Working as a Scientific Diver - Careers in Scuba Diving

[@sghettinona]

Great guest. Thanks -Sydney for sharing your time and experience.

[@dereklavington6629]

Great vid. Really interesting. More plz

[@Undecidedxx]

At the beginning you mentioned that to start with your training you only need to have your open water certification, but when I look around to see what other general qualifications are required I keep seeing “masters degree” come up. Do you need to have a degree in addition to all the diving training you must undergo? and if so what in? When I see “masters degree” it never specifies in what field exactly. Is it REQUIRED to have a background in marine sciences or other science fields to be a scientific diver? Or will the AAUS courses teach you everything you need to know?

[@FullySubmerged]

To obtain your AAUS scientific diving certification the only prerequisites are that you have at least Open Water Diver certification, get a medical/physical, and pass a swim test. If a position is saying you need a master’s degree, that’s likely an advertisement for a research position in which you’d be diving and conducting the science. Once you get your AAUS cert, there’s lots of positions out there that don’t require a graduate level degree! Most of them only require an associates or bachelors degree and a few years of relevant experience as a diver or technician.

[@Undecidedxx]

@@FullySubmerged ok thanks! that helps clear it up a bit :) I'm assuming a degree in marine sciences is probably preferable anyhow if you would like a career out of it, or at least helpful in the long run

[@brendonnashca]

I dunno. Pizza delivery diver seems kind of awesome too.

[@FullySubmerged]

And that's what's so great about diving. So many options!

[@fishman241]

I realize it's probably not something that is under any demand, but requiring someone to be a sponsored student to get a certification seems weirdly gate-keepy for some reason.

[@FullySubmerged]

I can see where you're coming from. I think in most cases the job is going to require having a higher education so they can do more than just one aspect of the work

[@djsway4041]

Aloha, I'm curious about the annual 12 dive requirement. Is it 12 specifically science related dives or just 12 logged dives in general?

[@FullySubmerged]

12 scientific dives I believe!

[@Captainwill55]

Scientific diving doesnt have a whole lot of employement possibilities , better off going to commercial diving school in my opinion, if you really want to work underwater , youll learn how to operate a caisson , being a tender/ security diving surfacesupply as welle as scuba decompressionand saturation procedures and its all valid for scientific diving if you have a opportunity later in your carrer