mechanic offshore ?
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hi, been reading the forum for years and this is my first post ,looking for some advice from guys that work offshore as i dont know anyone in this area .Basically been a Hgv mechanic for 17 years and looking into a new career offshore ,just at the research stage just now .Couple of questions ,what is the best role offshore for a mechanic to break into ? ,and is there any point of sending out a Cv and cover letter without having gained bosiet ,mist ,medical .Any advice will be much appreciated thanks
I'm going to look at offshore jobs at the end of the year, and I probabley won't be applying for them without doing the courses and medicals off my own back first. Working where I Work I have a mixture of transferable skills that could be of use offshore such as HV/LV, first line/preventative maintenance and hydraulics/pneumatics, and numerous HNC's/NVQ's so am pretty confident in spending the £1000 of my own money will be beneficial in getting me a job eventually.
Do you have any certification in specific areas, such as hydraulic certification etc. I'd have thought some sort of mechanical or hydraulic maintenace job would be your best bet. I've been looking for maintenance jobs, alot of them state you should have the courses already, which if you do by yourself, might show the employer that you're willing and want the job, that's my theory anyways.
Do you have any certification in specific areas, such as hydraulic certification etc. I'd have thought some sort of mechanical or hydraulic maintenace job would be your best bet. I've been looking for maintenance jobs, alot of them state you should have the courses already, which if you do by yourself, might show the employer that you're willing and want the job, that's my theory anyways.
hi paddy thanks for the reply,oil rig or water ,oil and gas industry .I know starting out money will not be good ,i am looking toward my future now i am 34 and want to better myself and provide a good life for my family. The Automotive industry is slow just now and i am finding myself bored of it .i have always liked large Engineering type things and thought i could transfeer my skills .I know i will have to get my courses done but want to gather info just now , am i underqualified to work offshore? . what job would i like to do ? well i like stripping things down and building them back up engines etc , will i waste time and money trying for a job offshore ? i live in glasgow !
Edited by evov111 on Saturday 19th January 10:21
Edited by evov111 on Saturday 19th January 10:27
Yeah discussed with wife ,we have been together 14 years so pretty solid and we have a good suport network around us for child care . I realize it could be tough being away but willing to give it a go. Just recerching to find out if it is possible for a mechanic to work offshore and what jobs would suit .
evov111 said:
Yeah discussed with wife ,we have been together 14 years so pretty solid and we have a good suport network around us for child care . I realize it could be tough being away but willing to give it a go. Just recerching to find out if it is possible for a mechanic to work offshore and what jobs would suit .
You will need to get your courses done bosiet etc! Im doing something similar at the moment allbeit stewarding! Moneys ok and it will get me through to starting uni in september! Had to pay for the courses off my own back and was lucky enough to have made a contact on here that got me the gig!EDIT: Finding work once you get your courses done wont be easy either!
GOOD LUCK
Edited by der1 on Monday 21st January 21:09
th April there will be a jobs fair specializing in Offshore Oil and Gas Industry jobs. To be held in Aberdeen. There will also be one held in Newcastle on 7th March (at St James Park Football Ground). Get yourself along to one of those and talk to the individual companies about work offshore.
http://www.cushydoos.com/blogcategory/events-detai...
http://www.cushydoos.com/blogcategory/events-detai...
bomb said:
th April there will be a jobs fair specializing in Offshore Oil and Gas Industry jobs. To be held in Aberdeen. There will also be one held in Newcastle on 7th March (at St James Park Football Ground). Get yourself along to one of those and talk to the individual companies about work offshore.
http://www.cushydoos.com/blogcategory/events-detai...
That'll do nicely, too far to go to Aberdeen at the minute, but since I live in Newcastle, I'll give it a look. Cheers.http://www.cushydoos.com/blogcategory/events-detai...
Laplace said:
der1 said:
Just a thought how many "offshore work" threads have been started then never turn into anything lol
Funny, I thought most/all of them turned into offering lots of sound advice.KingNothing said:
Think he means, where the people have actually went through with and ended up offshore. Well, that's how I read it anyways.
Yeah, I just thought it was a bit of a bizarre and s
t comment to make with the "lol" tagged on the end especially when according to his posts he had help here in the past resulting in a job.I started working life at 16 being a truck fitter but was always looking to do better for my self so tryed to get in to the off shore world this was pre-net I had the local paper sent down from Aberdeen for the job adverts in the back I looked and applied for two years with no look I was 19 when I started, I could see a lot of work for gas turbine work so I thought "Who will give me experiences with them?" I joined the RAF at 21 with no GCSE's as a propulsion mechanic only to get told that job dose not exist any more so got put on a cores were you needed five C's and above. I did shockingly at school would spend more time down the scrap yard than doing homework, I had to do BETEC maths and engineering science other wise I would not pass the cores and be out of the RAF before I even started it was hard, the others were mostly out of there A leaves and pissed it, the officer that was teaching us told me I was no were near the level needed and he was not there to spoon feed me or wast the time trying to get me though. Forced with having to go back to the garage and ask for my job back having failed the RAF I would sit there doing as much as I could in the lesson which was not a lot but found myself a maths tutor and worked all weekend some times 12 hours a day, the pass mark was 50% and some times I only got 50% but I worked hard. It is amazing what any one can do with the right motivation and once the maths was done and it was down to the nuts, bolts and replacing bits A level students and a truck fitter were worlds apart.
I was only going to do three to five years in the RAF and then start looking offshore again but ended up doing over 12, when my little boy was born I wanted to change my work life balance in the RAF I was home for approx 90 days a year do to living away and working out of the country so went back to me original plan. From the fist mouths in the RAF I had learned that if I wanted to succeed I could not just be a good fitter I had to do the school work to I did my HND and smashed it and started and Finished it before my son was born.
It tuck me 9 mouths to find a job off shore and start this Feb, the job is as good as it gets for me perfect and am massively looking forward to it. I am 34 mate a ex truck fitter and if I can do it you can mate its hard to crack but as with every thing in life its not going to fall in your lap so you have to work for it.
I thought the best chance's i had were at job fairs as people get to see you and not just the CV you have mailed them, the one in St James park will be a good start but the jobs are in Aberdeen so go up there as well. As for things like Survival tickets and stuff the more people I got to meet the more told me that if a firm would like you to work for them it's a small amount of money for them, and one boss who helped me rewrite my CV said that he has never taken on some one because they had there ticket and the other lad / lass did not.
well as you can see I am still bad at English but a lot better at maths good luck and all the best finding work.
I was only going to do three to five years in the RAF and then start looking offshore again but ended up doing over 12, when my little boy was born I wanted to change my work life balance in the RAF I was home for approx 90 days a year do to living away and working out of the country so went back to me original plan. From the fist mouths in the RAF I had learned that if I wanted to succeed I could not just be a good fitter I had to do the school work to I did my HND and smashed it and started and Finished it before my son was born.
It tuck me 9 mouths to find a job off shore and start this Feb, the job is as good as it gets for me perfect and am massively looking forward to it. I am 34 mate a ex truck fitter and if I can do it you can mate its hard to crack but as with every thing in life its not going to fall in your lap so you have to work for it.
I thought the best chance's i had were at job fairs as people get to see you and not just the CV you have mailed them, the one in St James park will be a good start but the jobs are in Aberdeen so go up there as well. As for things like Survival tickets and stuff the more people I got to meet the more told me that if a firm would like you to work for them it's a small amount of money for them, and one boss who helped me rewrite my CV said that he has never taken on some one because they had there ticket and the other lad / lass did not.
well as you can see I am still bad at English but a lot better at maths good luck and all the best finding work.
Laplace said:
Yeah, I just thought it was a bit of a bizarre and st comment to make with the "lol" tagged on the end especially when according to his posts he had help here in the past resulting in a job.
Listen, I meant on doing a simple search there have been hundreds of help me get offshore type threads and the people have had some sound advice (including me)but more often than not it ends up a dead end!t comment to make with the "lol" tagged on the end especially when according to his posts he had help here in the past resulting in a job.Try getting out the right side of the bed tommorow you grumpy bugger
der1 said:
Listen, I meant on doing a simple search there have been hundreds of help me get offshore type threads and the people have had some sound advice (including me)but more often than not it ends up a dead end!
Try getting out the right side of the bed tommorow you grumpy bugger
So, people shouldn't ask? Try getting out the right side of the bed tommorow you grumpy bugger
Maybe it so often ends up in a dead end because getting offshore is notoriously difficult and therefore people come here to ask for advice.
I knew exactly what you meant but therein lies my issue. People are here for advice, if it turns into nothing, so what? What exactly was the point in your remark? I guess I'm taking offence at the "lol" tagged on at the end. It just makes it look like a snide remark and added no value.
In the interest of adding to the topic I've been trying to get offshore recently as an electrician. I have my svq lvl3, 2391 inspection & testing, 17th edition, CompEx ex01-04, HNC electrical & electronic engineering and I have good friends who work for several companies offshore including sbm, chevron, technip, conoco philips and total.
The door keeps getting closed on my face due to having no offshore experience regardless of who I know. It gets a bit demoralising but I guess you just have to be persistent.
I've been put forward from a friend as a rousty and it looks like a certain job and route in to offshore work. I'll be the bum of the rig for a while but it gets my foot in the door and hopefully in time I should be able to walk into a sparky role. As far as im aware many a spark, mechanic, <insert any trade> has got offshore via this route.
Ok, it might take knowing someone to get a greenhand role but my point being there are other routes there I guess if you're willing to take a "lesser" job to begin with.
Laplace said:
So, people shouldn't ask?
Maybe it so often ends up in a dead end because getting offshore is notoriously difficult and therefore people come here to ask for advice.
I knew exactly what you meant but therein lies my issue. People are here for advice, if it turns into nothing, so what? What exactly was the point in your remark? I guess I'm taking offence at the "lol" tagged on at the end. It just makes it look like a snide remark and added no value.
In the interest of adding to the topic I've been trying to get offshore recently as an electrician. I have my svq lvl3, 2391 inspection & testing, 17th edition, CompEx ex01-04, HNC electrical & electronic engineering and I have good friends who work for several companies offshore including sbm, chevron, technip, conoco philips and total.
The door keeps getting closed on my face due to having no offshore experience regardless of who I know. It gets a bit demoralising but I guess you just have to be persistent.
I've been put forward from a friend as a rousty and it looks like a certain job and route in to offshore work. I'll be the bum of the rig for a while but it gets my foot in the door and hopefully in time I should be able to walk into a sparky role. As far as im aware many a spark, mechanic, <insert any trade> has got offshore via this route.
Ok, it might take knowing someone to get a greenhand role but my point being there are other routes there I guess if you're willing to take a "lesser" job to begin with.
It wasnt a snide remark, far from it actually.Maybe it so often ends up in a dead end because getting offshore is notoriously difficult and therefore people come here to ask for advice.
I knew exactly what you meant but therein lies my issue. People are here for advice, if it turns into nothing, so what? What exactly was the point in your remark? I guess I'm taking offence at the "lol" tagged on at the end. It just makes it look like a snide remark and added no value.
In the interest of adding to the topic I've been trying to get offshore recently as an electrician. I have my svq lvl3, 2391 inspection & testing, 17th edition, CompEx ex01-04, HNC electrical & electronic engineering and I have good friends who work for several companies offshore including sbm, chevron, technip, conoco philips and total.
The door keeps getting closed on my face due to having no offshore experience regardless of who I know. It gets a bit demoralising but I guess you just have to be persistent.
I've been put forward from a friend as a rousty and it looks like a certain job and route in to offshore work. I'll be the bum of the rig for a while but it gets my foot in the door and hopefully in time I should be able to walk into a sparky role. As far as im aware many a spark, mechanic, <insert any trade> has got offshore via this route.
Ok, it might take knowing someone to get a greenhand role but my point being there are other routes there I guess if you're willing to take a "lesser" job to begin with.
I see your point though
I sent in hundreds of CV's via web sites but went along to 3 job fairs at one I got chatting to a boss of a offshore firm who helped me with my CV, the second was a small job fair at Cattrick in North Yorkshire handed out six CV's and got interest from two firms but it sort of ground to a stand still after some e-mail tennis, and a big one in Scotland and got asked for a few interviews, Its getting to speak to people face to face that is the key but this can go ether way if you can not talk to people top tip "No bulls$$t" just be your self. I think it was my attitude that got me the interview and the job.
It was hard but I had nothing to lose as long as you have a job thats paying the bills just keep looking, but if you can help your self do as much education as you can. Keep going mate.
It was hard but I had nothing to lose as long as you have a job thats paying the bills just keep looking, but if you can help your self do as much education as you can. Keep going mate.
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