Will AI Replace Commercial Divers?

Take appropriate safety precautions, such as monitoring dive lengths and depths and registering with authorities before diving expeditions begin.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Check and maintain diving equipment, such as helmets, masks, air tanks, harnesses, or gauges.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Communicate with workers on the surface while underwater, using signal lines or telephones.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Descend into water with the aid of diver helpers, using scuba gear or diving suits.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Obtain information about diving tasks and environmental conditions.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Supervise or train other divers, including hobby divers.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Inspect the condition of underwater steel or wood structures.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Inspect and test docks, ships, buoyage systems, plant intakes or outflows, or underwater pipelines, cables, or sewers, using closed circuit television, still photography, and testing equipment.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Repair ships, bridge foundations, or other structures below the water line, using caulk, bolts, and hand tools.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Recover objects by placing rigging around sunken objects, hooking rigging to crane lines, and operating winches, derricks, or cranes to raise objects.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Operate underwater video, sonar, recording, or related equipment to investigate underwater structures or marine life.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Take test samples or photographs to assess the condition of vessels or structures.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Cut and weld steel, using underwater welding equipment, jigs, and supports.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Install, inspect, clean, or repair piping or valves.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Carry out non-destructive testing, such as tests for cracks on the legs of oil rigs at sea.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Install pilings or footings for piers or bridges.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Salvage wrecked ships or their cargo, using pneumatic power velocity and hydraulic tools and explosive charges, when necessary.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Remove obstructions from strainers or marine railway or launching ways, using pneumatic or power hand tools.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Set or guide placement of pilings or sandbags to provide support for structures, such as docks, bridges, cofferdams, or platforms.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Perform activities related to underwater search and rescue, salvage, recovery, or cleanup operations.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Perform offshore oil or gas exploration or extraction duties, such as conducting underwater surveys or repairing and maintaining drilling rigs or platforms.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Drill holes in rock and rig explosives for underwater demolitions.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Remove rubbish or pollution from the sea.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.