Offshore Jobs

[Rooster_Cogburn]

Right i need a bit of advice from all the offshore lads on this board. Looking to get my foot in the door at a company that works offshore but have no experience and little in the way of qualifications . I'm 22 years old and have been stuck in a deadend office job for the past 5 years and have had enough. I do have a forklift license if something like that would be of use. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[slippers]

Im not offshore and i don't know where you live but i believe Ace Winches near Turriff are always looking for people?

 

http://www.ace-winches.com/home/

[Rooster_Cogburn]

Knowing someone high up in an oil/service company is your best bet min

 

Other than that, put yourself through your BOSIET (Survival) and Greenhand Courses then get your CV to a recruitment agency

 

http://www.opito.com/uk/library/industry_training_standards/offshore_drilling_industry_green_hand_standard.pdf

 

Cheers Mobby that gives me something to start with anyway. My auld boy actually works for Halliburton as a cementer but is offshore at the minute and doesn't know that am intending on leaving my current job.

 

What has stopped me asking him before was the fact that i really do have NO qualifications and even with his help i thought i wouldn't get anywhere.

[Bluto10]

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You'll have to do an aptitude test at the interview

 

christ knows how you passed then

[Old Wing Stand]

Im not offshore and i don't know where you live but i believe Ace Winches near Turriff are always looking for people?

 

http://www.ace-winches.com/home/

 

They are always looking for people because they fire so many stay well clear you have been warned !

[muttondressedaslamb]

Knowing someone high up in an oil/service company is your best bet min

 

Other than that, put yourself through your BOSIET (Survival) and Greenhand Courses then get your CV to a recruitment agency

 

http://www.opito.com...nd_standard.pdf

 

Exactly what someone in my department has done. She has no offshore or any sort of engineering experience. She does have a degree though but it is in an arts based subject I'm assuming. She wants a change of scene due to personal reasons and probably hates her boss.

Anyway she got told that she can come offshore as those folk that do domestic chores - can't remember what they are called. It's a pay cut to begin with but the experience should get her foot in the door to do admin work. She has her CVs in agencies too.

[Big Man]

I didn't think you got woman offshore.

 

Every days a fuckin school day...

 

[Bluto10]

Never had to do one

 

Now i'm top boy

 

top boy aye right. more like monkey alan in the warehouse

[Big Man]

top boy aye right. more like monkey alan in the warehouse

 

 

Brilliant.

[daytripping]

Rooster,

 

If yer old man works for Halliburton then yer half way there, get him to get you a trainee cementer job, you probably won't even need an interview, they take on some right numpties. If you don't fancy cementing then maybe think of wireline or something like that, yer old man should be able to get your foot in the door.

 

Do a couple years on wireline then become a service hand like mobby, good money for doing feck all work.

 

Then buy an EVO and spend your down time taking coke and shagging hookers.

[daytripping]

I didn't think you got woman offshore.

 

Every days a fuckin school day...

 

 

It's not 1970 big man ffs!

[daytripping]

Rooster,

 

Don't go into mud logging...mongols!

[muttondressedaslamb]

It's not 1970 big man ffs!

 

I think he was looking for some sort of feminist bite out of me. Which he should know he wouldn't get as I have no qualms about getting to men to buy me drinks all night.

[daytripping]

I think he was looking for some sort of feminist bite out of me. Which he should know he wouldn't get as I have no qualms about getting to men to buy me drinks all night.

 

You'd have a mouth like an arabs sandal if you came out with me love.

[ChutneyLove]

You don't need any quals to start as a roustabout - just be prepared to do shit jobs. If you're any good you'll be a roughneck after a couple of swings anyway.

 

Anyway, don't go offshore - get a job in B&Q. You can't thieve anything from an oil-rig, they search your baggage. Loads of stuff to chore at B&Q.

[The Boofon]

I think he was looking for some sort of feminist bite out of me. Which he should know he wouldn't get as I have no qualms about getting to men to buy me drinks all night.

 

 

You'd have a mouth like an arabs sandal if you came out with me love.

 

 

You'd not have that problem with me MDAL.

 

 

10 cc

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2BavhwpIJg

[Henry]

If you're going to go into cementing, steer clear of rumpus, he might do things to you.

[Bluto10]

If you're going to go into cementing, steer clear of rumpus, he might do things to you.

 

especially if youre male.

[Rooster_Cogburn]

Rooster,

 

If yer old man works for Halliburton then yer half way there, get him to get you a trainee cementer job, you probably won't even need an interview, they take on some right numpties. If you don't fancy cementing then maybe think of wireline or something like that, yer old man should be able to get your foot in the door.

 

Do a couple years on wireline then become a service hand like mobby, good money for doing feck all work.

 

Then buy an EVO and spend your down time taking coke and shagging hookers.

 

Cheers Daytripping,

 

i'll have a word with the old man fan he is back onshore. Will be 5 years in November i have been stuck behind this desk and am fed up. Work for a fishing company here in the Broch and the industry is going one way and that's down and i want out now before its too late.

[CrazyBullSheep]

Get yer CV in to all the service companies especially Hallies if yer old man works there. Cementers love a trainee, you go offshore and any cementer that has had a trainee has the most clean and freshly painted unit in the business.

 

Other than that you have the likes of Schlumberger who train their personnel very well but treat them like shite. Weatherford, BJ/Baker Hughes as a casing hand (screw one large piece into another) Nae sure if expro still do Wire/Slick line etc but they are a good start and the work isnae too hard.

 

But if ye can wank yerself to sleep and dinna mind gettin caught every couple o days then the offshore life is for You its just gettin there thats the hard part as you already know

[CrazyBullSheep]

Cheers Daytripping,

 

i'll have a word with the old man fan he is back onshore. Will be 5 years in November i have been stuck behind this desk and am fed up. Work for a fishing company here in the Broch and the industry is going one way and that's down and i want out now before its too late.

 

If yer a dab hand with computers then service company is definitely the way to go. Coiled tubing hands have all sorts o shite to help them through their line of work and most of it is on Computer. Hallies do that too along with BJ, Qserv, Schlum and Weatherford (although the latter not so much now) and most pay rather handsomely too

[Rooster_Cogburn]

Afternoon lads, A wee update on my situation. Completed my BOSIET and MIST courses last month and also completed my stage 1 Banksman & slinging with Petrofac.

 

Been firing my CV to companies since i completed the course and was wondering if any of you lad's know of any companies looking for guys at the moment. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

Rooster

[Bluto10]

Been firing my CV to companies since i completed the course and was wondering if any of you lad's know of any companies looking for guys at the moment.

 

 

burger king are always on the lookout for qualified team leads.

[Old Wing Stand]

Afternoon lads, A wee update on my situation. Completed my BOSIET and MIST courses last month and also completed my stage 1 Banksman & slinging with Petrofac.

 

Been firing my CV to companies since i completed the course and was wondering if any of you lad's know of any companies looking for guys at the moment. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

Rooster

I believe KCA Deutag and Archer are taking guys on give them a shout

[tup]

burger king are always on the lookout for qualified team leads.

 

You'll ken better than anyone, being as you are a regular customer.

[gla5gowdon]

burger king are always on the lookout for qualified team leads.

 

 

You'll ken better than anyone, being as you are a regular customer.

 

 

x 2

[E-P-K]

Afternoon lads, A wee update on my situation. Completed my BOSIET and MIST courses last month and also completed my stage 1 Banksman & slinging with Petrofac.

 

Been firing my CV to companies since i completed the course and was wondering if any of you lad's know of any companies looking for guys at the moment. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

Rooster

 

Agencies are always the best starting point,

 

Atlantic, Global, OMS, Team Recruitment, LA Recruitment, Rigman, RGB, Tulloch and interservices to name but a few.

[Notorious Chee]

Your still young, apply for a technician position in some Oil company and graft for a year to get some experience under your belt? Seems the easiest way for most in your situation, not much companies want to gamble on someone they dont know. Like most say, halliburton always take on heaps of cementers - seen about 60 come through the workshop I currently work this year alone. Expro normally take on wireline technicians for their workshop quite often and they like to progress them offshore when they are ready. Wireline also leads you on nicely to work as a service hand later on also, basically sit offshore for 3 weeks, do a days work and pack up.

[Sheep#1]

Are there any offshore jobs that actually involve any graft? Every thread that ever pops up on here, folk say every position mentioned is a total skive etc. Or is it just folk slagging other jobs to make their own sound harder?

[Notorious Chee]

True. Have heard the likes of Rousties, derrickmen and Drillers have it hard, 12 hour shifts aint desirable. Service company is a walk in the park