Hard Hat Winery has adopted the First Class Diver to be the mid-level Club Member As a First Class Diver, you will receive 15% discount on all wines purchased in our Tasting rooms, Web store and Club releases. Six bottles twice a year selected by the Winemaker. Customer can by email make a custom selection request, addressed to the Winemaker jim@hardhatwinery.com or log into your account. First Class Divers use underwater demolitions for cutting, pushing, and freeing submerged objects. They operate and maintain submarine rescue chambers, and ensure the proper logs and reports are maintained and submitted as required. They are proficient in the operation of Navy approved underwater breathing equipment, support systems, and recompression chambers as well as in the diagnosis and treatment of diving injuries and illnesses, particularly those requiring recompression therapy. They also maintain, test, repair, and adjust diving equipment; assist in planning diving operations. They are qualified to dive using surface supplied mixed gas (HEO2) and all approved air diving apparatus. They perform salvage and rescue operations using underwater tools and supervise diving operations as designated by the Commanding Officer. First Class diver qualifications are maintained to a depth of 300 feet of sea water.

Hard Hat Winery has adopted the Master Diver to be the Top-Level Club Member As a Master Diver, you will receive 20% discount on all wines purchased in our Tasting rooms, Web store and Club releases. Twelve bottles (1 case) twice a year selected by the Winemaker. Customer can by email make a custom selection request, addressed to the Winemaker jim@hardhatwinery.com or log into your account. USN Master Diver: The United States Navy Master Diver is the highest warfare qualification obtainable by a member of the Navy diving community. A Master Diver is an enlisted person who typically has the most experience on all aspects of diving and underwater salvage.

Hard Hat Winery has adopted the Second Class Diver to be the entry level Club Member As a Second Class Diver, you will receive 10% discount on all wines purchased in our Tasting rooms, Web store and Club releases. Three bottles twice a year selected by the Winemaker. Customer can by email make a custom selection request, addressed to the Winemaker jim@hardhatwinery.com or log into your account. Entry level into the Navy Surface Supplied Diving Program is the Second Class Diver. These new divers perform jobs such as applying patches, cleaning ship's hull and propellers, and underwater cutting and welding. They test, repair, and adjust all diving equipment and dress and tend divers. They know the laws of diving physics and able to recognize symptoms of decompression sickness and diving accidents and are able to assist in their treatment. They also perform underwater work such as taking measurements, making templates and fittings, placing shores, pouring cement, using excavating nozzles, and removing and repairing ships' appendages. As a second Class Diver you are qualified to a depth of 190 feet of sea water. Hard Hat Winery has selected Second Class Diver as the entry level Team Member.