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Broadly speaking , sub-sea divers are of two types – air divers and saturation divers – with both categories trained to inspect, maintain and repair undersea installations which suffer heavy corrosion due to sea-water salinity. The differentiator is that air divers dive upto 50 meters and lodge in cabins after their shifts. Saturation divers plunge to greater depths and remain in special saturation chambers for the entire operation. The biggest employer of sub-sea divers is the offshore oil and gas industry.
The basic education required of commercial air and sat divers is completion of secondary school (class X) with physics as a compulsory subject, and ability to speak and write in English. However, certification by IMCA (International Marine Contractors Association) is mandatory for those seeking employment is registered companies. Apart from the Indian Naval Diving School, Kochi which conducts IMCA approved air diving courses, there are no certified training institutes. Therefore, aspiring Indian divers are trained and certified by diving institutes in the UK, South Africa, Franmce or Australia. The Underwater Training Centre, Scotland and Institut Nationale De Plongee, Marseilles, France are two of the most popular institutes for Indian divers.