How do they match: Commercial Divers

  • Work below surface of water, using surface-supplied air or scuba equipment to inspect, repair, remove, or install equipment and structures. May use a variety of power and hand tools, such as drills, sledgehammers, torches, and welding equipment. May conduct tests or experiments, rig explosives, or photograph structures or marine life.

  • Operate underwater video, sonar, recording, or related equipment to investigate underwater structures or marine life.
  • Perform activities related to underwater search and rescue, salvage, recovery, or cleanup operations.
  • Recover objects by placing rigging around sunken objects, hooking rigging to crane lines, and operating winches, derricks, or cranes to raise objects.
  • Remove obstructions from strainers or marine railway or launching ways, using pneumatic or power hand tools.
  • Salvage wrecked ships or their cargo, using pneumatic power velocity and hydraulic tools and explosive charges, when necessary.

  • Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.
  • Operate welding equipment.
  • Inspect systems to determine if they are operating properly.
  • Train others in operational procedures.