewhere with a good size commercial fishing fleet, find out if they use a local diver, and if no, then set up shop. I make a few hundred a week on the side just tending to a few boats, I can get bigger any time, just take on a larger area. Im on the coast of Maine so thats easy. Cleaning wheel at 50 bucks a pop is super easy money. Check a mooring, 50 bucks...wicked easy...reapairs...a coule hundred. Really couldnt ask for an easier gig.

[@Crosswizz]

£11,000 for a 9 week course here in the UK, includes food and accommodation

[@abdulazizmohammad9423]

Where is that?

[@Ib90]

Where is that and as American do I qualify for financial aid.

[@karthikvijayan1445]

Address and contact num

[@TheOneshot78]

College of oceaneering was $15,180 in 1998

[@ernestrios8197]

Ruben Cruz CDA dude

[@franciscomercader]

Here in Spain you can do it for free wiht a fiscal subention, but you have to pass a hard physical probes and a personal interview. They prepare you in welding, hidraulic stuff,and explosive techniqs, all of that with nitrox and maximun 60 meters deep.

[@piposanchez]

que curso es ese? Por que el de profundidad media creo que es hasta 50m (yo me examino la semana que viene en pequeña profundidad)

[@michaelmccoy6852]

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.

[@ravindersingh5145]

Hi sir..I am a navy diver...pls suggest me the career after getting retired from navy.

[@GianfrancoPapalia1988]

Hey Salty, I'm a Canadian millwright apprentice and I've been looking into attending dive school this summer. In the months I've spent researching what kind of equipment to buy, I have to say this video is the single most helpful resource I've found yet. By a long shot. Big thanks! I really wanted to take a look at your shopping cart screenshot on your facebook page, but the resolution is too low and the list is illegible. Any chance you could post a higher resolution pic so I could see the item names and descriptions. Big thanks for all your videos man!

[@TheSaltyDiver]

Sent it to you PDF via FB messenger!

[@royjefferson78]

Say salty diver I have a question.Im think about going to commercial diving school to be a underwater welder the question is . Is the money real good and the jobs that’s out at sea how long u would have to stay out ? Weeks or months?

[@TheSaltyDiver]

The BLS states that the 50th percentile takes home about $25/hr, but you will likely start out as a tender somewhere between $10-$15/hr. I'm three years in, probably a hundred or so dives, do engineering/maintenance/CAD and programming and I cut just over $20/hr. From what I understand, the offshore guys do about 3 months on the rig and then 3 months off. I'm sure someone here can chime in on that.

[@ernestrios8197]

theres not a lot of welding underwater

[@DK_178]

What was your experience with using the post 9/11 GI Bill for school? How did it help?

[@TheSaltyDiver]

I actually plan to make a video on this soon, because I know a ton of vets get into this. The gi bill will cover the cost of a trade school UP TO $19,500.00 You're going to have to foot the rest of the bill through student loans. You will probably end up like me and get saddled with some federal and some private. I am still paying off my private loan, which was initially around $4k, and fortunately im still in school for engineering so I wont have to face my federal loans any time soon.

[@DK_178]

Salty Diver I don't know if this means anything but I just looked at my school financial outline. I start school on January 2nd, 2018. My GI bill is covering about 22k of the overall 34k balance. The rest is grants and then out of pocket for me is about 4k. Which my BAH while at school is supposed to cover.

[@TheSaltyDiver]

That is super awesome! They must have made some changes to that section of the GI Bill. I am going to look a bit later and see what they changed for this. Out of pocket 4k isn't bad at all. I think my total out of pocket is around $9k. You are going to meet guys at school who have it all in loans. Something you should also know about is the apprenticeship program. www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/onthejob_apprenticeship.asp I think most legit dive companies are offering this now. You basically get a payment every month to receive OJT. It actually draws time from your GI Bill, but if you don't plan on going to get an associates or bachelor's later, its a super nice perk. The BAH while you are in school is super helpful! If you are fresh out of the service, most states will allow you to draw unemployment while you are in dive school as well. So when I was going to school I got my GI Bill, and unemployment. It made living super feasible.

[@DK_178]

Salty Diver yeah this school has on campus housing so I'll be utilizing that. And yes I am recently out of the service so living in small quarters isn't a huge deal for me. I still have some unanswered questions but I'll be asking the school in these next few weeks to be as prepared as I can be.

[@TheSaltyDiver]

The Jacksonville school?

[@bugfighter5949]

Can someone with low asthma become a diver ?

[@TheSaltyDiver]

I'm pretty sure asthma is a dealbreaker. You can check in the ADCI consensus manual.

[@bugfighter5949]

@@TheSaltyDiver Aw well allright, thanks.

[@bugfighter5949]

@@TheSaltyDiver I just read the manual and I found this ''DISQUALIFYING CONDITIONS...significant obstructive or restrictive lung disease...''. Now the word that worries me is ''significant'', that's rather vague.

[@Ib90]

@@TheSaltyDiver how would they know tho?

[@gwarguts]

We had a kid with pretty bad asthma in our class

[@danielgagne485]

WTF...I charge $200 and hour just to clean the bottom of boats....I charge 50 just to jump in the water.

[@DavidKozinski]

My prices are the same.

[@danielgagne485]

@@DavidKozinski Quite fair dont you think?

[@DavidKozinski]

@@danielgagne485 Yes sir. We have our gear, time, knowledge and risk involved.

[@ciarandavies1557]

What dive school did you go too?

[@TheSaltyDiver]

Ciaran Davies I went to divers academy international in 2013.

[@ciarandavies1557]

Thanks

[@mikelee250]

Divers Academy Class 0213 here

[@MORITEZZ]

@@mikelee250 hi I wanted to ask how long was the course that u took

[@jonasbjerga1739]

WTF.. In Norway it cost 1800$ and the goverment pays it. And that equitment is inncluded. ONLY thing you need to by is A B C equitment. God i love Norway

[@ghosttankcommander5397]

Don't u have to learn a new langauge for that or can u get away with speaking English?

[@jonasbjerga1739]

most speak English in Norway. teaching blit done in english.

[@brandonteal7211]

Iv been so curious about that... So as an american citizen what would it take to go to nyd? I enrolled for dit early next year ( being as it would be easier to attend... Plus i have to support american schools) but man oh man do i have to say. The training at nyd looked so well rounded.

[@brandonteal7211]

....seriously though i flew up to tour dit and im on board to pay em what they want. The emphasis on safety and backup protocol was good enough to convince my dad and best friend, who accompanied me on the tour

[@Ib90]

How do I enroll as a us citizen, if I move to Norway.

[@ernestrios8197]

CDA or youre not cool

[@gwarguts]

Ernest Rios Guess Im not cool

[@devarajoo7]

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