Heard a guy in a Pensacola dive bar say saturation diving is just 'glorified construction work'

He was going on about how it's all about the tools and the weld, not the dive. That's missing the whole point. The environment down there, the pressure, the planning for a 28 day bell run, that's what makes it a craft, not just a job. Anyone else run into people who just don't get the skill split between topside work and what we actually do?

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kai65717d ago

Ever think about the mental side? You can train anyone to run a grinder. But try teaching someone to stay calm and fix a hot stab when their brain is soaked in helium for a month, every sound is a chipmunk squeak, and a mistake means you don't go home. That's not a construction skill, that's rebuilding your whole way of thinking under pressure. The tool is just the thing in your hand.

anderson.mia17d agoProlific Poster

Brain soaked in helium" is the perfect way to put it. My version is trying to remember which way to turn a bolt when left feels like up and the manual looks like alphabet soup. You don't get trained for that, you just have to laugh so you don't scream.