Also called: Commercial Harvest Diver, Shellfish Dive Harvester
Dives to harvest geoducks (giant clams), sea urchins, and sea cucumbers that sell for high prices overseas.
Harvest divers in Washington and California breathe air from a hose, dig geoducks from the mud with water jets, or pick urchins from kelp forests, then race the catch to buyers.
Income depends on catch and prices.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Commercial diving skills plus state harvest licenses.
Ways in: Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Growing about average. Limited by strict state harvest quotas.
Low risk for 10 years. Digging clams and picking urchins by hand on the seafloor is hard to automate; quotas and markets matter more.
Classes: Physical education and swimming, Biology, Business math.
Official data: O*NET occupation 45-3031.
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