Commercial diving

Commercial Diving

Commercial diving (/kəˈmɜːrʃəl ˈdaɪvɪŋ/) is a type of professional diving where the divers are paid for their work. The diving work in this area is diverse and can include tasks such as underwater welding, salvage of shipwrecks, underwater inspection, and maintenance of oil platforms.

Etymology

The term "commercial diving" is derived from the fact that the diving is conducted for commercial purposes, i.e., for profit. The word "diving" comes from the Old English "dyfan" meaning to dip or submerge and the suffix "-ing".

Related Terms

• Underwater Welding: This is a process that involves welding at elevated pressures, underwater. It is a common task in commercial diving.

• Salvage Diving: This is the process of recovering wreckage, cargo, and other items from shipwrecks. It is another common task in commercial diving.

• Saturation Diving: This is a diving technique that allows divers to reduce the risk of decompression sickness when they work at great depths for long periods of time.

• Scuba Diving: This is a form of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) to breathe underwater. It is a recreational form of diving, unlike commercial diving which is for work purposes.

• Decompression Sickness: Also known as the bends, it is a potentially fatal condition caused by dissolved gases coming out of solution into bubbles inside the body due to depressurization.

• Diving Equipment: This includes items such as diving suits, breathing apparatus, and underwater tools used by divers.

• Diving Safety: This refers to the precautions taken to ensure the safety of divers. It includes procedures, equipment, and training.

• Diving Medicine: This is the field of medicine that deals with the medical conditions associated with diving.

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