Working offshore - Telecoms
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Hi guys,
I've tried googling etc but I get results from America etc and would rather a more North Sea kinda idea.
I know some of you are rig workers and I would appreciate the direction to point me in.
I don't currently have survival or medical so I'm at the early ' f
k it' stages.
I currently work for BT Openreach and have done for 2 years, prior to that I worked for Sky television installing satellite and aerial set ups in homes and businesses.
I've been told there is jobs on rigs that are paid relatively well and require these types of skills.
I'm at the stage in life where I want to do well for myself and set myself up a career rather than work in junkies houses for the rest of my life.
I'm struggling to find relevant information and it's not through lack of trying or lack of research.
Does any of you guys do something similar that could give me advice?
I don't want to pay out all the money for the medical and survival and find there is nothing I can do....I appreciate this is part and parcel with this though.
Thanks if you've read this far.
John
I've tried googling etc but I get results from America etc and would rather a more North Sea kinda idea.
I know some of you are rig workers and I would appreciate the direction to point me in.
I don't currently have survival or medical so I'm at the early ' f
k it' stages.I currently work for BT Openreach and have done for 2 years, prior to that I worked for Sky television installing satellite and aerial set ups in homes and businesses.
I've been told there is jobs on rigs that are paid relatively well and require these types of skills.
I'm at the stage in life where I want to do well for myself and set myself up a career rather than work in junkies houses for the rest of my life.
I'm struggling to find relevant information and it's not through lack of trying or lack of research.
Does any of you guys do something similar that could give me advice?
I don't want to pay out all the money for the medical and survival and find there is nothing I can do....I appreciate this is part and parcel with this though.
Thanks if you've read this far.
John
Depends on your skills, most telecoms guys offshore will have and idea about phone systems, but this is changing, with a lot of companies moving to an IP based systems. A lot of the telecoms guys I know have some sort of Cisco experience, as they end up looking after the network too. If you know about satellite communication then I'd try Caprock, they are always looking for guys, I'm not convinced they are the best paid out there, but it would be a start. EDS used to provide field telecoms techs in the North Sea, but since they have been bought over by HP, I'm not sure if they still do that.
You could look at the foundations of telecomms which would be work on cable vessels laying fibre optic cables. Everything from beach landing, jointing, testing instalation of repeaters, repairs etc. Its a pretty intricate industry from a cable engineering point of view, i used to work for Global Marine Systems/ Cable and Wireless as a cable engineer, i moved to ROVs which we used to burry, locate and survey them. The difference is oil and gas = pretty ste locations, cable vessels = pretty decent locations and most ships are 'wet' 
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It might be another angle on it for you, and if you ve done some FO testing with OTDRs and got a grasp of that then it might stand you in good ground, they mostly have 'multi sklling' now, or used to, where cable engineers got invovled with the ROV side, sand visa versa. I enjoyed my 6 years with them immensly.
te locations, cable vessels = pretty decent locations and most ships are 'wet' . It might be another angle on it for you, and if you ve done some FO testing with OTDRs and got a grasp of that then it might stand you in good ground, they mostly have 'multi sklling' now, or used to, where cable engineers got invovled with the ROV side, sand visa versa. I enjoyed my 6 years with them immensly.
Thanks everyone for the replies.
Sam that sounds exactly what I'd like to get involved in. I've got experience fault finding, UG networks, jointing, cable pulling and laying, testing with 9083 meters and Oscilating TDR meters.
How do you suggest would be best for me to go about speaking to relevant companies etc. I appreciate everyone wants to speak to the 'right' person but if you could point me in a rough direction I'd happily do the rest of the work. Thanks for your reply, it's helped a lot!
Sam that sounds exactly what I'd like to get involved in. I've got experience fault finding, UG networks, jointing, cable pulling and laying, testing with 9083 meters and Oscilating TDR meters.
How do you suggest would be best for me to go about speaking to relevant companies etc. I appreciate everyone wants to speak to the 'right' person but if you could point me in a rough direction I'd happily do the rest of the work. Thanks for your reply, it's helped a lot!
I phoned up cable and wireless, directory 192! they put me onto Global Marine, i spoke to a receptionist who put me in the right direction and rang up a guy called Mark Tizard, i had an interview a week or two later and that was it. you could try this direction first i.e. phone them up, there in Boreham, Chelmsford. Do all your homework on there website first, google projects thay are working on.....funnily enough i sat next to a guy on the plane to Amsterdam on the way offshore here in Angola and he worked for them, young guy, for about 3 years or so. Theyre (the CS Sovereign) working on a windfarm in Denmark so it might be valuable to see what that entails through a search so you have some questions and can show a bit of nowse to whats going on.
I dont know anyone there now, its been 9 years since i left.
If you have the right qualifications you can get offshore there's loads of opportunities, preferably electrical / electronic/ PC based, and of course mechanical skills are highly rated. If you go on speak that all the jobs advertised are done deals and they do this to appease legal procedures you'll get no where, this might be right to a certain extent but you just have to make yourself available and keen.
The offshore industry is massive, not just North Sea 2-2 or the like, its well documented that the average age of offshore workers is high and at some point all these guys will be retiring, in some areas locals are being trained to take there places but there are still jobs available and this will be for a while.
If you approach companies in Aberdeen by going to there receptions and asking what the score is you might get somewhere, you got to have a plan and the rights words, ask if its possible to speak to someone for 5 mins in the hope of them pointing you in the right direction, you'd be surprised if you ask people for there help and experience and there views generally theyre quite happy to help. Suited and booted and eager to put yourself out you have a good chancce of getting somewhere, all you need is to get on a chopper or make your way up a gangplank then its up to you but the hardest bits been done.
Good luck!
I dont know anyone there now, its been 9 years since i left.
If you have the right qualifications you can get offshore there's loads of opportunities, preferably electrical / electronic/ PC based, and of course mechanical skills are highly rated. If you go on speak that all the jobs advertised are done deals and they do this to appease legal procedures you'll get no where, this might be right to a certain extent but you just have to make yourself available and keen.
The offshore industry is massive, not just North Sea 2-2 or the like, its well documented that the average age of offshore workers is high and at some point all these guys will be retiring, in some areas locals are being trained to take there places but there are still jobs available and this will be for a while.
If you approach companies in Aberdeen by going to there receptions and asking what the score is you might get somewhere, you got to have a plan and the rights words, ask if its possible to speak to someone for 5 mins in the hope of them pointing you in the right direction, you'd be surprised if you ask people for there help and experience and there views generally theyre quite happy to help. Suited and booted and eager to put yourself out you have a good chancce of getting somewhere, all you need is to get on a chopper or make your way up a gangplank then its up to you but the hardest bits been done.
Good luck!
I Guess I should be able to comment on here with some relevant info.
I work for the Company onynik mentions, formerly Caprock now HarrisCaprock. We provide Comms to vessels and rigs all over the word, If you want to work North Sea only you really need to go to the rigs or boats.
Rignet and ourselves work al over the world often at short notice in the last couple months I have been to :
Norway, Holland, Spain, Gibraltar, Few UK jobs, Italy and i am just waiting on my Saudi Arabian visa to come back as I am meant to be there next week.
If there is any thing you think you would like to know just shout.
I work for the Company onynik mentions, formerly Caprock now HarrisCaprock. We provide Comms to vessels and rigs all over the word, If you want to work North Sea only you really need to go to the rigs or boats.
Rignet and ourselves work al over the world often at short notice in the last couple months I have been to :
Norway, Holland, Spain, Gibraltar, Few UK jobs, Italy and i am just waiting on my Saudi Arabian visa to come back as I am meant to be there next week.
If there is any thing you think you would like to know just shout.
FYI if you are putting yourself through your own offshore courses, it'll cost around £800 for the BOSIET & MIST, not forgetting the cost of a medical which will be around £50.
The BOSIET & MIST last for 4 years, you must to a refresher before the 4 years is up to continue your certs, otherwise it's a full 5 day course again and full costs.
The helicopter simulation part of the course is NOT fun!
The medical usually lasts for 2 years.
The BOSIET & MIST last for 4 years, you must to a refresher before the 4 years is up to continue your certs, otherwise it's a full 5 day course again and full costs.
The helicopter simulation part of the course is NOT fun!
The medical usually lasts for 2 years.
Getting strapped into a metal cage hanging over a pool of water wearing a survival suit and life jacket with a nozzle in my mouth re-breathing my own expelled air, while getting dunked in, turned upside down and punching a window out and undoing a 4 point harness before banging every metal object in a 2 metre radius with every flailing limb on the way out is not my idea of fun!
Hi guys,
I currently work for Halliburton as a trainee service operator but would like to move into telecoms in the oil and gas industry.
I have 3 years telecoms experience working with Network Rail in Britain, as a telecoms field technician.
I have all my offshore tickets and I have worked on a number of installations around the North Sea for Halliburton over the last 5 months.
Any help on which companies to send my CV for a telecoms technician position would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
I currently work for Halliburton as a trainee service operator but would like to move into telecoms in the oil and gas industry.
I have 3 years telecoms experience working with Network Rail in Britain, as a telecoms field technician.
I have all my offshore tickets and I have worked on a number of installations around the North Sea for Halliburton over the last 5 months.
Any help on which companies to send my CV for a telecoms technician position would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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