Underwater mechanics

水下力学

The Conversation

社会与文化

2024-08-26

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Commercial divers from Canada and Australia share their experiences of working in a dangerous, male-dominated field with Datshiane Navanayagam. Sarah Anvari from Canada is a Dive Supervisor and Welder-Diver at Subsea Global Solutions in Vancouver. She specializes in ship husbandry commercial diving, providing services for commercial shipping, cruise lines, offshore projects, and marine construction. Tiff Allen from Australia is a highly skilled saturation diver. She has extensive experience in deep-sea commercial diving, performing complex underwater tasks and ensuring safety on offshore projects. Produced by Emily Naylor for the BBC World Service. (Image: (L) Tiff Allen courtesy of Tiff Allen. (R) Sarah Anvari courtesy of Sarah Anvari.)
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  • Hello and welcome to the conversation, the programme that brings together two extraordinary women from around the world and allows them to share their personal stories and experiences with each other and us.

  • I'm Dashiani Navanayagam.

  • Now, it's easy to conjure up a picture of what it's like to work in construction, engineering and other industrial jobs.

  • But imagine all of that taking place underwater.

  • Well, that.

  • That's the reality of life for commercial divers.

  • Today.

  • We're speaking to Sarah Anvari, an underwater welder and supervisor from Canada, and TIff Allen, who's not only a commercial diver, but is one of the world's few highly trained saturation divers.

  • We'll do a deep dive into what that is later, but first, a very warm welcome to both of you.

  • Hello.

  • Hi.

  • Hey, tiff, you're in the middle of a job right now and you're speaking to us from somewhere in the Irish Sea.

  • Tell us what you're doing.

  • I'm working offshore and we're doing, like, an inspection campaign.

  • So it's a lot of cleaning and inspecting some offshore structures.

  • And I'm just looking at your background because you're in what looks like a very small cabin, but I can see pictures of your family behind you.

  • Picture of a dog.

  • Yeah.

  • Yeah.

  • So this is.