Real Guidance from Offshore
Real stories, honest advice, and lessons learned from years offshore
123 men died when the Alexander L. Kielland capsized in the North Sea in 1980. A fatigue crack no bigger than a bad weld started it all. This is why offshore inspection exists — and how you build a career doing it.
A Yorkshireman once told me I was a right posh twat. By the end of the job he said I was like a son to him. Here’s what that taught me about how offshore crews really work.
50% of Your Career Happens Off the Dive Site Dive schools teach decompression tables. They don’t teach you how to handle the commercial diver lifestyle—the
The Day Everything Changed I was 90 feet in the air, dangling from an oil rig in the North Sea, completely unable to move. This
“What Do Civilians Do?” I was 19 years old, freshly discharged from the Royal Engineers, and I had absolutely no idea what to do with
The Question Everyone Asks about a commercial diver salary (But Nobody Answers Honestly) “How much do commercial divers make?” I get asked this more than