| Scuba diving is not a regular sport or recreational | | | | diving, this is regarded as the most dangerous type |
| activity. In fact, advanced and specialty courses in | | | | of professional diving. The environmental conditions |
| open circuit scuba diving have opened doors to | | | | pertinent to the job pose a great health risk to the |
| established professional careers that require technical, | | | | scuba diver. For this reason, employment is limited to |
| underwater diving expertise. Engineers, scientists and | | | | highly skilled and experienced scuba divers who |
| environmentalists are also acquiring scuba diving skills | | | | should likewise be in excellent physical state. For this |
| to meet the demands of their occupation. The article | | | | type of diving, scuba divers go through a series of |
| lists a few professions that require scuba diving in the | | | | pre-medication treatments and are geared up only in |
| course of work. | | | | specialized scuba equipment. Decontamination |
| | | | following work in polluted waters is also required. |
| 1. Underwater Engineering. Professional divers perform | | | | HAZMAT diving is commonly performed to repair |
| engineering work in lieu of the exploration and | | | | pipelines, recover bodies and lost objects, and for the |
| production activities of the oil industry. The job takes | | | | purpose of underwater pollution control as well. |
| advantage of the skills of a scuba diver for the | | | | 4. Underwater Photography and Film Making. |
| maintenance of submerged oil platforms. Civil | | | | Television and film producers invest part of their |
| engineering projects also hire professional scuba | | | | budgets to shoot underwater footages that may be |
| divers for the conduct of underwater surveys or | | | | relevant to a movie or documentary on production. |
| when building harbors and bridges. | | | | Now this activity requires the services of professional |
| 2. Marine Biological Research. Scientists engaged in this | | | | scuba divers. This is one of the many jobs available |
| field of scientific study submit to extensive scuba | | | | that recreational divers can easily take on to earn |
| diving training to be able to conduct underwater | | | | extra income out of their scuba diving skills. |
| research, particularly on the biodiversity of marine life. | | | | 5. Military, Navy and Police. The military and navy |
| Meanwhile, environmentalists have also found scuba | | | | likewise train their personnel in the conduct of |
| diving skills to be relevant in the protection of marine | | | | offensive operations such as underwater infiltration |
| habitats; where frequent scuba diving is performed | | | | and demolition. In this case, scuba diving is significant |
| for the conduct of clean-up projects and periodic | | | | in the recovery of underwater evidence for police |
| reef surveys. | | | | profiling. |
| 3. HAZMAT Diving. Short for hazardous materials | | | | |