Hi @Abdul Majeed, welcome mate. Your quals put you in line for some pretty specialized career paths, without really know your situation - are you trying to get into nuts&bolts diving? If so, my advice is focus on the engineering. There's a general consensus with most divers who make it to the 10-20 year mark in this industry, they all wish they had studied harder in school. Not saying diving is a bad industry to work in but its definitely a blue collar job and can be an unpredictable one at that.

@Abdul Majeed ahh understood. I thought you were aiming to head down the commercial diver direction.

Welcome Jake, glad to have you with us. Experienced hands from your side of the world are great to have in this community. It’s a mixed bag of people interested in getting into CD, students, newly certified divers, tenders, experienced divers and supervisors from all different levels. We're slowly building out our resources and networks. Please feel free to get stuck into the chat and share your experience when others have questions. Also, check out the Map tab for networking close to home. I've seen your stuff on Insta, very cool man. Just gave you a follow.

Welcome @Sondre Fredheim I hope that e-book answers some questions you've got. We're a mixed bag of inspiring/student/certified/industry dinosaurs in this group so please feel free to ask questions and we'll do our best to point you in the right direction. Norway has a top tier commercial dive school (NYD) so you've got a home field advantage there!

@Sondre Fredheim training is just the foundation man, experience teaches skill and its usually learned on the job after training. I'm not sure of the Norwegian market for inshore work, there will likely be someone hiring for some lower tier jobs but you'll need to chase work to find out. Typically offers dont come from companies until they know who you are and you've proven yourself to be a good worker. €7k sounds kind of cheap for your 50m ticket, im assuming it'san inshore ticket rather than the offshore certification. I'm putting together a tool to help people in a similar position as yourself assess whether the industry is right for the. As the book said, a lot of graduates leave the industry because in one way or another, it's not for them. Having practical - hands on skills is important as its a practical - hands on job. You're basically working a small construction site but in a different environment, with different gear. I'll let you know when the tool is live. It might help you make a decision to see if it's a good fit.