Professional diving
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Professional diving is underwater diving where the divers are paid for their work. Occupational diving has a similar meaning and applications. The procedures are often regulated by legislation and cod
A US Navy diver at work. The umbilical supplying air from the surface is clearly visible.
Surface supplied commercial diving equipment on display at a trade show
A scientific diver at work
US Navy Clearance Divers defusing a MK17 Buoyant Mine
Technical diving
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Technical diving is scuba diving that exceeds the agency-specified limits of recreational diving for non-professional purposes. Technical diving may expose the diver to hazards beyond those normally a
Professional diving
…dive instructors teach a wide variety of skills from entry-level diver training for beginners, to diver rescue for intermediate level divers and technical diving for divers who wish to dive in higher risk environments. They may operate from dedicated dive centres at coastal sites, or through hotels in popular…
Diver Trevor Jackson returning from a 178 m (584 ft) wreck dive
Diver equipped for decompression dive
Technical diver during a decompression stop
An example of wreck diving; A technical diver diving the Nasello wreck in Sardinia at 34m depth.