Hello everyone! My name is Hunter Landon, and I’m set to graduate from Divers Institute of Technology in just two days. I was initially undecided about whether I wanted to go offshore or pursue inland work, but I recently received a job offer from Allied Technical Services in Cincinnati, Ohio. After looking into the opportunity, I knew I couldn’t pass it up. I’m looking forward to sharing some of my experiences with this group, and I’m excited to kick off my career with such a great company. If anyone has advice for someone just getting started in the industry, I’m all ears and eager to learn. Have a great day, and stay safe everyone!

My name is Josiah Boynton, 17 and interested in pursuing a Commercial diving career mainly in Sat. I have a passion for learning diving and am seeking to gain as much wisdom from people with experience in this industry. Looking forward to hearing from everyone.

Hello all, Career changer here. Have done a little bit of everything from carpentry, composites, marina work, military service and most recently IT. I’ve realized office work isn’t for me and this trade has interested me for a long time so I enrolled at Santa Barbara’s MDT program and will be starting this fall. Interested in growing my network as I get through training and learning whatever I can from this group. Thanks!

Hey all, new to the group and just about to start the journey. 24, from the UK, living in UAE & spent the last 5 years working commercial office jobs because I thought ‘I had to’ to make money, but last few months realised that my time working in industrial construction + teaching rec diving were some of the best times of my life. Figured what better way to make a career than combining my love for being subsea with my love for construction work and move towards commercial diving. I previously worked with a number of commercial diving companies out here in UAE and I’m wondering if a sensible pivot would be to try to find an opportunity with one of them and try to get them to semi-fund my training…? Not sure if anyone has any experience with that going successfully…?