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🤿 The Most Dangerous Job EVER: Underwater Welding
In this video, dive into the world of underwater welding, an essential yet perilous job. Discover the daily life of these specialized professionals, facing dangers like decompression sickness and drowning. Learn about the innovative techniques they use, from dry welding to navigating hazardous underwater conditions, ensuring vital repairs are made to critical infrastructure.
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🎬 In this video:
📌 The critical role of underwater welding in repairing essential infrastructure like oil platforms and pipelines.
📌 The myriad dangers faced by underwater welders, from drowning to explosive risks and electrocution.
📌 Insights into the daily routines of underwater welders, whether working inland or offshore.
📌 Techniques like dry and wet welding used to mitigate risks and ensure high-quality repairs.
📌 The importance of skill and courage in performing underwater welding tasks.
📌 The ongoing necessity for human underwater welders despite advancements in robotics.
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🎥 Key Video Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction To Underwater Welding - Profession That Maintains Or Vital Infrastructure.
0:22 - Inland Welders Vs Offshore Welders - Day In Their Life And The Dangers Of The Profession.
1:21 - The Top Dangers Of Descent For Underwater Welders.
1:37 - What Are Delta P Hazards And How Currents Can Trap Divers.
2:17 - How Intense Heat In Underwater Welding Can Cause Radical Explosions.
2:44 - Alternative Welding Styles: Dry Hyperbaric Welding For Safer Welding.
3:44 - Top Wet Welding Techniques And How They Work.
4:23 - The Necessary Skills For Underwater Welding Professionals - Risks & Rewards
4:32 - The Future Of Underwater Welding Robotics Vs Human Skill
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I had a friend who was an underwater welder. He told me a story of welding a pipeline and feeling like something was watching him. When he looked he saw a massive squid about 8 feet away from him.
The squid just wanted to help or say he missed something :P
Soon the squids will take over, now that hey learned how to weld.
DIDNT ASK
@@mamutsamui5132 awesome and epic reply
@@mamutsamui5132 Didn't ask you to reply either but here you are
One of my instructors in welding school did underwater stuff for a while. I asked him how scary it was and he said "When it's completely dark and something alive brushes against your leg, real freaking scary."
Yeahhh I’m out 🤣
… 🫣
He would never say no. Because of the implication
Just blind it with the arc
HELLL NAHHH 🤣
I was seriously looking at doing this when i was 18(1979). The school gave me the numbers of a few retired underwaterwelders to talk to before signing up. They talked me out of the idea.
Hi, my name is Hampus and I'm currently going a education to become a commercial diver, today monday I started my underwater welding training. And I just have to say that I love it. I wish you all the best James!
@@hampuslarsson9135 wishing you the best man fr
We could all die on our way to work regardless where we work so might as well do something you love or enjoy
@@hampuslarsson9135 stay calm, be smart and know when to say no :) you’ll be golden, I’m not a welder nor a diver though xD.
What they say?
My grandpa used to do underwater welding in the navy, he said it was peaceful, but don't go up too fast or you'll get bends. And small mistakes can lead to catastrophic events.
Yeah decompression sickness. The further up you go, the longer your rests have to be. Sometimes depending on the depth of the dive, a rest can last up to 6-7 hours.
@@shyryTsr2k like a rest at a certain depth? Like you might not be able to come up to the surface for days?
@@codykrueger796 underwater welding is very involved and because of the nature of these decompression rests, it's often a waste of time/money to have these divers come back to the surface so they have an underwater pod that supplies them with oxygen/power and also they use it to sleep inside of this pod, and yes they stay in these pods for days maybe even weeks at a time depending on the job. Much like how submarines have a crush depth (the maximum limit they can dive before they are destroyed like a tin can from the pressure) the human body has a crush depth as well. And often times when a sailor/anyone in a submarine gets shot out of the tubes in emergency situations they often have bursted eardrums and lose their hearing. Sorry a lil off topic just find it interesting to read about haha.
@@shyryTsr2k woah, so they live there for days? Did they find that this affected people in any strange ways? Just curious also lol
I think that's the issue. A "small mistake" can lead to a possibly fatal outcome. It's the environment that multiplies a mistake's outcome a hundred fold. On land a mistake can get you a second degree burn, at far depth the same mistake can lead to explosive decompression.
I have been an underwater welder for greater than 38 years. I have welded on bridges, pipelines, seawalls, ships, you name it. I dont understand why they sensationalize underwater welding and say its so dangerous. If you follow the rules and use good equipment and good co-workers, you dont even know you have a live stinger in your hand. Its takes a LOT of practice and a lot of years to get good at it, if I dont weld for a while (months) I need to practice on some test plates to get my "feel" for it back, most of the time its in limited visibility water and you can't see. I use special rods, kinda like a plastic covered 7018. If you break off from the weld puddle with them they sparkle, no crap. They are also around 3-5 bucks each so I dont use them to tie things together or throw at fish, LOL. JUST FOLLOW THE RULES, DONT TAKE SHORT CUTS, HAVE GOOD PEOPLE TOPSIDES WHO STAY ALERT, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER HEAVY CONSTRUCTION OR MARINE JOB
Imma first year welding apprentice and this has convinced me to move towards underwater welding!!!
Hey man can i ask how much can be earned in this job? In this moment i am In a training to become a naval welder, and i am looking underwater welding as a very good posibility in the future, but i want to know if this work is really well rewarded
The "throw at fish" really got me 😂😂😂😂😂
What can you say about the 4 divers in Trinidad and Tobago that were left to die in a pipe line that sucked them in their company allowed these men to die. This happened at the beginning of March 2022 or so. Allowed them to die. It is a dangerous job.
@@staellie7089 He is going to say "HAVE GOOD PEOPLE TOPSIDES WHO STAY ALERT" because that's what he said twice.
I met an underwater welder early 2000s - he worked on Golden Gate Bridge. He said he worked 3 months per year and made $90K in that time - he could work more if he wanted to but didn't want to. He took the rest of the year off and traveled. It was fascinating - they'd raise deck of bridge (4-6") slowly with traffic flowing and have enough space to work.
That’s awesome
@@silvaskiproductions3937 at a higher risk
MAJOR BUCKS
@@silvaskiproductions3937 That kind of thing you gotta have your focus and fitness top notch. One slip up no no can do.
@@silvaskiproductions3937 SAME... but my health issues are me just being stupid.
im glad im a welder on land.....i hate being under water.....much respect to the people that do welding underwater
No doubt brother they got mine
Hey Jesse I’m currently working as a Commercial Diver and 40% of my work goes welding/cutting underneath the surface of water. But there’s no such thing called underwater welder, that’s all media bullcrab. All Commercial Diver knows how to weld underwater. So make it short, All Commercial Divers are underwater welder. We just have a different position in the team. Like comms, Medic, NDT, Welder, Rigger etc. My current position is Medic but whenever my buddies(welder) are sick I replace his position. Order to become good underwater welder, you must be a good welder on land first. So if you’re already a top-deck welder, why don’t you try welding underwater? It’s a same concept but easier(for me it is).
@@panicream6860 i dont like being underwater hshaha
@@subzero871NL I see, I met one dude claiming underwater welder and what he’s saying that he could do wet-welding(underwater) but can’t do dry welding(regular SMAW, mig, tig, flux) Well, I said shut up you p*** of s***. Order to do weld underwater, first have to be a diver and learn dry-welding in welding booth(most of the dive school have welding booth). Even I’m still practicing dry-welding. Not good in GTAW cause most of wet-welding do SMAW and use E7014 than E7018. Plus, Dry-welding needs more skills and time. Point I’m trying to make is, if person can’t do regular stick welding and can’t even run right beads(undercuts etc) can’t even enter the water.
Im more glad that Im able to weld somewhat good without turning it into a high explosion XD I have the papers that Im allowed to weld (In denmark) as I need to do it at times because I trying to be a car mechanic. And I admit to myself that my welds arent the prettiest or the best, but on the other hand I know I need alot more experiance in it. I mostly used MIG/MAG welders (Commonly known as CO2 welders in the places I had been)
I met a guy who did this job. He was deep sea welding. Claimed he made $350,000 per year, partly since no one else would do it, partly due to the danger.
I was a deep sat worker for years. The pay was incredible and you could pick and choose your work because of worker availability. Lonely, isolated work though. The key to survival was just as dependent on your topside team as it was for you. But very stressful work when you are working, and welding was a very small part of it.
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My uncle was an underwater welder for 19 years until getting married. He said it's a single man's line of work. It's long hours, lot of anxiety, and you have to weld perfectly everytime as inspectors use x-ray for inspection. But the upside is the ridiculously high money you will make. If you are dependable and good, you pretty much get whatever you want. Under a 100 per hour isn't even worth answering the phone.
I heard the same thing.
Sounds like plumbers around here lol no joke
There is NO hourly pay WHATSOEVER. You're full of crap or your guy is full of crap. You're hired on per/day rates. With EVERY. SINGLE. COMPANY. IN EXISTENCE. There are a few that are salaried, but they don't do underwater/hyperbaric welding only....they usually do several things, are always at the shop when not deployed, and STILL get a day rate for deployment.
@@BigDaddy-yp4mi you must be the only person ever who doesn’t break down their pay and work out how much they make per hour then
@@BigDaddy-yp4mi if I charge $100 for a job that takes me 2 hours then I've just made $50 an hour, haven't I?
2:46 - would ya look at that, that’s me
Cool man
hell yeah
Respect
Sick
cool, i have a question how much does the company pay you?
5 divers were sucked into a 36 " pipeline underwater last Friday here in Trinidad while doing repairs. 4 died, 1 was rescued. 😔
🇹🇹😓🙏🏼
Maybe some of the illiterate people in Trinidad should look at this video and stop blaming the divers. The guys were working and didn't deserve to be neglected
@@nicole4eva111 do you know who Trevor McDonald is?
Imagine that feeling
@@rahjah6958 yeah and it’s irrelevant
I wanted to do underwater welding at one point. A buddies mom was a sat diver. She deals with massive amounts of chronic pains due to the nature of the job. Your body wasn’t made to deal with that amount of pressure change over so many times. Respect to everyone that does this job, but I wanna be able to play with my kids pain free when I have them.
To be fair having a desk job can also easlily lead to chronic pain if you don't excercise.
please tell more, can she prdict rain? more pain with dry?? or rainy weather??
Wow! She did the 2 toughest and most dangerous jobs! Also was a full time mom. Ahaha
How do you know what our bodies were made to deal? God? That you? She was probably out of shape for most the work. I'm a powerlifter, and climbing cell towers was shit at first.... But I still had to make the gym after every 16 hour day. Cause #beta
Women* aren't.
Now here is the real definition of an essential worker, I've welded for 40 years and without welders the world would stop turning, they are worth every damn penny they make! Hard-ass to the bone ... Ordinary people don't really have a clue how hard this job is , it takes a lot of skill to become a welder and you always get tested to prove yourself Hats off to all my brothers in the welding industry, you are the real essential worker! Salute 🫡🫡🫡
Well said
It always annoyed me that "higher education" has become synonymous with an academic degree. When a skill takes years to acquire and perfect, its higher education in my book.
And sisters we weld too
Without welders you would just have a lot more plates, bolted connections, slip joints and prefabrication. The world wouldnt stop turning. We just weld because its the simpler, easier and faster solution. You can design any system to be weldless - it just costs more!
@@tonyt50 there's so many things wrong with this
A guy who studied welding at the same schools as me just a few years earlier went on to be an underwater welder. after 2 or 3 years of working he drowned at the age of 25.
At least he made good money.
@@amateruss hahahahahaha
@@cheborneck4828 yeah probably hahahah
That is very sad 😥. Btw what caused drowning?
@@xportal9169 water
Balls of steel and over the top testosterone levels required to perform well in this profession. Much respect to those past and present underwater welders.
What does testosterone has to do with anything ?
@@Lrripper shut up
I'm a woman and did it for a while though it's a rare thing in that line of work
My friend was an underwater welder while he was in the navy and I was in the army. He got out before me and got a job doing the same thing on the civilian side & connected me with people to get a job once I got out doing the same. I was in training when he drowned on the job. The only person pushing me to really dive into that field.
I'm so sorry for your loss, that's awful and it must be very difficult to deal with.
My trade school teacher told our class to stay away from this. “Imagine the only bright spot in pure darkness. Fish are going to watch. I had to weld for over an hour with a barracuda inches from my ear.” And also showed us stats about how deadly it can be. Basically said only do dry underwater.
The best reason not to take up underwater welding was told to me by a co-worker. He was welding on a rig and looked to his right to see a big-ass barracuda right over his shoulder. Apparently, they love to watch and the one thing you never want to see over your shoulder is rows of razor sharp teeth right in your face.
Wouldn’t the barracuda go blind? 😂
@@tannerhuber3057 I would think, but I'm not a biologist.
Just a lil A tap with a live stinger and he won't stick around
@@tannerhuber3057 not a marine biologist or anything but i believe fish have quite bad eyesight and use other senses to know where theyre going and what is happening around them
@@dinoaurus1 From my experience of fishing I think fish have the sharp eyesight of an eagle .
I was going to be an underwater welder,I actually got my dive licence when I was 13. The instructor almost didn't want to let me in the class until he interviewed me to see if I was capable. I actually did better than a lot of the adults! There was one problem I had with becoming an underwater welder. I can't weld! I had horrible handwriting,couldn't draw to save my life,I just didn't have a good steady hand. There is a reason why welders in general get paid a lot.
Your story is similar to mine. I was a swimming instructor in the USMC and was thinking of doing underwater welding when I got out. I took some classes on the weekends and found out its not for me, I have terrible penmanship, shaky hands, and my 5 year old draws better than me lol.
It's harder to teach a good diver how to weld than a good welder how to dive. Simple as that. Don't need to be a master diver to weld underwater. But you DO need to be a master welder to weld underwater.
That's why I started young because I knew that the open water certification wasn't going to allow me to to do that job. You need deep water,night diving,and many other certifications to be a commercial diver and that takes years. I also came from a poor family so I couldn't afford all of the courses. The only reason I was able to obtain my open water certification was because my grandma paid for it. Now I'm a poorly paid security guard. Go figure.
Ahhhh I see you haven’t met an alcoholic welder who’s hands shake like a leaf on a tree…. And yet they lay down some beautiful welds. Don’t let that discourage you from possibly pursuing a welding career. You don’t have to lay down IG Welds to get a job. Just had to pass the QC’s approval and you’re golden
@Stevie Sells what kind of welding are you doing?
I had a family friend that was an underwater welder. He passed away from what I remember being lack of oxygen to his brain after a long day on the oil rig he was working on.
Mad respect for anyone doing this job. It has to be unimaginably hard job.
My dad was a master diver in the navy, for as long as I could remember, I never really understood what he did. This video had a better explanation of anything he's ever told me as a child. Lol. I love you dad.
Love you too son
U to
oh that diver course is no joke if i recall its hard if not harder that special forces training stuff
exhaustion the least of their concerns? exhaustion can lead to mistakes you can't afford... driving people too hard is a problem across all workplaces. many hands make light work, but skeleton crews are the norm so the masters can pocket the savings.
Yeah I scoffed at this comment too. Exhaustion and fatigue are the biggest killers in workplace
I have heard that skeleton crews lead to patient deaths in the healthcare industry also, but the profiteering masters of this world will one day spend eternity with their master in the Lake of Fire.
I worked in the gulf of mexico for 10 years as a diver. Welding is a rarity in the gulf of mexico these days. Engineers have come up with much safer means to accomplish jobs. I also want to add that majority of these videos are of broco rod cutting (not welding) and training videos of divers welding in tanks. Probably from diving schools.
That makes sense. A job with such a high risk of failure should really be the last resort in emergencies or very special circumstances.
I hate these videos. Trapping future divers lol
@@joshsusan7944 I got sucked in during my younger years for sure. The job sucks really bad at times but I don't regret my decade of diving. An amazing experience
@@eljanrimsa5843 Diving doesn't really have a high rate of failure. It is dangerous.......but I came out unscathed after 10 years. I think the word "failure" was the wrong word to use here
@matttaylor817 agreed. I definitely reflect on the “golden years” but do you ever think you’d do it different now? but honestly I’m sure you are the same. The money was a small part of the decision. Still played a part but the image is what got me lol. It’s just all the bad parts they don’t tell you before committing to it, but that could be said with any career path and could also be blamed on me being gullible. You ever think of where commercial diving got this reputation of retiring early? Make money during storms… a lot but not enough by any means.
I'm just a shop production welder thinking about this is a lot and scary. I appreciate everything you do. You are the backbone to this society. Thank you
I did that for a few years. I used to work as a dive contractor for the cruise lines. It wasn't a huge part of the job, but occasionally we'd get to weld or cut something on the ships.
Thats like saying i was a heart surgery specialist or a solicitor for a few years. Its not the kind of thing you just pick up and put down part time.
@@mad-pit3832 um....OK. commercial diver school is 5 months long. Afterwards I worked for a dive company in ft Lauderdale for 6 years. Primarily we did hull inspections and hull/propeller cleanings. We also swam the ships' annual insurance surveys. A very small part of our job was repairing cracked things underwater, or installing zinc anodes. There just isn't that much underwater welding going on anywhere in the ships husbandry field. Usually they wait for dry dock for bigger repairs. After traveling around the Caribbean for 6 years, my son asked my why I always had to leave for work.... I didn't have a good answer for him. Therefore I quit diving and became a union carpenter. Is that OK with you? I'm sure you're an expert in the field and all.
@@mad-pit3832 the company I work for has 8 commercial divers employed. None of them are “underwater welders” but all of them know how to weld, and some have done it under water. It’s just like any other operation that commercial divers do. If it’s necessary, they figure out a way to get it done.
@@Brian-bq2yb people think that stick welding is rocket surgery or something.
@@jasonarcher7268 exactly! It’s just one more skill to keep in your toolbox
Imagine being a sea creature smart enough to think... like a dolphin or an Octopus... seeing some strange thing decend from the sky and start creating fire... underwater...
Octopus with arc eye
My buddy was an underwater weld inspector. He could only work I think three hourrs max a day. H ewas making 1000 per day. he did it for two years bought a nice house and a nice cabin. This was in 1988 so that would be closer to 2500 USD per day due to inflation. dude said he hated his job and his life but two years and was debt free with house and lake front cabin in Lake of the WOODS Ontario.
Respect
Lie
@@joshsusan7944 how so
I used to weld for huge building rooftops and houses, and i do understand how different it would be to do the same miles below sea level. OMG!! It needs serious amount of courage to do so.. respect to all you people who have done this far below.. you are awesome!!!
My good friend is planning to do this kind of underwater welding. He's always been a bit of a klutz but really good with his hands, always making really cool things in the metalshop. I can only pray that he stays safe and always careful when doing this work.
A klutz definitely shouldn't do this line of work
I’m a klutz and an underwater welder what’s up
@@mrt2683 ^
Tell him not to if he’s a good friend
@@joshsusan7944 "if he's a good friend" lol youre finny
Still sounds like a cool job to do. Much respect to all the underwater welders who are in this line of work.
A friend of mine many years ago was a welder at the local shipyard building navy ships. He put in for an underwater welder's position, went through all the testing and training and got the job. Then they popped him on a drug test right before they made it official. Not only did he not get the new job, they fired him from his old one. I can't imagine what that must've felt like. More specifically, how stupid he must've felt.
Ugh. Your username fits. I’m with stupid (your friend). He’s so stupid. Drugs and trying to do the most dangerous job!
when all the kids wanted to be firemen ..........I wanted to be a underwater WELDER
Fuck yeah, let them be. I become lol
Hell yeah brother!
We had a instructor who used to tell us a story about a underwater welder who one day came face to face with a unknown creature in the dark murky water. When he came up they said he was pale white in the face and would not go back down and quit right there on the spot. Lol
Uuugh... I ALMOST joined the Navy for this job back in 1995. Thank GOD I went with the Army instead and got trained in the Operating Room and been doing the same job in the civilian world. I'm now Making 90k a year with a GED and Army MOS training.(long story that involves Detroit public schools) It actually Worked out well for me considering things.
What do you do in the op room?
I had a buddy in the Army from Texas who was arrested on armed robbery charges with 5 other guys back in 1997. They were all given a choice of join the Army or Marines in a combat unit or 20 years of prison! His first 2 friends told the judge to give them prison as they wouldn't join no white man's army. When it came to his time, he said, "Your honor, i'll join the military! He just retired 2 years ago, married with 5 kids, has 2 homes paid off and has investment properties, and loves it soo much that he is in the National Guard. He told me a few years back that two of those 5 other guys died or got killed in prison and one thats still in (due to doing dumber shit in prison) that he wished he would have joined the service when he had a chance.
My son has a school friend whose father is a deep sea welder in the North Sea. He dropped his son of at our house once and we got chatting. He described how precarious life is at that depth In the North Sea where there is zero visibility. Even floating upwards 100 feet can kill. He said, the first warning is your ears pop. A friend of his got his air supply cut and the only thing he could do was sit on top of the bit of undersea pipeline he was working on and wait to go unconscious, hoping his friends in the diving bell would come to get him. They did but 'coming to get him' involves men getting into their suits, and then walking across the sea bed dragging umbilical lines behind them and feeling for him in the dark until they found his unconscious body.
That was a documentary called last breath and a real thing that happened, commercial divers know very well about that incident
If the pressure difference is enough, a diver can be sucked into a very small opening. It would be a bad way to go- much worse than drowning.
Usually stuff like that happen in such short amount of time that you don't have enough time to even realise what's happening
like the Byford Dolphin decompression accident
@@agentcarbunkle exactly what I was thinking
I've been a welder for 40+ years. Been doing stainless tank fab stuff at the same company for the last 27 of those years, have been injured enough in that time, no need to take it any further. In the same thought, the advertisement I see all the time now "be a welder and make more $$ than a college grad". The only way you're going to make any "real" $$ welding is to live on the road and out of a motel for 9 months of the year (working 84 hour weeks), or risk your life. IE, underwater or live nuke plant stuff. Two more years and I retire. Then I'll "weld no more forever". Fuck this shit..
Partially correct. I looked into a welders union and honestly, In Massachusetts, you can make about $80/hour after a 5 year apprenticeship, before overtime. So that is $166,400 before taxes and union dues. Clearing over $100,000 per year.
@@shannonp4037 I have a buddy who's a welder, had to swerve to avoid hitting a red-light runner, insurance didn't cover, truck totaled, bought a nicer one. He lives quite comfortably, works for Komatsu
@@shannonp4037 hey, I just started in the carpenters union out of Boston not too long ago. You're right, the pay is right around there.
Not true
I find it really hard to get good penetration and nice beeds above water. This is like the ultimate welding job. Much respect to all people who are doing this
Imagine waking up to go to work. And not being sure if you'll make it back at the end of the day.
That can happen in any trade anywhere stupid comment
@@barryburton7755 some are more risky than others, with more obvious risk. Your comment is stupid.
@@Joshuagilchrist55 in what way divvy
I usually have that thought watching people drive
@L Turner you smell bad
I’d be a whole wreck if my boyfriend/husband was an underwater welder!! Wondering is he’s not going to come home one day! Bless you guys!!🙏🏽
mississippi river barge divers are hands down the best guys to work with. I had some great jobs in LA running pipe and installing smart flanges with those guys, great memories.
I trained to be a welder and had the chance to go off on the rigs for underwater but had to complete a series of diving courses. I discovered I hate swimming in the sea. I just couldn't relax and focus as my mind was stuck in what's that in the distance or what if a shark hits me. So I went to the artic instead for pipe work. And lost some toes to frost bite 😂
I always wondered how there's someone for every job, it doesn't matter how hopeless, dangerous, exhausting, disgusting and every other negative adjective the job may have, someone will be there to do it.
Someone's gotta do it.
I do
bro they make like 200k a year 💀
*M E N*
@@highkit I already posted here but the reason is not due to biology but more so this f*ucked up society we live in. I actually looked into this but considering you're down there with male coworkers, it's easy to brush s*xual assault under the rug. I don't care about all the other dangers and actually looked into this but r*pe isn't worth it to me. So if you wanna cry about only men doing this, then men as a whole gotta change on a societal level. Also you aren't doing it either, do you? So why gotta piggyback of other men's successes, just so you can feel great about yourself and be sexist??
Much respect to all of the under water welders every where around the world 🌎 and thank you to all of you brave people for all that you do❤️
Men.
Blessings to all doing this work.
Wow... Thanks to all that awesome welders that keep alive our civilization
Really scary! Huge respect for people who do this!
Employers be like: Lucrative Career Opportunity Underwater Welder - $15 an hour
Good video. Some of those guys live up to weeks at a time at 1000 ft + and have to spend days coming up to the surface to prevent decompression sickness
Most of the time they are brought aboard the ship while still under pressure and depressurize while on board. It's a lot safer but still has it's risks
R.I.P to those 4 Trinidadian men from last Friday😓🙏🏼🇹🇹
What happened?
@@JesusisKingforsure they got sucked into the 36-inch oil pipeline . I think all of them died
@@lorencelegaspi4566 oh..
@@lorencelegaspi4566 4 died, one was rescued
Merely swimming around a ships propellor terrifies me seeing how big it is, how much force it creates and the thought of it moving unexpectedly
My cousin once told me a story about a buddy of his that did underwater welding. He was working on a dam and one day he dove down only to come back up early, stripped all his gear off, and quit right there. They asked him why and he said while he was down there he saw a catfish big enough to swallow him whole. I’d quit too.
"Damn"?
@@ethericboy I just saw this lmao I guess I swear too much
Happen to catch what dam he was working on?
@@deltadog8249 Wolf Creek Dam if I’m remembering right
Worked offshore in the Gulf of Mexico for Cal-Dive International out of Morgan City Louisiana for 5 yrs. Everyday is dangerous whether you're in the water or on deck as a Tender. Took a CNS hit with Arterial embolism in 1990 that left me with serious residual damage. It ended my career. Last year offshore I was on boat for 263 days. Money was great but my wife and kids had no real husband or father. Getting bent may have saved my marriage. Even with that as a comfort I still miss it very much and remember it often. Best of luck to any man or woman that cares to challenge themselves and enter this career field. It will absorb you and you'll love it enough to let it.
I was an inland commercial diver from 1992 - 2004. Most of the U/W welding these days is done in a dry environment. As some one mentioned that most of what is shown in this video is U/w burning with a Broco Rod. U/W burning was fun. If your good at it a diver should be able to burn an 18" cut. the rods are 18". It was hazardous but not dangerous. There are more dangerous jobs then commercial diving/U/W welding . I mainly did power plant maintenance, Water plant maintenance, laid pipelines, and worked on the locks on the Ohio River and i worked on a lot of dams around the USA. Did some salvage jobs. Did some underwater demolition which was a fun time too. The nitrogen buildup doing shallow dives can be an issue when you get older as i"m finding out now.
Never in my life have i imagined that, such kind of jobs exists. Extraordinary stuffs.
No divers don't get their heads ripped off, life expectancy isn't cut short, you won't make $600k+, welding is a small part of what welders do, hyperbaric welding is rarely if ever done in the Gulf. I'm a 3rd generation diver and currently an instructor at the ocean Corporation
Dolphin delta P....divers don't very often get their heads ripped off, but when they do it's from head to toe.
These guys remind me of big daddies from Bioshock
Out of intetest, what do these guys get paid annually?
So how could I get into a program like this is the ?
Byford dolphin diving bell accident, look that up, because in that incident, they’re heads didn’t get cut off, they’re bodies were completely ripped apart from delta p……..
Aside from the dangers mentioned in this video, I would also be terrified of being so deep underwater and encountering god knows what down there.
Appreciate these men for making our world a better place 💯
As a welder, I have considered the possibility of entering the underwater realm. But my conclusion is that even if the pay and benefits are extremely promising, the risk is not.
Benifits? It’s 1099 usually bruh
It’s not cool like they make it seem.
My buddy did this in the armed forces. He had some liver enzyme issue or something that was exasperated by the diving. Poor guy had to go out on medical discharge
I’m an underwater wallpaper hanger and let me say, it’s a dangerous job.
How do you get the wallpaper to stick?
You have to dry the back first.
Thank you for your service.
Friend of mine is an underwater welder / deep commercial diver. I think he earns around $1600USD a day but it’s a dangerous job. I think you need to be a certain type of person to do it as you work closely with, and in confinement with, people for very long periods of time.
My uncle welds underwater and he got stuck in a pitch black pipe on top a cart. He was pinned against the roof and when the boss heard him laugh over the radio, the boss fainted. Luckily he made it out fine as his partner returned. Scary stuff
My father used to do this; he was one of the top welders in Canada.
yes、and my dad was the head of the mafia
Well my dad was one of the top welders in North America so he is above your dad
@@supermegadong7597 LOL, you go girl.
Had a buddy that did this job,he passed away in Florida from a drug overdose.. He like drugz in his free time,and he liked to push the limit. 🙏but he was a awesome friend..blessings to him,i seen this video and thought of him..
One of the coolest jobs ever. If I lived close to a job opportunity I'd take it.
38 years of heavy maintenance welding is nothing compared to this type of welding. The pay is fabulous!
The risks are also fabulous. So the pay is just fair.
Fabulous, huh? Lol.
I know a lot of trinbago ppl gonna end at this vid given the tragedy that happened. . May they sleep in eternal peace...
Thank you for your service...
In a year I reached out one of my goals to become a welder and universe gave me this opportunity what required more skills than I had but because I was an am so dedicated ,I already got so far just in a year… and this underwater welding is troubling me since I went to welding school… I always liked extreme things… probably that is driving me further… unfortunately there are no options to learn and study this in Latvia… but I have a feeling I’m gonna get where I want …
I remember being in 8th grade in middle school. I filled out w long computer questionnaire of my likes and dislikes and found that under water welding fit me. Being a mechanic now under water welding seems cool to me
was it on myblueprint?
colossal respect for those dudes.
Was mostly wondering how the weld even works. Learned quite a bit more. Thanks 😊
I heard a story about a welder getting crushed between a giant ship and a wall or something. The hazards are extra extra crazy.
It’s said that underwater welders have a 1 in 3 chance of dying on the job, and as a result, if you survive, they actually retire at the age of 40. And before you ask: I know from a close friend, who is a metal fabricator in trade.
I believe it, even without some one telling me lol
Yeah nah not even close. Back in the pioneering days it was 10%. Under water welding isn’t even a job title. The work done underwater is by commercial divers who can weld. We also do a lot of marine construction, salvage, pipeline fitting and repair for offshore, hazmat in nuclear and human waste facilities, etc. Safety has come a long way in diving and very few jobs actually involve welding. More common is burning and that’s more dangerous because of the release of hydrogen gas and the sparks from the broco rod.
Eh you're more or less right, off-shore underwater welders can only do the job 5-10 years. I retired from the job after the full 10, it takes a toll on the body, but it's damn good money I tell ya. I just used my earnings to buy apartments and real estate so I don't have to lift a finger for the rest of my life. To anyone else who reads this comment; if you want to live a long life, don't do this job. If you're like me; have minimal regard for your personal safety, and you're open to being friends with a shark or two, and you like welding then by all means give er, but the responsibility is what some compare to military-like.
@@HyperformA1 cheers to that, bud!
Wait wait let me clear out this myth. I quit my last job(forklift driver) and become a diver in age of 37 and now I’m 50 and still working good as a diver, plz don’t believe that bullcrab myrh. It isn’t that much dangerous how you guys think. I do underwater weld underwater the Nuclear Power Plants. There’s some radiation you gotta watch out but we are wearing one of the best gear on the world(better than SEAL) so don’t have to worry about that.
“Precision” is not the problem with hypothetical robot underwater welders. Problem solving and adaptability is. Robots today have levels of precision surpassing humans past several orders of magnitude.
I have so much respect for the people that do these jobs!! It fascinates me.. I have Aqua phobia, so my respect for them is immense!!
My wife has a family friend who is like a father to her and from what I hear from him he could have retired decades ago but he loves to continue working
1:02 "Oh boy I can't WAIT to do some welding!"
I knew a guy like that. He spent his days drinking, just to numb off the anxiety.
I am working in oilfield but never visited underwater
Never knew about the hyperbolic chamber. Good to know there are always evolving the job for safty
3:23, This is not correct, or at least bad framing. Trimix, (helium, oxygen, and nitrogen) is used, because at depth, every breath of air contains more oxygen or nitrogen molecules than that same breath would at sea level. Oxygen becomes toxic to humans at too high a partial pressure, the common wisdom in the diving world is that this occurs around 180-220 feet. But you can't just breath a lower oxygen mix, because nitrogen has a psychoactive effect at high partial pressures, this occurs around 90-120 feet and below (depending on the diver, I've always called it "getting narked"). So the solution is to replace the extra oxygen and nitrogen with an inert gas (helium) that does not damage tissue or cause psychoactive side effects. There is an issue with this though, and that is that helium tends to be a little more "volatile" when decompressing, so extra care needs to be taken when decompressing from a Trimix Dive.
Close. They haven't used trimix in like 20 years. They use heliox, helium and Oxygen. They use helium because it's an inert gas. You breath in helium. And out helium. The air you breath out has co2 and is scrubbed out using co2 scrubbers with sodasorb.
My ex-girlfriends father was an underwater welder and owned a 150,000 dollar car and a multiple million dollar house in pacific palisades in California living next to Doctors and CEO's. It may be risky, it may be the most dangerous job in the world but damn does it pay well.
Well it freaking better lol
Thanks for the video.... I definitely learned a lot
Absolutely Fascinating !!!
About a week or so ago, 4 underwater welders died in Trinidad and their bodies were recovered in obviously not great condition
At least they went down together.
No
5 actually, 1 survived.
@@sebastienholmes548 that is still 4 dead welders, read harder next time
I have been an aluminum welder inland for 10yrs. I will keep my 47k a year. I feel like alot less dangers. Something about electricity and water doesn't sit with me
If there's any underwater welders reading this we appreciate everything you do.
Thank you
No we don't.
Wow Lord bless these workers praying for better work hours
Amazing. I also do special welding in Korea, but I really want to learn the underwater welding that you are doing.I respect.
North or south?
@@mremerald8586He's gonna work on the fences dividing the border
I've done 3 of the 5 most dangerous jobs in my life. I was an under water welder and I was a high rise window cleaner. Hands down and without a doubt the high rise window cleaning is way more dangerous then welding under water. I repelled off of the buildings more then I use swing stages. That ups the danger in itself. I also worked on cell towers. So yes the jobs where I was high up is way more dangerous than under water welding.
Great, now my hands are sweating just from reading your comment! Oddly enough, I have no problem diving, doesn't bother me in the least, but heights? No thank you. Have to say though that (statistically) the most dangerous job in America is....President. Of 46 Presidents, 8 died on the job (17%). Technically four of them died of natural causes, so leaving those out - 4 out of 46 is an 8.5% death rate - way higher than any other job (loggers is usually considered number 1 at 0.1%.
and did anyone care?
Shipyard industrial works is fun but sometimes it gets rough. Have you ever heard of Softgle Comfort? It cause NO PAIN at all and you can work comfortably and more efficient. I have been using so many safety gears before but they all cause troubles!
Am just 19 years of age heard about underwater welding at age 15 got interested in it, really want to start the college but the capital is way to high for me as an international citizens from Jamaica. A sorry that a college wasn’t in my country i would surely take the opportunity.
Underwater welding isn't a job so dont get your hopes up its commercial diving welding is just a tiny part of it and if your wanting to go in it for the money dont bother. And 90% of the time u cant see anything anyway.
Only few other jobs are tougher than this!
Underwater sewer plant cleaning or what ever its called
I used to weld and seriously considered doing under water welding. The money was top notch but at the end of the day i decided my health and safety was more important. No point making a lot of money if you die early or have health issues for the rest of your life. Over time your bones go brittle like mr glass.