harvest diver

What the work can involve

Harvest divers prepare the dive, enter shallow underwater areas and collect marine resources such as algae, razor shells, sea urchins or sponges. The work combines underwater movement, collection judgement, equipment checks and care for aquatic resources.

Skills and specializations

Useful depth includes apnea or surface-supplied diving, diving equipment maintenance, broodstock collection, aquaculture stock health checks, aquatic resource management and reading fisheries rules before collection work.

Salary context

Pay comparison should look at dive conditions, resource type, time underwater, equipment responsibility, aquaculture or wild-harvest setting, stock-health documentation and any facility maintenance duties.

Career paths

Possible next steps include lead collection diver, aquaculture stock work, aquatic resource monitoring, water-based facility maintenance, diving equipment support or supervision of small harvest teams.

Good to know

Check whether adverts name the collected species, apnea or surface-supplied equipment, depth limits, surface support, broodstock work, stock health checks, equipment upkeep and maintenance of water-based facilities.

Editorial note

This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.

Alternative labels

Occupation group

Underwater divers (7541)

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