Fisherman wanting offshore
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Hi everyone.
So as the title suggests I'm a fisherman who is wanting to get offshore. But to be honest don't really know where to start.
I'm 25 years old. Ive had 2 years experience as a skipper on a medium sized trawler, 2/3 years before that as the driver.
Before I came to sea I got a qualification in HND mech/elec engineering.
I'm planning on during the quiet season November/December time to do my BOSIET & MIST courses and hopefully try and get offshore after that, unless there is more needed? Not even sure if they would be interested in me. I've heard offshore companies like ex fisherman but never actually met anyone who's gone from fishing to the rigs.
Where should I go to get my name out there?
What other certs would I need?
What's the normal rotations like?
Cheers.
So as the title suggests I'm a fisherman who is wanting to get offshore. But to be honest don't really know where to start.
I'm 25 years old. Ive had 2 years experience as a skipper on a medium sized trawler, 2/3 years before that as the driver.
Before I came to sea I got a qualification in HND mech/elec engineering.
I'm planning on during the quiet season November/December time to do my BOSIET & MIST courses and hopefully try and get offshore after that, unless there is more needed? Not even sure if they would be interested in me. I've heard offshore companies like ex fisherman but never actually met anyone who's gone from fishing to the rigs.
Where should I go to get my name out there?
What other certs would I need?
What's the normal rotations like?
Cheers.
Kart46 said:
Hi everyone.
So as the title suggests I'm a fisherman who is wanting to get offshore. But to be honest don't really know where to start.
I'm 25 years old. Ive had 2 years experience as a skipper on a medium sized trawler, 2/3 years before that as the driver.
Before I came to sea I got a qualification in HND mech/elec engineering.
I'm planning on during the quiet season November/December time to do my BOSIET & MIST courses and hopefully try and get offshore after that, unless there is more needed? Not even sure if they would be interested in me. I've heard offshore companies like ex fisherman but never actually met anyone who's gone from fishing to the rigs.
Where should I go to get my name out there?
What other certs would I need?
What's the normal rotations like?
Cheers.
What job do you want to do? If you want to do Electrical/Instrument/Telecoms you'll need to do COMPEX as well. Most companies would expect a trade specific qualification as well, electrical apprenticeship, BTEC in a relevant field or similar, 18th edition etcSo as the title suggests I'm a fisherman who is wanting to get offshore. But to be honest don't really know where to start.
I'm 25 years old. Ive had 2 years experience as a skipper on a medium sized trawler, 2/3 years before that as the driver.
Before I came to sea I got a qualification in HND mech/elec engineering.
I'm planning on during the quiet season November/December time to do my BOSIET & MIST courses and hopefully try and get offshore after that, unless there is more needed? Not even sure if they would be interested in me. I've heard offshore companies like ex fisherman but never actually met anyone who's gone from fishing to the rigs.
Where should I go to get my name out there?
What other certs would I need?
What's the normal rotations like?
Cheers.
Mech wise, I'm not sure but I expect you'd need to do some bolted flange joint qualifications, that's what the mech's here seem to do anyway. Not my area of expertise unfortunately.
Rotations differ depending on company. some are 2/3, some 3/3 and some 3/4, 3/5.
It's insanely hard to get a start nowadays, successive downturns have been an exercise in redundancy which means there are an excess of experienced people looking for ad hoc trips.
I'm not saying it's impossible, but in my experience you need a personal recommendation.
I'm more than happy to any questions you may have mate, good luck
Thanks for replying.
I quite fancy being a feild service technician or something to do with hydraulic/pneumatics
I will look into that COMPLEX and 18th edition you mentioned too are they expensive? I suppose if you were lucky enough to land a job you'd probably pay it back pretty quickly.
As far as rotations go that sounds good to me! Fishing is non stop graft, since Xmas I think I've maybe had 2 and bit weeks off.
Where could I find positions available? Would it be worth going through an agency if so which ones?
Tia.
I quite fancy being a feild service technician or something to do with hydraulic/pneumatics
I will look into that COMPLEX and 18th edition you mentioned too are they expensive? I suppose if you were lucky enough to land a job you'd probably pay it back pretty quickly.
As far as rotations go that sounds good to me! Fishing is non stop graft, since Xmas I think I've maybe had 2 and bit weeks off.
Where could I find positions available? Would it be worth going through an agency if so which ones?
Tia.
Edited by Kart46 on Sunday 17th April 07:33
Kart46 said:
Thanks for replying.
I quite fancy being a feild service technician or something to do with hydraulic/pneumatics
I will look into that COMPLEX and 18th edition you mentioned too are they expensive? I suppose if you were lucky enough to land a job you'd probably pay it back pretty quickly.
As far as rotations go that sounds good to me! Fishing is non stop graft, since Xmas I think I've maybe had 2 and bit weeks off.
Where could I find positions available? Would it be worth going through an agency if so which ones?
Tia.
No problems at all mate, the rotations are the only good thing about this job. Rotational tend only to be for those in platform positions and it can take a few years of doing ad hoc trips with service companies to get into one. Field tech would be a service role, dotting about all over the place for set projects etcI quite fancy being a feild service technician or something to do with hydraulic/pneumatics
I will look into that COMPLEX and 18th edition you mentioned too are they expensive? I suppose if you were lucky enough to land a job you'd probably pay it back pretty quickly.
As far as rotations go that sounds good to me! Fishing is non stop graft, since Xmas I think I've maybe had 2 and bit weeks off.
Where could I find positions available? Would it be worth going through an agency if so which ones?
Tia.
Edited by Kart46 on Sunday 17th April 07:33
COMPEX and 18th edition are for electrical disciplines. For field service tech or mech tech you wouldn't need those. Quite expensive for what they are yeah, but if you did get a hitch you'll pay it back in your first three weeks.
There are hundreds of agencies in Aberdeen, but the best thing to do is pull up a map of the industrial estates around Aberdeen, note down all the companies and individually target the companies with a CV/Cover letter. Oil and gas job fairs can be good too, but make no mistake these places are mobbed and it takes some persistence to make it happen, if it does happen.
As I mentioned before, Oil and Gas companies have cut right back on personnel, rates and everything else and as a result there are plenty of bodies around waiting for a trip.
Where in the UK are you based?
With your background, I'd also be thinking about seismic survey ships. I think they are 6 weeks on/off but it's tax free and they take trainees.
Edited by CouncilFerrari on Sunday 17th April 08:41
CouncilFerrari said:
No problems at all mate, the rotations are the only good thing about this job. Rotational tend only to be for those in platform positions and it can take a few years of doing ad hoc trips with service companies to get into one. Field tech would be a service role, dotting about all over the place for set projects etc
COMPEX and 18th edition are for electrical disciplines. For field service tech or mech tech you wouldn't need those. Quite expensive for what they are yeah, but if you did get a hitch you'll pay it back in your first three weeks.
There are hundreds of agencies in Aberdeen, but the best thing to do is pull up a map of the industrial estates around Aberdeen, note down all the companies and individually target the companies with a CV/Cover letter. Oil and gas job fairs can be good too, but make no mistake these places are mobbed and it takes some persistence to make it happen, if it does happen.
As I mentioned before, Oil and Gas companies have cut right back on personnel, rates and everything else and as a result there are plenty of bodies around waiting for a trip.
Where in the UK are you based?
With your background, I'd also be thinking about seismic survey ships. I think they are 6 weeks on/off but it's tax free and they take trainees.
Not sure where you're getting this info from, drilling companies and agencies are screaming out for all sorts of workers from rousties, roughnecks, derrickman and especially sparkies.COMPEX and 18th edition are for electrical disciplines. For field service tech or mech tech you wouldn't need those. Quite expensive for what they are yeah, but if you did get a hitch you'll pay it back in your first three weeks.
There are hundreds of agencies in Aberdeen, but the best thing to do is pull up a map of the industrial estates around Aberdeen, note down all the companies and individually target the companies with a CV/Cover letter. Oil and gas job fairs can be good too, but make no mistake these places are mobbed and it takes some persistence to make it happen, if it does happen.
As I mentioned before, Oil and Gas companies have cut right back on personnel, rates and everything else and as a result there are plenty of bodies around waiting for a trip.
Where in the UK are you based?
With your background, I'd also be thinking about seismic survey ships. I think they are 6 weeks on/off but it's tax free and they take trainees.
Edited by CouncilFerrari on Sunday 17th April 08:41
There are greenhands now being placed every week as they can't get any experienced personnel. There are now even specific greenhand packages to recruit folk to fill demand. I'd be looking to get your foot in the door as drill crew, when you have offshore experience then you can diversify into an other trade if you like.
Get onto LinkedIn and look for the following agencies: Global, Drillmar, Kuiper, AGR. With oil price, lack of workers due to brexit, and downmans due to Covid on board, this is the perfect time for new starts.
OpenToeSlipper said:
Not sure where you're getting this info from, drilling companies and agencies are screaming out for all sorts of workers from rousties, roughnecks, derrickman and especially sparkies.
There are greenhands now being placed every week as they can't get any experienced personnel. There are now even specific greenhand packages to recruit folk to fill demand. I'd be looking to get your foot in the door as drill crew, when you have offshore experience then you can diversify into an other trade if you like.
Get onto LinkedIn and look for the following agencies: Global, Drillmar, Kuiper, AGR. With oil price, lack of workers due to brexit, and downmans due to Covid on board, this is the perfect time for new starts.
I'm not talking about drilling, the OP referenced his qualifications in mech/elec engineering which would be wasted as a roustie which is the only new start position available. You'd be very very lucky to walk into a drilling spark position with no offshore experience. There are greenhands now being placed every week as they can't get any experienced personnel. There are now even specific greenhand packages to recruit folk to fill demand. I'd be looking to get your foot in the door as drill crew, when you have offshore experience then you can diversify into an other trade if you like.
Get onto LinkedIn and look for the following agencies: Global, Drillmar, Kuiper, AGR. With oil price, lack of workers due to brexit, and downmans due to Covid on board, this is the perfect time for new starts.
I'm aware that there are a s
tload of greenhats starting in the drilling game, we've got several here. I'm also aware that they've got a high turnover because it's st.The duty holder for the rig I'm on laid off a lot of people due to the low oil price at the onset of covid and a lot of those lads are still doing ad hoc trips and waiting to get another core crew slot. I don't think we'll ever go back to the manning levels we had before, so there's a surplus of qualified people out there, in my experience.
Edited by CouncilFerrari on Sunday 17th April 10:47
CouncilFerrari said:
I'm not talking about drilling, the OP referenced his qualifications in mech/elec engineering which would be wasted as a roustie which is the only new start position available. You'd be very very lucky to walk into a drilling spark position with no offshore experience.
I'm aware that there are a stload of greenhats starting in the drilling game, we've got several here. I'm also aware that they've got a high turnover because it's st.
The duty holder for the rig I'm on laid off a lot of people due to the low oil price at the onset of covid and a lot of those lads are still doing ad hoc trips and waiting to get another core crew slot. I don't think we'll ever go back to the manning levels we had before, so there's a surplus of qualified people out there, in my experience.
If the OP is unlikely to get a job with platform / core crew due to experienced lads waiting to return, and won't slot straight into drilling sparkie role then I'm afraid if he wants to get offshore then the way to do it is via drilling. With regards to roustabouts having a sI'm aware that there are a s
tload of greenhats starting in the drilling game, we've got several here. I'm also aware that they've got a high turnover because it's st.The duty holder for the rig I'm on laid off a lot of people due to the low oil price at the onset of covid and a lot of those lads are still doing ad hoc trips and waiting to get another core crew slot. I don't think we'll ever go back to the manning levels we had before, so there's a surplus of qualified people out there, in my experience.
Edited by CouncilFerrari on Sunday 17th April 10:47
t job then that's subjective, I assume you've worked this role before? In addition to this, if you're coming from fishing then being a roustabout on any sort of platform or jack up will be the best job in the world. 3/3 rotation, 6am-6pm without waking up in the night to fish, reliable and probably higher salary, pension, healthcare etc.Since getting my class 2 skippers ticket the fishing has improved in terms of work. Getting into the wheelhouse alot more often, to be honest I don't mind graft or working my way up. It has to be done.
The fishing is very changeable in terms of wages can be anything from 26/36k+ a year
Just wanting to make steady and decent sized notes, when I was growing up I never saw my father as he was always away fishing. Im not wanting my one to experience the same.
The fishing is very changeable in terms of wages can be anything from 26/36k+ a year
Just wanting to make steady and decent sized notes, when I was growing up I never saw my father as he was always away fishing. Im not wanting my one to experience the same.
OpenToeSlipper said:
If the OP is unlikely to get a job with platform / core crew due to experienced lads waiting to return, and won't slot straight into drilling sparkie role then I'm afraid if he wants to get offshore then the way to do it is via drilling. With regards to roustabouts having a st job then that's subjective, I assume you've worked this role before? In addition to this, if you're coming from fishing then being a roustabout on any sort of platform or jack up will be the best job in the world. 3/3 rotation, 6am-6pm without waking up in the night to fish, reliable and probably higher salary, pension, healthcare etc.
A lad I boxed with on here got his start as roustie/deck crew, bright lad, well qualified. Did it for a couple of years to get offshore experience. Jacked it because in his words 'it's st job then that's subjective, I assume you've worked this role before? In addition to this, if you're coming from fishing then being a roustabout on any sort of platform or jack up will be the best job in the world. 3/3 rotation, 6am-6pm without waking up in the night to fish, reliable and probably higher salary, pension, healthcare etc.t' and I can make more money working for BT on the beach. He was also told that once he'd been offshore he'd be able to move across to sparkying or Telecoms. Sadly, he wasn't able to for the reasons I mentioned previously. Relative to fishing, £30 something grand might be decent money. Relative to the techie jobs offshore on the same rota and more than double the money who don't get abused like the rousties, it's not comparable.
Tesco said:
That's a cracking opportunity. Tesco said:
HiThanks for the job ad.
yeah I'd love to get more info, I tryed to private email you but it's saying your account does not accept emails. How can we get in touch?
Really keen to get involved.
Hi,
Now's a good time to be getting into offshore work.
Look up Maersk, who have a lot of vacancies, as do Swire.
You might have to get in at the bottom, but your fishing experience is a definite plus, as is your mech HND.
If you could add a rigging and slinging ticket that'd be good, plus as you've already stated the BOSIET.
Good luck!
Now's a good time to be getting into offshore work.
Look up Maersk, who have a lot of vacancies, as do Swire.
You might have to get in at the bottom, but your fishing experience is a definite plus, as is your mech HND.
If you could add a rigging and slinging ticket that'd be good, plus as you've already stated the BOSIET.
Good luck!
Kart46 said:
Tesco said:
HiThanks for the job ad.
yeah I'd love to get more info, I tryed to private email you but it's saying your account does not accept emails. How can we get in touch?
Really keen to get involved.
Just found a setting under the 'Forum Profile' that lets you either allow or deny email messages. Never knew that was there!
Anyway, allowed it now so please try again.
Absolutely no problems starting from the bottom and working up! I feel alot of younger guys turn there nose up at that.
Just out of curiosity what's about the minimum wage £££ you would expect starting off at the bottom on the rigs? Purely becusse I have a house and (maybe slightly more expensive) a partner to keep!
Thanks for all the advice guys, never expected to get such a good response from piston heads!
Just out of curiosity what's about the minimum wage £££ you would expect starting off at the bottom on the rigs? Purely becusse I have a house and (maybe slightly more expensive) a partner to keep!
Thanks for all the advice guys, never expected to get such a good response from piston heads!
Tesco said:
That sounds like a fking cool job to be honest. I have never been at sea and I have no relevant qualifications but if I could go for this I would (no one tell mrs geeks though 
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