Barcelona City Council | Capital humà

The diving technician is the professional trained to promote and intervene in leisure and recreation activities. His training allows him to organize and promote sports dives in open water of up to 5 atmospheres of pressure. He conducts groups of divers as a guide and gives courses for qualifications to be obtained, always in accordance with safety and environmental conditions.
His professional activity is centred on sport diving guide, diving instructor, diver, accompanying and safety diver in training courses for divers and in water sports competitions or assistant for the coordination of activities in clubs and diving centres.
Likewise, the diving technician develops professional tasks in the field of aquaculture, underwater archaeology, as a professional specialist in ship repairs and refloating, cutting and welding of floating structures as well as underwater rescues.
Performs all types of underwater work for law enforcement and emergency agencies.

Regulated training and graduates

• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Sea Fishing Activities - Intermediate Level: Underwater and Hyperbaric Operations

Complementary training

We recommend additional training in the field of new equipment and also first-aid training, surveillance and rescue techniques, water sports rescue and water rescue training.

Other specific skills

Self-confidence: Level 3

Self-control: Level 2

Concern for order and quality: Level 2

Initiative: Level 2

Leadership: Level 1

Mechanical handling

People related to the field of mechanical handling are interested in the assembly, maintenance, repair and use of machines, tools and installations. Some good examples of professional activities in the field of mechanical handling are adjusting and configuring machines, reviewing technical equipment to detect incidents in their operation, handling machinery in production processes and driving specialised vehicles.

Environment

People who work in this field focus their professional interests on the preservation, improvement or restoration of the environment (vegetation, fauna, flora) in both built-up areas and natural spaces. Some of the activities that represent this field are the detection, analysis and control of pollutants, the carrying out of measurements and tests in relation to climatic or environmental variables and the reduction of the harmful effects of human activity on the environment. The carrying out of these activities requires knowledge of the environment, for its planning and use, and of environmental regulations.

Sailing technician

Integral pest control system technician

Gardener

Airport firefighter

Falconer

• Work hours

  The number of working hours varies depending on the career path the technician has taken. Flexibility is the norm when the work is more tourism-related and linked to seasonal work. In companies that offer a regular service throughout the year, working hours are usually 40 hours per week.

• Salary

  It is difficult to standardize the remuneration for professional diving technicians, and as a reference it can be mentioned that a professional diver who works as an aquatic construction worker earns between 40,000 and 50,000 Euros a year.

• Professional category

  Technician