Diary of a Commercial Diver in Training
Open-Water Orientation for most…. “No-Water” Situation for some… Today, most of the Commercial Divers in training will test their orientation skills in the open water, out in the ocean. I however am banned from the water due to my cold and the trouble I had equalising yesterday. Ronan has to sit this one out as…Continue Reading “Day 14 – First Day out in the Ocean… for most”
Finding our Way The ones who haven’t had a chance to try the mask yesterday are giving it a go today and have all brought their regulators in for Tato to change them over. [metaslider id=”888″] All of us will be busy trying to find our way in zero visibility water, to increasingly difficult targets….Continue Reading “Day 13 – Orientation & Full-Face Masks”
Starting to Look the Part When we arrive in the classroom this morning we each get handed a compass. Today we’re going to practise underwater orientation. The dock is great place for that, considering you can barely see the hand in front of your eyes, which makes it hard to use underwater landmarks to “cheat”….Continue Reading “Day 12 – First Time Full Face”
Practise Makes Perfect The weekend has passed and it’s time to review everything we’ve learned and trained last week. There’s wood cutting, lift-bag floating, mooring-inspections and flanges all over the place. After the flange, we get to do the lift-bag again and I open the release valve too far. Damn! The weight pulls the bag…Continue Reading “Day 11 – Rinse and Repeat”