| Yeah, an awful lot of the new offshore kit is aimed at being diverless, and depths are far beyond those divers can reach (the new African fields are in 1000's of metres of water). The Norwegian sector I am told is phasing out diving completely. Getting an ROV ticket is probably a better investment for the future unless you want to be doing civils or fish farm diving. I'd looked at doing the Pt 1 (as it was then) 7 or 8 years ago and even then diving was looking like it was on its way out offshore so I've gone into the engineering side, currently doing a masters in offshore and underwater engineering. There's still a market for commercial diving but the good work is going to be harder and harder to get. Even at the best of times, you'd still need a skill like welding or NDT to sell yourself.
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