Are they unusually well-compensated for this sort of construction work?
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The Weird, Dangerous, Isolated Life of the Saturation Diver
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#12Are they unusually well-compensated for this sort of construction work?
It may not be politically correct to say, but there ARE differences between men and women. One of them is that, generally speaking, men are more willing to take higher risks for money and recognition.
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#13Are they unusually well-compensated for this sort of construction work?
It may not be politically correct to say, but there ARE differences between men and women. One of them is that, generally speaking, men are more willing to take higher risks for money and recognition.
Saying this is politically correct. The contentious issue is the question of why this is so. Is it because society shapes us in such a way that men are more inclined to take risks for money and recognition. This would imply things can change and women can be excellent saturation divers. Or is it because our genes shape us in this way, making it impossible for women to excel at diving.
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#14Are they unusually well-compensated for this sort of construction work?
It may not be politically correct to say, but there ARE differences between men and women. One of them is that, generally speaking, men are more willing to take higher risks for money and recognition.
I guess the parent comment has been edited, because this comment seems to come out of the blue in relation to what the current parent comment says.
My personal opinion is that if you’re going to make statements like this you should back them up.
As a counter example, being a police officer would I imagine not be considered the safest of jobs. But 30% of police officers in the UK are women, and the number is steadily rising:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-workforce-...
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#15Are they unusually well-compensated for this sort of construction work?
they aren't. the figures mentioned are true for the North Sea but lower in all other places. also being a saturation diver doesn't automatically put you on a 1400 dayrate when on leaving for a job. you get that only when you're "in the bin" which itself depends if you are the one selected for it. many other sat divers on the same job, but usually there are only 6-8 are actually in saturation the rest does support work on deck. and the time in saturation might only be 3 weeks in a 6 months project. So until you are in sat you would get the normal day rate a diver makes (150 - 200 depending on the location, contract). Project and Life Support Supervisors (LST's) are paid slightly higher. This can still be OK if you're 10 months at sea and no opportunity to spend any money during that time. But doesn't compute in 2018. As I mentioned above if the salaries cited are true they haven't changed much since the 90ies so in 2018 you'd be better off working as a software engineer ...
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
It may not be politically correct to say, but there ARE differences between men and women. One of them is that, generally speaking, men are more willing to take higher risks for money and recognition.
I guess the parent comment has been edited, because this comment seems to come out of the blue in relation to what the current parent comment says. My personal opinion is that if you’re going to make statements like this you should back them up. As a counter example, being a police officer would I imagine not be considered the safest of jobs. But 30% of police officers in the UK are women, and the number is steadily…
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Why is this almost always a male occupation? Are women systematically excluded?
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#17The decompression accident alluded to in the piece was the Byford Dolphin diving bell accident. The wikipedia description [1] contains this rather graphic paragraph: > [...] Hellevik, being exposed to the highest pressure gradient and in the process of moving to secure the inner door, was forced through the 60 centimetres (24 in) diameter opening created by the jammed interior trunk door by escaping air and violently…
Similar accidents happen in the water. Pressure differentials are a constant threat in commercial diving operations.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
It may not be politically correct to say, but there ARE differences between men and women. One of them is that, generally speaking, men are more willing to take higher risks for money and recognition.
I guess the parent comment has been edited, because this comment seems to come out of the blue in relation to what the current parent comment says. My personal opinion is that if you’re going to make statements like this you should back them up. As a counter example, being a police officer would I imagine not be considered the safest of jobs. But 30% of police officers in the UK are women, and the number is steadily…
>As a counter example, being a police officer would I imagine not be considered the safest of jobs.
It isn't particularly dangerous in the UK. There were no officers killed in the line of duty in 2016, 2014, 2011, 2010 and 2008. Police officers have a relatively high risk of being the victim of an assault, but they're far less likely to be killed or seriously injured at work than workers in agriculture, construction, civil engineering, motor vehicle repair or waste management.
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#19Are they unusually well-compensated for this sort of construction work?
The article mentions 1400 a day.
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#20I swim laps everyday with a former saturation diver, the risk ain't worth the money.