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Originally Posted by Yidaki
Lousiana Technical College has reasonable prices..(They are listed in the link that I gave in my previous message)
Cheers,
Burak
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I kicked the idea around for 3 years, found a company that could hire me part time, and flew to the Oceancorp to check it out and pay my deposit. Thought about it some more and decided against it. On the short list of smart things I've ever done.
Currently I work for a marine construction company and share the shop with the divers. 2 of which graduated from the school in New Jersey. The turnover rate is high for a reason. It's hard work. No matter what diving you do having construction experience will put you way ahead of the curve. We had a recent graduate come in and was really green. He didn't know what a shackle
was and when asked to inspect the propeller on the tugboat didn't know what we were talking about. Honest. He really didn't know.
For a$25,000 school you would think he would have known some basic concepts. This isn't an isolated case. I frequently meet dive school graduates who have no real mechanical ability. You're still a construction worker. Just add water.
I'm not saying you shouldn't do it. Just want you to have a realistic idea of what you're getting into before getting a fat tuition bill! I chose not to do it because I love diving but the commercial stuff was too much like work. I didn't want to turn what I love to do into something I hate.
If you should do it save yourself a lot of time and money and go to Young Memorial. It's state funded and cheap. Few thousand last I checked. Not privately owned and expensive. You can jack up the tuition with the private schools by taking every bell and whistle they offer but in the end you don't learn the job until you get to it. Theory (school) vs. practical (the real world). Go into it with your eyes wide open. My 2 cents.
