I did the exact same thing, spent over £2,500 on courses and accommodation and couldn't get a job anywhere. my family even have contacts high up in transocean but still couldn't get jack!!

in the end I gave up and went back to selling cars and not looked back since!

Good luck though mate

 

Have you tried a job recruitment agency, might be worth getting in touch with one who are looking for someone in this field. Best of luck fella.

 

yea i've tried all the agencies but same result no experience no chance, how does anyone get experience without getting a ftrst start, it's not as if i am new to working with cranes i've been operating some of the biggest towercranes in the country for years and i can guarantee you that the pace we were forced to work at would be far less than we would be doing on a rig as their main priority is safety rather than speed , during the boom times i was often up in a crane at 5am and only down at 4pm for my first break and not finishing untill 11pm at night it was crazy stuff but you couldn't say jack because they would just tell you to hit the road.

would love to get back into importing japanese cars which i used to do on the side but the japanese yen is too expensive to buy at the moment.

 

just keep pestering agancy's there is lots of work offshore,
transocean if you are looking for a start with a company but they usually recruit through agencies likehttp://www.omsau.com/
http://www.petrofac.com/index.asp?pageid=20#ref_career.html
http://www.atlanticresourcing.com/
there are loads of agencies in Aberdeen, just keep contacting them and annoying them basically and they will son get fed up and give you a start,
i started with Global Santafe which then became transocean as roustabout and went to Motorman, but left to Join PSN as a rigger,
i have now moved to Woodgroup PSN and now Production operator working 2 weeks offshore and 3 weeks at home, and only been offshor 6 and a half years, once you get a start its easy
and about the safety first not always that wasy in drilling, when we were deck crew it wast quickest first....safety 2nd

hope this helps

 

still no joy on the work front, another banksman course starting soon for 900 euro may have to do it to get a better chance of work, frustrating thing is my bosiet and medical will run out soon even though i have never used them as i couldn't get a job so will have to do them again ,round in circles i'm going

 

Yhpm.

 

you might want to try going offshore as a roustabout/deck crew and see if that helps....

 

I'm thinking of going in the same direction

TBH I would love a job just as a rousty then get courses done on my time off

 

I'm thinking of going in the same direction

TBH I would love a job just as a rousty then get courses done on my tioneme off

one rousty job i saw advertised wanted banksman ticket, forklift ticket, some helicopter landing assistant course, fire crew ticket aswell as the standard bosiet and medical.

 

still getting nowhere fast and i need a job badly, really feeling like i'm never gonna get a start in this industry,

 

Do you have any tickets? Banksman etc?

I was talking to a few of the rig crew the other day. Archer Well have some openings now, could be worth a look.

http://www.archerwell.com/vacancies/153/3/uk.htm

 

just onshore towercrane op and banksman tickets, I have been trying to save for more courses like banksman and forklift but with kids a mortgage and other stuff it's really tough. I thought i could get a job as a roustabout and then do the other tickets eventually and then get my offshore crane licences but they want banksman tickets for roustabouts even though you are tecnically not a banksman. I have over 10 years experience as a banksman and Towercrane operator with no accidents against me.

 

Rousty/deckcrew are banksman mate, even that course has stage 1/2/3 :wallbang: ( so you would need stage 1) :smthumbup£646

For crane you could go straight for stage2, then once offshore stage3:smthumbup

Towercrane is so different from the offshore semi crane,whole different ball game:lol::smthumbup

It's not easy getting offshore, do what most did lie :lol::lol:

 

I wouldn’t bother with the FLT training, that will be done in-house when you get a start. It’s a long hard slog getting a start offshore, I was 5 months calling the main agencies every second day. You have to be polite and persistent on the phone and always follow up with an email every couple of weeks. It worked for me, 7 years past and never looked back.

It may be worth looking into a Painter/Blaster course at RGB (Stork), my wee bro did it last week and they basically offered everyone on the course a job. Might be worth making some enquires. All you need is a trip under your belt, doesn’t make any difference what its doing, Painting, Blasting, Steward etc.

Best of luck, and stick with it. To many people give up and end up regretting it in years to come.

 

A friend of mine spent thousands to do a commercial diving course after his open water never got work he gave up in the end now does seasonal diving classes in Egypt it's hard

 

Must say its the wrong time of year aswell might be more lucky February march time. Where abouts are you mate?

 

In Ireland mate. I sent a c.v to a company in Calgary Canada where there is plenty of construction work and good pay. I can get about 1900 CAD for 40 hours and there is guaranteed overtime on time and a half aswell. I took a call from a visa organiser today and the wheels are now in motion for a move to Canada, Ireland is so screwed right now that I don't see a future with me earning any decent money. It's going to be tough leaving my wife and two kids here but they will be over to me in the summer and I'm hoping I can convince her to stay for the few years that i'll be there. I can only go for a 5 year visa now as I am to old at 35 for a working visa but there is a shortage of crane ops so i'll get in no problem. Upside I have relations who are from there and they have an empty house from Jan 1st to March 1st which they would like me to look after if i'm there and I'll have the use of a Toyota Tacoma pick up aswell for as long as I need to get my own wheels. Calgary also has a booming oil industry so it could be easier to get employment offshore there then i'll have the vital offshore experience needed to get a job in the North sea. I will hate to leave my wife and kids here but my wife has a job for life here so she would be reluctant to leave it behind but being a house husband is depressing me I think once she sees what a great place clagary is she may stay for a year or two untill I have enough money saved.

 

Always lots of people wanting the oil spoils Quite fancy going back to work for an oil company for a while for double spoils (££) but time away and the thought of hard graft puts me off :lol:
Rov tech courses seems to be a guarenteed way of getting a job if your mechanically minded theres an extreme shortfall of workers in the rov sides of things at the moment http://www.theunderwatercentre.co.uk/

Steve.

 

Always lots of people wanting the oil spoils Quite fancy going back to work for an oil company for a while for double spoils (££) but time away and the thought of hard graft puts me off :lol:
Rov tech courses seems to be a guarenteed way of getting a job if your mechanically minded theres an extreme shortfall of workers in the rov sides of things at the moment http://www.theunderwatercentre.co.uk/

Steve.

Tell me about it. Been sat watching movies and reading books for a week, will need a holiday after this trip :smthumbup :lol: