you've got to get all of your certifications first and have a lot of dive time on your logs. you also have to have all of the gear to get the jobs done. we run our own blackwater dive business doing everything from fixing drain pipes in farming ponds, fixing props on yachts that are too big to pull out of the river, raising sunken boats, etc. since there is no police/fire dive team in the area, and since we are certified and experienced in that area, we basically get contracted through all of the cities/towns in the area to go in and pull bodies, cars, etc. out when they go in. pays damn well.