Tired of toiling at the
same old job? Hate eating luch every day with the same dull people? Does your commute really get you down? Maybe it's
time for a new job. Here's an idea for you...
Recently, Scuba Schools International teamed up with the Local 80 Divers Association to create a system that will help production companies hire underwater technicians for filming movies. (Local 80 is an organization that promotes safe diving within the film industry. Over the years, they've worked on numerous productions, including Titanic, Into the Blue, and Surface.)
In the past, production companies have found it difficult to know whether the grips they hire are qualified to handle the duties required of them. With the new SSI Motion Picture Diver rating system however, a standardized certification should provide production companies with the confidence to know their grips are properly trained. The new system has four levels to identify the diver's experience and training level.
Unfortunately for most of us, Dan Barrows of Scuba Schools of America, in Woodland Hills, California, is the only instructor approved to issue SSI Motion Picture Diver recognition cards at this time.
[Via Dive News Wire]
1. this is cool!
Posted at 11:30AM on Apr 19th 2006 by bloggaru