offshore oil rigs? info needed 10/06/13

[hughy]

hi guys, just after some advice, see my last post on this thread page 3, cheers hugh

[Craig H]

Neil Allan is the man to ask for starters you need to do your RGIT and health check

[neil a]

Ive been offshore for over 10 years justnow there is alot of work out there, but it seems if you dont have atleast a couple of trips under your belt then the agencies give no help. A roustabout is general labour working with the cranes,mopping and cleaning, you will need your survival, MIST training and green hands course as a minimum.

[sixaxles]

this may be an exceptionally dumb question but ...... do you have to have a good head for heights???

[Rolls]

IMO it would be the weather would bother me! (10 meter waves in the NS at this time of year would be interesting as you could end up on an FPSO rather than a rig!)
I'm in the oil industry, but happily in an office in London

[cosmagedon]

What do you do then rolls?

I'm a crane tech at Enermech and work all over the show now and Iv'e got to thank Robert/c20tbo for that

As Neil has mentioned you need Bosiet, Mist and a medical. Its a hell of a hard industry to get into, I tried for years.

[Rolls]

Crude oil trading analyst mate - quite interesting

[Dan Le Moignan]

I'm in an oil refinery, I'll stick to the control room

[big mike]

You would need BOSIET,Mist & medical 1st off (Around 1k), then TBH it really does come down to who and not what you know.
At the moment our guys are doing 3 on 1 off and we are still over a dozen guys short and having to interview this week.Depends on what you want to do but to get your foot in the door it may be that youn accept whatever comes your way just for a start, there is plenty promotion aswell just now and on the drilling side it appears you can move up the ladder quite quickly.

[steven mc kay]

its being away from home is the part i would not like , i would do with earning less at home than earn more and miss my wife ect . 3 weeks away at the time is a long pull .
its very much a job for a single person . when you end up haveing kidds you would miss a lot of there lives .

thanks steven

[sixaxles]

its being away from home is the part i would not like , i would do with earning less at home than earn more and miss my wife ect . 3 weeks away at the time is a long pull .
its very much a job for a single person . when you end up haveing kidds you would miss a lot of there lives .

thanks steven

driving a truck isnt great for the family thing either believe me - especially if you need to look after it when its not on the road, thankfully mine will go in my drive so if i need to mend it i just bring it home and hope the weather is ok

anyone care to comment on the height question??

[garet]

3 weeks is great...i am sometimes 3 months on board..
i tried some time ago to find job on rigs and it is difficult even if you are qualified,still searching but no luck...
there is a good site for this jobs.....RIG ZONE....hope it helps

[turbomook]

I work 4 and 4 out in West Africa

[hughy]

Ive been offshore for over 10 years justnow there is alot of work out there, but it seems if you dont have atleast a couple of trips under your belt then the agencies give no help. A roustabout is general labour working with the cranes,mopping and cleaning, you will need your survival, MIST training and green hands course as a minimum.

hi Neil,how would you go about getting a few trips under your belt first though? hugh

You would need BOSIET,Mist & medical 1st off (Around 1k), then TBH it really does come down to who and not what you know.
At the moment our guys are doing 3 on 1 off and we are still over a dozen guys short and having to interview this week.Depends on what you want to do but to get your foot in the door it may be that youn accept whatever comes your way just for a start, there is plenty promotion aswell just now and on the drilling side it appears you can move up the ladder quite quickly.

hi Mike, where do i need to look for theses jobs or is there a site there on? im actaully in oz working im looking into getting on the rigs here but if something came up back home i'd head back lol, im aware of the courses that has to be done that wouldn't be a problem...

Would somebody mind to pm me what sort of money you would get say starting as aroustabout... i wouldn't mind starting off at buttom just so i get in the door if you know what i mean lol, cheers hugh

[Mark-C]

turbomook do you work in Gabon?