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Underwater Welding Schools
If you love the water, underwater welding may be a career option for you. Underwater welders perform installation and repairs of such things as aging bridges, nuclear power plants, vessels and pipelines.
Most agree that the most important part of underwater welding is all the steps that lead up to the actual welding, thus becoming a certified commercial diver is usually a first step. Below are several underwater welding schools you might wish to consider:
Diver's Academy International
Located in southern New Jersey minutes from Atlantic City, Divers Academy International (The Academy) offers a comprehensive program that prepares and places commercial divers around the world. The program is five-months long, providing graduates with multiple high-level certifications and hundreds of clock hours of experience combined with classroom training. The program includes classes on commercial scuba, dive tending, underwater projects, underwater cutting and welding, salvage, bridge inspections, underwater photography, and hazardous waste operations and emergency response, to name just a few. You can see that their program would prepare students for all different types of underwater diving careers, including underwater welding.
Contact them at 1-800-238-DIVE, or email them at admissions@diversacademy.com
National Polytechnic College of Engineering and Oceaneering
National Polytechnic is a non-profit higher education institution accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The school is organized into four divisions, with the College of Oceaneering division focusing on certificate and degree programs pertaining to marine technology, commercial diving, dive medicine, and underwater nondestructive testing and wet welding. Students can earn an Associate of Science degree in Marine Technology. National Polytechnic is located in three locations, with the Wilmington location (in Wilmington, California) offering a degree in Underwater Wet Welding. You can call them for more information at 800-432-3483.
Commercial Diving Academy
Commercial Diving Academy is an underwater welding school located in Jacksonville, Florida, and offers an underwater welding program which consists of an intensive two-week course designed for commercial divers, giving them high quality Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding skills both above and below water. For more information call them toll-free at 888-974-2232.
Expect to begin your underwater welding career as a diver tender (apprentice diver) initially, which will help you gain practical experience while learning the trade.
For more information on pursuing an underwater welding career, see the article below:
Underwater Welding Takes Combination of Skills
Author: Peter Vermeeren
Underwater welding is a high paying, much in demand, lucrative and rewarding profession. Underwater welding also takes a combination of skills. If you are wondering how to get started in this great career, the American Welding Society makes recommendations at their web site to encourage young people to enter the career field of underwater welding.
To get a basic idea of just what it takes, here are a few skills you should have. First you must be both a certified welder and a commercial diver. It is essential to have good diving skills and equally essential to place a premium on safety. Most of the tasks involved in the job of an underwater welder are not the welding itself, but the things that need to be done to get ready for the job.
Those interested in becoming underwater welders can attend one of the many fine commercial diving schools. Most of them offer a certificate of completion and acceptance as a commercial diver upon completion. You will also need to pass a diving physical exam, and often times a written exam as well. The Association of Commercial Diving Education provides a list of certified diving schools by writing the Association of Diving Contractors -ADC-, 2611 FM 1960 W., Suite F204, and Houston, Texas 77068. Call them at (713) 893-8388 or fax them (713) 893-5118. After completing the course a person should have a good idea as to whether or not they are comfortable under the water and want to continue in the field of underwater welding. If you are comfortable and want to continue, then many professional diving companies offer the service of under water welding. Get your resume together and apply.
Upon getting that first underwater welding job, most companies will require you to enhance your skills by passing certain qualification tests. Consult your company as to the requirements they have. Generally the better your wet and dry welding skills, the more valuable you are and the higher rating and pay grade you will have.
Some people are already commercial divers when they become interested, which then requires welding training. It is also wise to be in peak physical condition since underwater welding can be physically demanding. The better shape you are in, the better you'll do.
What the chances are of finding work in underwater welding is a question that also comes to mind for most people. The need for skilled workers in underwater welding is usually very good, though it is subject to the laws of supply and demand as most professions are. As you gain experience the more job opportunities will become available to you, and as your reputation in underwater welding grows, the more sought after you will be. Salaries in excess of $100,000 per year are commanded by skilled and experienced technicians in underwater welding, making it a career field worth looking into for anyone with an interest in combining the two sought after skills of professional welding, and diving.
About the author:
Peter Vermeeren is the owner and webmaster of: Machines and Tools and Airsoft GOT | Tactical Gear | Military Supplies
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