st3v3

Whats it really like ?

I have been offered a job start off on £50,000 2 weeks on 2 weeks off
Money could rise to £100,000 in 12 months

col cos1

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are you a spark???????

st3v3

nope, an Areospace grinder

Basky

my mates a welder on a rig
month on month off
couldnt tell you wot hes on but hes got a 250k house all payed for
and he,s only 29.oh and a new3 series beemer

K.Goa

It`s nice! I`ll never go back to working on-shore again!
But we have a better turnus in norway, 2/3 - 2/4
Ofcourse it depends a bit on what rig your at, some are pretty old and crappy..

Heres my favourite place of work, Sleipner A, norwegian Statoil rig. 14 years old but still nice:

Thrush

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FUCKING HELL.....

Thats a lot of money... Wish I was qualified for this shit! Probably be right my ally aswell, don't mind a bit of working away, will be living on my own soon anyway, so no wife/kids/etc to worry bout....

Should have paid attention at school I reckon

col cos1

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couple of mates do it both sparks............great cash

Jemma

Can women train and do that job??? lol

K.Goa

Heres a pic of its firs set of shafts, they sunk in the ocean before the rig was mounted on top, due to a wrong calculation for amout of armour in the concrete, one of the most expencive idustrial mistakes in norway:

K.Goa

Plenty of women in the mess and catering! they also do very good money

Shings

Steve-

Even if this lasts for 6 months only... the money you earn extra can be put to one side, invested etc....

Just take it as a windfall....

If it lasts a long time then keep it going and eventually pay off your mortgage and what not...

Job done

J

dovboy

the money sounds shit hot! and 2 weeks on 2 weeks off sounds good but if you think of it as 30yrs on 30yrs off it dont sound as good.

money not everything,,work to live not live to work

snedboy

Thought about it myself as a m8 earned 10k in december there for 3 weeks work so all the numbers add up nicely but just dont know if i could hack bein on a rig

vroooom ptssssh

i'd deffinately do it, I'd need to start as a deckhand or a roustabout tho as ive no skills to earn a place

snedboy

Even at that its good money m8.Know a few guys that started that way until they got the chance to learn a trade and then earned the big bucks.

fezzajsy

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Red16

but you could also do 15 years on 15 years off then retire very comfortably if you made some wise financial moves

Cossie Helen

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Has any of you who work on the rigs etc heard of a company called SubSea 7?

GpA4x4

aye, what you needing to know??

Lambchop

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Offshore life rocks.

What job exactly have you been offered and what company? That seems like a rather hefty rise. Day rates can be pretty high if you're self employed but to get that from a company has to be a DAMN good job!


Yes a couple of my mates work for subsea7.

rog

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Highest paid welders I've ever come accross....
So what job is it for then, 100k seems a bit optimistic i think, maybe around 75k i would think and that would be for a company rep. OIM etc.... I supose if it's contract work then you could maybe get near that, i can go for £400 a day contracting but you don't get any holiday pay, sick pay, health benefits, pension etc...

smitsturbo

thats what i was thinking, maybe in nigeria tho rog

i love it off shore but its the people there that make the job so good cos fuck being stuck on a rig with a load of coffin dodgers moaning all day & jobsworth cunts.

here rog did you work with my mate steven walsh offshore not long ago? works as a day rater for slum

rog

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Aye i know stevey, worked with him on the 101 and byford dolphin, still keep in touch. What do u do?

RC4

Your never too old to do the drilling course,my mates doing it now in oslo norway,he has to pay for it himself,around 2.5 k£,and he,s not guaranteed a job at the end of it,but a good course to do involves all hydraulic education and drilling so even if he dont get on the rigs he,ll end up with a decent job anyhow
i think??? after he,s qualified he,ll be on 2 weeks off 3 and on 2 off 4 and around £3k a month
theres more oppertunities in other parts of the world gulf etc.... you can make easily £4k a month but as he has a child norway will be perfect he,s based near the swedish-norweigan border
thinking about it myself

Lambchop

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Exactly.

Night company rep would be 70-80k i reckon. Day rep perhaps nearer £100k. OIM i think is about £100-120k.

For a standard rig welder i'd guess £50k which is similar to sparkies and mech's.

Bradz

Any1 That enjoys offshore needs Help.

Its a Job and thats it.

Dont be fooled by the talk of High Pay etc, The wages Rousties etc get Now is Shocking Poor.

My Days of working Offshore are Over but i do still work for a Large Oil Company

rog

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I dunno about shockingly poor, rousties are bottom of the rung and no experience and qualifications are really needed, some companies are paying £23k+ for them and around £30k for stewards etc... not bad if your a bum off the street, or about 19/20 year old. I wouldn't want to be a roustie tho....

Lambchop

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I must need help then but thats nothing new

Rousties wages are not shocking! Thats a LOT of money to some people! Especially doss cunts with no education!!

smitsturbo

work for expro doing wireline, but might jack it soon as there are a few leaving for better money, ive know walshy all my days as he lives here in cruden bay,

bradz i dont realy like it but id rather do it then in a fish factory or sweep streets where abouts in cruden bay do you work mate?

rog

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Aye did he ever get a new car then??????
Qserv are really busy justnow, tried them????

rstoughy

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Can be the best job in the world or the worst, depends if offshore life suits you.

Me personally i prefer it to working onshore but Familly commitments among other things mean that im stuck onshore at the moment only managing to squeeze in the odd trip

For that sort of money though id be kicking there door in

Cossie Helen

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GpA4x4
Lambchop


Just was wondering what the company was like to work for, I had a interview during the week for a Admin job at SubSea 7, based in Surrey.

Lambchop

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SOund sgood enough to me from what my pals say

smitsturbo

you might notice he's a fair bullshitter like...he'll never get his ferrari or whatever he dreams up next

yeah i might give q serv a go like, but i quite like tree maintenence so i might even give that a go or even tools like toughy (if they'll have me )dunno yet as im just about to go back to work after breaking my leg at xmas

Cossie Helen

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Cool, I just got to wait and see how i did then, I dont think i got it, got a week to wait

rstoughy

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Get yer CV in manie we're hiring like mad at the moment

rog

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Yeah i think tools is the way to go, been offered a position at my work doing coil tools, not sure whether I'm going to take it or not though.

Red16

whats the wages and work like for a multi skilled technician/engineer?

i could be tempted to give the offshore lark a try, get me out of the lovely nissan car factory

John Laverick

I’d like to know this also….I’m a qualified mechanical engineer and I’ve thought about offshore a few times….anyone know what the crack is and the best way to get a job?

smitsturbo

the best way to get off shore nowadays is to get someone you know to get your foot in the door

but if not heres some agencies i have

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