I know a couple of people who work offshore on rigs and boats, doing hydrographic survey.
If you don't have any skills to offer, ie no degree in engineering, ocean science etc, then the only thing that you can do is manual labour, roustabout, roughneck etc
In order to get a manual labour job, remember that no company is likely to invest in you getting the necessary qualifications to get offshore, so you will have to pay yourself these can be quite costly;
Medical £50-80
Bosiet £500-600
Greenhand £700-£1500
So £1200 to £2k plus
Once you have done these, you are qualified to go offshore, this doesn't mean you are guaranteed work, in fact far from it, 90% of agencies 90%
of the time will want you to have been offshore at least once, they dont want a n00b basically.
This may seem pretty gloomy but work offshore, apart from being very very boring as well being away for birthdays, Christmas, and only meeting the same 20 people for 6weeks, isn't all that bad, the food and living quarters can be quite good and of course is provided free!
PS. yes pirates are a real threat, off the coast of Angola, Nigeria etc you will likely have navy and / or armed guards. When you on land esp Niger delta you run the risk of being kidnapped for extortion, along with general crime in Luanda and Lagos etc
If you don't have any skills to offer, ie no degree in engineering, ocean science etc, then the only thing that you can do is manual labour, roustabout, roughneck etc
In order to get a manual labour job, remember that no company is likely to invest in you getting the necessary qualifications to get offshore, so you will have to pay yourself these can be quite costly;
Medical £50-80
Bosiet £500-600
Greenhand £700-£1500
So £1200 to £2k plus
Once you have done these, you are qualified to go offshore, this doesn't mean you are guaranteed work, in fact far from it, 90% of agencies 90%
of the time will want you to have been offshore at least once, they dont want a n00b basically.
This may seem pretty gloomy but work offshore, apart from being very very boring as well being away for birthdays, Christmas, and only meeting the same 20 people for 6weeks, isn't all that bad, the food and living quarters can be quite good and of course is provided free!
PS. yes pirates are a real threat, off the coast of Angola, Nigeria etc you will likely have navy and / or armed guards. When you on land esp Niger delta you run the risk of being kidnapped for extortion, along with general crime in Luanda and Lagos etc
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