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SJ_Skyline

Andy,

Have you tried some of the websites like jobserve and monster? They used to be IT-centric but they have opened up and include all sorts of job types now. Coming from a distribution background, I would have thought something in logistics would be an extension on your skills?

Best of luck chap

Leslie

More like you don't know you've been born PSL!

Les

mamoon2

What sort of money do these guys on the oils rigs earn??? Always wanted to know.

joe79er

I work as a software tester for sky and am on £30,000 per year and only 24. it is possable you just have to sacrifice some things. I live in bournmouth and travel to london. come home at weekends to my wife and 2 kids. its all about how much you want the money. i love earning it because i have all the things i wanted and no job near me pays this money.

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

thanks for the ongoing advice people.

with regards to an extension of duties at work.... absolutley no chance. usually several internal vacanies going, but you must have no active disciplinary/capability warnings on file. a case of facr dont fit. i know im never gonna progress at this place. they generally look outside the company for superiors etc.

with regards courses etc. the company offer them, and apparantly they dont have to be work related, but after said course you have to remain at the company for another 18 months or pay it back. (oh and again no live disciplinary etc etc issues)

im prepared to try my hand at lots of things, but as soon as i look on the jobcentre webby, you need qualifications in this, city and guilds in that, for what... less money? i dont mind starting at the bottom somewhere, and grafting my way up the ladder. how did i become a decent artist? practise and hard graft at school/college. the jobs everyone has described ie oil rig work, i just cant find out anything about them. i dont mind working away from home or commuting, as long as i can afford it.

im not asking for a job on a plate, or for everything wrapped up in a bow, but i simply cannot ever find anything which i think im suitable for, as i havent qualifications in mechanics, or nvq's in care, or management skills and course, or this/that.

as im good with my hands, welding appeals to me too. but im stuck on nights as i cant afford a wage cut until i remortgage. thus night courses are a pain and un-manageable.

its so catch 22, and im looking just for an opportunity to expand myself. i dont wanna be like some of the guys at my place, there 20 years solid loyal service, know the job better than themselves, but constantly screwed over/ignored for promotion, as the company imports superiors bla bla.

im ranting on now, but hopefully people get the general idea.

in comparison, my mrs works in a factory on about £185 a week take home for 40 hours, so basic minimum wage, but theres no hassle, she gets along with everyone, even after three months, she was offered a promottion to be a quality auditor. ive been at my jon 3 1/2 years and not even been offered training on other jobs, never mind a promotion.

***oh, and without rising to you lewis you tosser (yes infract me for it if you want ), count your blessings, as you obviously live in a dream world. some people would be thankful to earn my wages, lots of people infact, and theres nothing wrong with that, but i want to make more of myself, and sh!tty comments about blessing from you are neither wanted, nor appreciated, you time wasting troll. **** off ***

appreciate the ongoing advice scoobynetters. will look into it somemore.

Mitchy260

Top whack with 10+yrs experience £75-80k year in UK. Thats for 26wks of the year as obviously 2wks on, 2wks off.

Sounds very appealing yes

However your working 168hr fortnights (14x12) compared to 75 in a normal job (37.5hrs x2) Even over a month your doing 168hrs vs 150hrs taking your 2 weeks off into account!

Then quality of life really.. Oil rig isn't a nice place, living out of a suitcase in the middle of the north sea for the rest of your life or shacked up at home with wife and kids every night! Your missus will probably be sha**ing the window cleaner/milkman and postie all at the same time when your offshore.

Then you've got a very unsociable working calander. Missing xmas/new year/weddings/christenings/birth and upbringing of children etc etc.

Relationships suffer, those oil workers that say it doesn't are in Ku-Ku land! I hated my dad not being there for me as a child, missing everything. Not very close to him now either if im honest!

Has its perks i suppose, good wage, good ''apparant'' time off. Even 2wks on 2wks off, you'll still work more hrs than ordinary joe with a 9-5 mon-fri job 46wks of the year.

As a junior, money isn't that good. Friend has just started, about £26k with offshore bonus. You need to work your *** off to get upto £70-80k

Average rig earnings about £50-55k per year but from all of my above points, i'd rather earn £40k here onshore and get home to see the wife and kids every night.

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

ok fair points, can you point me in the direction of the £40k a year job, and il work my **** off to earn that type of money.

mamoon2

You could probably earn 40k per year working your **** off!!! So to speak!!

filfy

Its not all that bad working offshore,as long as you can take the banter youll be fine if you cant then you will have a hard time(just the way it is)
As for how much we earn well all ill say is they should doubble my sallery and i might start doing some work instead of skiveing off and sleeping on shift (god i love my job)and i do a 2 weeks on three weeks off

Petem95

Being happy is the most important thing, so good work there, but 30k in London is not a good wage - especially if you commute from Bournemouth everyday! You earn more than that driving a tube train!

Now thats a pretty good wage, but I certainly wouldn't fancy working on the riggs for a number of reasons! First of all horrible environment to work in, secondly away from friends and family on land and thirdly its probably quite dangerous work a lot of the time.

filfy

It can be a bit dangerous,now this doesnt happen all the time but evry now and then you can get this
feel sorry for the roughneck

YouTube - Oil rig blowout, yesterday on 13th june 07

classic Subaru Si

Yeah, me too - sounds fecking good to me!! And yes Andy, your right about that d1ck Lewis - I'm on about the same as you and I'm 32! I've always wondered about the rigs, do you need any qualifications?? Really sorry to hijack your thread mate, but I'm as fooked off as you at the minute - that's why I started reading yours!!

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

How do you go about looking for vacancies on the rigs? searched google but nothing

survey steve

heres a wee link for ya bud

Oilcareers - The Recruitment site for the Worldwide Oil and Gas Industry


agree about being away from home and how family life suffers, thats why i've quit the company i'm working for just now.

thing is as a service hand i can be sitting on my **** for weeks at a time offshore AND still get paid, quite well too.
the flip side to this is that it's not uncommon to be working stupid hours to get the job done, the longest i've worked is 44 hours straight through.
now, you get all the safety BS fired at you BUT when it comes down to it, there are timesyou just have to get on with it.

time off, i've been told about that

things are very very busy in the offshore game just now, the hard thing is to get into it with out any knowledge or job experience, you may find it VERY difficult to get into it, even after getting all your offshore certs you aint guaranteed to get any job

the job i was in paid 19000 a year with 170 day rate
the job i'm going to

is more

spireite

is it still 2 weeks on two weeks off on the rigs

Lum

That's a pretty specialised job though. I was talking about the standard Microsoft-centric IT.
Plus, how much does staying in London 4 nights a week and then doing that big commute take out of that money? Quite a lot I suspect.

KiwiGTI

The money is there for the taking in IT, if you are on less than £21K you are either stupid or naive.

KiwiGTI

I see you are in South Wales, Loads of IT jobs there paying £450+ a day or £70K permanent, you only need to have a general Windows background with some design work.

Lum

Not up in the valleys there aren't. Or in Cardiff or Newport for that matter. The market is a little better in Bristol but less attractive when you take the bridge fees into account. Haven't seen anything even starting to approach the figures you quote though. Care to hook me up?

Not that it matters, I've only just moved here, and will probably be moving away again soon (my GF is a contractor and my current job has me covering the whole country)

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Does make me wonder how people do things, I am earning a fair amount contracting in IT, Oracle, SQL Server etc but still cant afford flash holidays and cars that people on much less money seem to go on !

IT isnt a goldmine any more unless you have the right skills, my current company want me to go perm but they wont pay enough to make it worthwhile, depends on a contract extension though, plus they are moving to 7 miles away from my home, preferable to a 2 hour commute to leeds !

Nido

Andy, how old are you, do have 7.5 tonne on your driving license or did you miss that?

scoob_babe

You probably know how to live within your means........unlike many!

survey steve

depends where you work

uk
2 - 2
or 3 - 3
or however long the job takes ie 2 days to 3 weeks

overseas
month - month
or 6 weeks on 4 off
some even 6 weeks on 3 off

spireite

Always fancied the rigs but im a w@nk swimmer and would never had got through the survival course

survey steve

dont have to be a good swimmer mate
you get two divers in the pool that help the one's that cany swim

Simon 69

Its an easy job Andy: and you can work from home!

KiwiGTI

Fujitsu have solutions architect roles at DVLA, LogicaCMG have various roles at Bridgend. (although they pay pretty bad £45k as opposed to £65-70 with Fujitsu)

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

oh no, only 45k per annum, what ever shall we do

id love to be on that kind of money at 23, just looking to expand on one of my skills to get on the career ladder.

nido: only passed my test 18 months ago so dont believe i have upto 7.5 tonnes on my licence.

simon69: being short fat and bald, dont think anyone wants a piece of my "***"

andy