To mitigate these risks, underwater welders rely on extensive training, specialized equipment, constant communication with people above the surface, and adapted welding tools.

Underwater welders have one of the world's riskiest jobs. We followed welders in Indonesia who dive with minimal protection in polluted waters to build piers for petrochemical plants that are ...

To become an underwater welder, you need a combination of welding and commercial diving certifications, along with physical fitness and the ability to work in challenging conditions.

BRATTLEBORO — Underwater welding can be a bit like meditation, said 19-year-old Travis Sweetser, a recent graduate of Hinsdale, N.H., High School.

Students can seek careers in underwater welding, construction, demolition ...

With The Underwater Welder, Lemire invites us to dive into the darkness of the subconscious, where the dangers have less to do with the pressure readings and oxygen mixtures that so concerned ...

Working as an underwater welder can pay as much as $200,000 — bearing in mind the risk of electrocution.

Ocean Corporation Instructor Richard Johnston teaches commercial diving and underwater welding. “We go to a lot of the contests with the Texas High School Welding Series. We have our trailer set up, ...

Like Prewitt’s dad, most of the subjects express disbelief that their pranksters — mostly young women — could fulfill the job requirements of an underwater welder.