This question was posted to me by another diver while we were on shift waiting for the diver to finish his job. I never really had the chance to answer his question fully as I was sent to the jacket to assist tool lowering to diver.

Ok. Here it goes..

Everyone said that I am crazy to be doing what I am doing right now, but there is no other job that I will rather trade in this world for this. There are times when I do wonder why I am doing this (normally while doing an arduos task or while getting the Table 6 treament..)
but yet, I am bewildered that I am looking forward to work everytime I come home. There is so much to learn and absorb on each job as I find every job is different, the people I work with is different, the job scope is different, the client is different, even the places I go to is different.

Such a contrast from being desk-bound, holding a 9-5 steady income job, where just the thought of waking up in the morning to get to work is such a chore already.

So far, I dont find the job glamourous at all. When ppl ask me what I do, I can tell them one thing...I am a jobless bum when you see me..

I can never tell any girls' parents what I do, as they will probably strike me off the list of possible future son-in-law...

I cannot be insured for peanuts...

I cannot smoke whenever and where ever I like...

But I STILL LOVE MY JOB....

So...now the question is back to you Necrosis...why do you do it??..

hi..diz is my take on diving..
i first discover diving back in 1999.back then i was juz a general worker.but i ejas(work my way) my way to become a diver.so i get to be a diver even i was still get general worker's pay.so its not for d money i guess.and at some period of my life i stop diving and do something else.but back then i knew its diving what i love d most n there is no other job i wanna do.so i took d plunge again,burn some(lots) of money for d license(people sure like to ask if u have a license to dive or not) and here i am..jobless again but i dont regret any of it.dats d perk of being a freelance diver i guess...so why did i do it...heck i also dunno...maybe because ITS NICE DOWN THERE(even if its pitch black sumtimes)...

From my point of view is.. MONEY for most divers. It surely pays loads of money. I am not a diver my self. But there are a lot of divers I meet in my line of job. But then again u got to have the a little bit of passion to do this very high risk job.

The divers from India, if you ask around who are they. .some of them are practically brothers, father & son, relatives. Here I conclude that in runs through the family. If i ask them.. its about the money. Its about the job flexibility. But if I ask the SAT diver's supv, normally they will say "dont take this job if you have a choice". Because it has a lot of long term effect. But in the end of the day.. its worth it because SAT a paid by hourly on top of the daily rate.

I love diving. I have license as a leisure diver. Was actually been "racun" by fellow divers to take up the course. But didnt in the end because I dont think i will have the same passion in the beginning of the job as towards 5 years down the road.

In summary, it depends on the person himself. But generaly most of the divers i meet they say.."Money is good ma"

Dear Spazm,

I'm sure by now, you'd already realised that there are a lot of monkeys in the commercial diving industry.

I think you should bring more peanuts in your tidbits bag on your next job.

More peanuts means tamer monkeys.

oit...

Don't tell people la... hahahahaha....