I'm interested with under water but marine biologist do not make much. Do you know of any other scuba diving jobs that pay a lot or at least same or more than a doctor? By the way I'm in 11th grade going to college soon that's why I'm looking for a good major to study in now.
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underwater construction engineers/technicians.
the guys that have to dive underwater to perform tasks like welding or part replacement. they make BIG bucks because the job is super, ridiculously dangerous. [think construction guy doing girder work 400 ft in the air exposed to the wind and having to wield heavy, unwieldy equipment that could easily cut off a limb or take out an eye; then consider moving him into space where he'd need a tether hose for oxygen and if anything happened, it would be extremely difficult to send in help and if there were an incident the resulting situation would be even more dangerous. now change space to underwater and add the hydrostatic pressure and the long decompression times required to avoid getting the bends and you've got one of the most horrifically dangerous jobs on the planet.]
these guys build and repair the underwater parts of the oil rig equipment, repair the bottom sides of ships when the repair is too small to rent a drydock big enough for the ship (like cracks in hulls, propellors, rudders, keels, etc.). they also work on bridge footings/foundations and any other construction project that needs to take place underwater.
there are ocean engineering programs out there, but they're more design oriented.
i'm not sure how you'd get a job as a diver with one of these underwater construction companies - suspect internship type arrangement -- because what they do you can't learn in school/college.
the guys that have to dive underwater to perform tasks like welding or part replacement. they make BIG bucks because the job is super, ridiculously dangerous. [think construction guy doing girder work 400 ft in the air exposed to the wind and having to wield heavy, unwieldy equipment that could easily cut off a limb or take out an eye; then consider moving him into space where he'd need a tether hose for oxygen and if anything happened, it would be extremely difficult to send in help and if there were an incident the resulting situation would be even more dangerous. now change space to underwater and add the hydrostatic pressure and the long decompression times required to avoid getting the bends and you've got one of the most horrifically dangerous jobs on the planet.]
these guys build and repair the underwater parts of the oil rig equipment, repair the bottom sides of ships when the repair is too small to rent a drydock big enough for the ship (like cracks in hulls, propellors, rudders, keels, etc.). they also work on bridge footings/foundations and any other construction project that needs to take place underwater.
there are ocean engineering programs out there, but they're more design oriented.
i'm not sure how you'd get a job as a diver with one of these underwater construction companies - suspect internship type arrangement -- because what they do you can't learn in school/college.
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A scuba Diving Instructer!
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Perhaps the divers that search for bodies/missing people?