That don't require some sort of masters degree? There must be something aside from commercial diving. Surely some scientist needs a dive monkey. Where would one go about finding such a job?

thetafferboy wrote:

To be a 'dive monkey' you'll need at least a HSE Pt4/Scuba.

A Rescue Diver allows you to assist be an RD for an Instructor.

A DM allows you to escort divers, assist an instructor, collect shellfish, act on film underwater or be involved in an UW archaeological project.

Everything else you need a HSE qualification of some kind. Including scraping the bottom of boats.

I'm doing my rescue next month, hopefully followed by DM in the next 6.. Thanks for the info on HSE, very, very helpful!

thetafferboy wrote:

Cheapest place to do a HSE Scuba is TH Diving in Plymouth, £1500 last time I checked. Needs 4 people at a time but you need to be quite experienced.

HSE Scuba is the new Pt4. Mainly deals with communications and helmets.

I think I'll take one step at a time and focus on Rescue and DM first