Water Sciences Dive Technician
7 Months ago • 3 Years +
Job Description
The Water Sciences Dive Technician at Disney's Animal Kingdom plays a crucial role in maintaining the health and well-being of aquatic animals. This full-time, overnight position involves commercial diving in animal pools, ensuring strict water quality standards are met. Responsibilities include providing topside support for dive teams, testing dive equipment, maintaining equipment inventory, performing dives for cleaning and tending, and operating dive stations. The ideal candidate possesses commercial diving certification, experience with surface-supplied air dives, and excellent teamwork skills. The role requires comfort with heavy lifting, long underwater work periods, and adherence to strict protocols.
Good To Have:
- ADCI Surface Supplied Diver Certification
- Previous facilitation & presentation experience
- Proficiency in basic computer functions
Must Have:
- Commercial Diving Certification
- Valid US Driver's License
- 30+ working dives on surface supplied air
- Comfort working underwater for extended periods
- Overnight work availability
Perks:
- Health and savings benefits
- Educational opportunities
- Special Disney extras
Job Summary:
About the Role & Team
Are you a commercial diver interested in helping to maintain animal habitats while working for the Walt Disney Company? As a Water Sciences Dive Technician, you will take part in the nightly commercial diving operation of Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park's animal pools. You will ensure adherence to strict water quality guidelines which is the basis of our Aquatic Animal Health Program. In this role, you will be working overnight hours.
In this Full-Time, hourly role, you will report to the Dive Manager.
What You Will Do
- Provide topside support for all dive teams by setting up dive stations
- Perform dive equipment testing of Dive Rigs, Deck whips, and other equipment
- Maintain equipment inventory and the Log Book on dive equipment and non-diving equipment
- Set up dive stations, desludging pumps, and hoses
- Dive, perform tending, and act as the Dive Station Operator, Standby Diver and DPIC
- Nightly diving and pool cleaning
- Work 3rd shift, overnight hours
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Commercial Diving Certification
- A valid U.S. Driver's License
- Previous facilitation and presentation experience
- Comfort working underwater for long periods of time
- Desire to implement best practices, with focus on streamlined procedures and standardization where applicable
- Talent for developing partnerships and work with all team members in the organization
- Pass Disney's annual dive physical
- Comfort with heavy lifting up to 50lbs
- Previously performed at least 30 working dives on surface supplied air
- Proficiency in basic computer functions to operate in a Windows environment and other technologies
- Availability to include weekends, variable shifts, and holidays
Preferred Qualifications
- ADCI Surface Supplied Diver Certification
Education
- High school diploma, or equivalent 3 years of directly related experience
- Completed a formal course of instruction at a recognized commercial diving school, military training, or equivalent consisting of at least 625 hours of instruction in surface supply diving
- Must have a documented Log Book or equivalent
Benefits and Perks
Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at .
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