How do they match: Commercial Divers

  • Tender
  • Dive Tender
  • Diver Tender

  • Work below surface of water, using surface-supplied air or scuba equipment to inspect, repair, remove, or install equipment and structures. May use a variety of power and hand tools, such as drills, sledgehammers, torches, and welding equipment. May conduct tests or experiments, rig explosives, or photograph structures or marine life.

  • Operate underwater video, sonar, recording, or related equipment to investigate underwater structures or marine life.
  • Check and maintain diving equipment, such as helmets, masks, air tanks, harnesses, or gauges.
  • Cut and weld steel, using underwater welding equipment, jigs, and supports.
  • Inspect and test docks, ships, buoyage systems, plant intakes or outflows, or underwater pipelines, cables, or sewers, using closed circuit television, still photography, and testing equipment.
  • Perform activities related to underwater search and rescue, salvage, recovery, or cleanup operations.
  • Recover objects by placing rigging around sunken objects, hooking rigging to crane lines, and operating winches, derricks, or cranes to raise objects.

  • Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.
  • Operate welding equipment.
  • Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
  • Decontaminate equipment or sites to remove hazardous or toxic substances.
  • Drill holes in parts, equipment, or materials.
  • Inspect systems to determine if they are operating properly.
  • Maintain work equipment or machinery.
  • Repair production equipment or tools.
  • Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning.
  • Train others in operational procedures.