Commercial Diving: The Risks, Near Misses and Reality of Offshore Life - Rob Hinton

Commercial Diving: The Risks, Near Misses and Reality of Offshore Life - Rob Hinton

This week I'm joined by Rob Hinton.

Rob is a former Royal Navy mine clearance diver, commercial diver, military diving instructor and founder of HoldFast Elite and the HoldFast Schools Mission.

We discuss the realities of commercial diving, the risks that come with working underwater, near misses that still stay with him today, and why humour is often a vital coping mechanism in high risk industries.

Rob also shares stories from the North Sea, Norway, West Africa and the Middle East, along with the lessons he learned during nearly 15 years as a commercial diver.

We finish by discussing why he stepped away from offshore life and how he turned his diving experience into a mission focused on mental and physical resilience.

Topics include:

• Royal Navy diving

• Commercial diving offshore

• Near misses and diving incidents

• Offshore culture and dark humour

• Air diving vs saturation diving

• The realities of life offshore

• Mental health and resilience

• HoldFast Elite

• Building purpose after offshore life

0:00 Introduction

0:26 Who is Rob Hinton?

1:05 Learning to dive in South Africa

1:47 Why he joined the Royal Navy divers

2:31 Moving from military diving into offshore oil and gas

4:40 First impressions of offshore life

5:30 Why he left the North Sea to work worldwide

6:41 The reality of risk in commercial diving

7:45 Why dark humour is essential offshore

11:10 Near misses and dangerous situations offshore

12:54 The Norway incident that nearly became a fatality

14:57 Equipment failures and emergency situations underwater

16:54 The closest call of Rob's diving career

20:35 Air diving vs saturation diving

21:31 Why air diving can be riskier than people realise

22:20 What people misunderstand about commercial diving

23:33 The reality of life away from home

25:00 Burnout and the mental toll of offshore work

26:31 Why Rob stepped away from offshore diving

27:50 Creating HoldFast Elite

28:52 Using military training to improve mental resilience

31:13 Building the HoldFast Challenges

32:25 Looking back on life offshore

33:13 Advice for anyone considering commercial diving

34:35 Rob's proudest career achievement

35:39 Closing thoughts

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(77)

PTSD, ADHD and Walking Away From the North Sea - Steve Beedie

PTSD, ADHD and Walking Away From the North Sea - Steve Beedie

Steve Beedie returns to Wind, Waves and Wells for one of the most open and unscripted conversations we have recorded. Steve speaks honestly about living with PTSD, his ongoing ADHD assessment, and why...

5 Aug 59min

Why Relationships Still Win in Oil & Gas - Finlay Johnston

Why Relationships Still Win in Oil & Gas - Finlay Johnston

After almost twenty years in the energy industry, Finlay Johnston has seen the offshore sector from every angle.   Starting his career in commercial banking before making the jump into oil and gas, Fi...

29 Juli 44min

Energy Security, Rosebank & Net Zero - Tessa Khan

Energy Security, Rosebank & Net Zero - Tessa Khan

The energy debate has become incredibly tribal. You're either pro oil and gas or pro renewables. But does it really have to be that way? In this episode, I sit down with Tessa Khan, Executive Director...

22 Juli 47min

The Men Who Feed the North Sea - Kev Geddes & Stephen Henry

The Men Who Feed the North Sea - Kev Geddes & Stephen Henry

Both started their careers as Army chefs before making the move offshore. Between them, they have spent more than two decades feeding crews across production platforms, drilling rigs and accommodation...

15 Juli 1h 6min

Piper Alpha Survivor Joe Meanen Tells His Story - 38 Years On

Piper Alpha Survivor Joe Meanen Tells His Story - 38 Years On

On 6 July 1988, 167 men lost their lives in the Piper Alpha disaster. Joe Meanan was one of only 61 survivors. In this episode of Wind, Waves & Wells, Joe shares his first hand account of life offshor...

8 Juli 1h 37min

Piper Alpha 38. Through the Eyes of a Commercial Diver - Ed Punchard's Story

Piper Alpha 38. Through the Eyes of a Commercial Diver - Ed Punchard's Story

On the night of 6 July 1988, commercial diver Ed Punchard was working beneath Piper Alpha. Within minutes, he found himself caught in the world's worst offshore oil disaster. Unlike many accounts of P...

8 Juli 1h 17min

Energy Security: The Missing Piece of the Energy Transition - Erik de Haas

Energy Security: The Missing Piece of the Energy Transition - Erik de Haas

This week I'm joined by Erik de Haas. Erik has worked across offshore oil and gas, renewables, subsea operations and major marine projects around the world. We discuss why offshore remains a "prove it...

24 Juni 51min

Populärt inom Business & ekonomi

framgangspodden
badfluence
dynastin
varvet
uppgang-och-fall
avanzapodden
svd-tech-brief
fill-or-kill
rss-inga-dumma-fragor-om-pengar
tabberaset
lastbilspodden
rikatillsammans-om-privatekonomi-rikedom-i-livet
rss-borslunch
rss-kort-lang-analyspodden-fran-di
rss-dagen-med-di
rss-veckans-trade
borslunch-2
bathina-en-podcast
rss-dominoeffekten
rss-hos-psykologen