Any chance for me as a trainee?

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August 29, 2008 at 1:29 am #1749

gr8
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Hi all,
It’s my first post here. I would like to ask if I have any chance to start work as a trainee ROV pilot/technician…?
I haven’t got any special ROV courses…
All I have:
– BOSIET for all sectors (incl. HUET)
– medical certificate (but it is not an offshore medical cert.)
– all STCW certificates, which I need to work on board
– about 4 months experience on board offshore vessels as a deck cadet

That’s all…. I know it is not so much, but maybe you have heard, that some companies looking for young new people, who will be trained and then working for them….
I am looking for any answer..

August 29, 2008 at 5:02 am #18802

Ray Shields
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You require to have technical qualifications and/or experience. Either from an electrical/technical background or mechanical/hydraulic.

The main job of an ROV Pilot is technical.

Read through all the messages in the Rookies section on here, read through the FAQs (link on the left hand side of the screen).

You do not necessarily need any ROV training courses – if you do them and do not come from a technical background the chances of you getting a job afterwards are very slim.

There are many people applying to get into ROVs, the ones from a technical background will be way ahead in the queue from anyone who does not.

September 3, 2008 at 10:19 pm #18803

gr8
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You require to have technical qualifications and/or experience. Either from an electrical/technical background or mechanical/hydraulic.

I know, but I don’t have any electrical/technical background or mechanical/hydraulic qualifications…. but I have a very small experience in similar job to ROV Pilot…

There are many people applying to get into ROVs, the ones from a technical background will be way ahead in the queue from anyone who does not.

Yeah, that’s true… as I wrote before, I haven’t got any technical background, but I have got a small experience in working on board the vessel as a crew member…. I am young and ready for learning new things.
A few days ago I did a job offer from one company for a Junior Pilot (the training for me will be on board the vessel). How do you think? Is it a good chance for me?

September 5, 2008 at 5:14 pm #18804

Preid
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You can try but you’ll probably get no where.

Companies just arnt interested unless youre ex serivices or have a tech background.

Since leaving Fort William i’ve tried all sorts to try get a interview and when I did get a interview a month ago… well im still waiting.

I dont know who these lucky fuckers are who fit pools, drive taxi’s that I hear offshore guys complaing about being bad trainee’s. Even after finishing the course, I bought books and books on hydraulics and fibreoptics. At the interview I was spewing out everything I could in detail. It couldnt of went better imo, I even had a friendly chat afterwards with one of the high up guys!

Now im sat here, months after and even with the people I know im going nowhere.

I dont know how the lecturers at the UWC can sleep knowing what position they’re putting us unfits in.

September 5, 2008 at 8:33 pm #18805

gr8
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You can try but you’ll probably get no where.

Companies just arnt interested unless youre ex serivices or have a tech background.

I think you didn’t understand me well…. as I wrote in the post before:

A few days ago I did a job offer from one company for a Junior Pilot (the training for me will be on board the vessel). How do you think? Is it a good chance for me?

I didn’t hear about this job offer, but I got this job offer and I was asking here, if it is a good chance for me? Is it good to start this job for me, as I said before, I didn’t have any tech./electr. background…

September 6, 2008 at 3:54 am #18806

Savvi
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Hi Gr8

If you really want to be a ROV pilot/Tech take the job offer. Anything to start is good. It took me 4 months to get a start. And by the sounds of things on this forum that was not to long. At least now my CV will say that I have some offshore experience. And I am sure the next job will come easier and will be better conditions and pay.(I hope)

Good luck

Regards

September 6, 2008 at 8:13 am #18807

gr8
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Savvi, many thanks for the answer.
Do you know (or anybody) where I can find some materials about everything what is about ROV? Materials, which will be good for somebody like me, that means for somebody, who doesn’t know anything about ROV 🙂

November 23, 2008 at 4:04 pm #18808

gr8
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It’s me again….
I have already back from my first job as a Junior ROV Pilot/Tech.

I have total: 50 days on board and 160 hours with ROV in the water (with Seaeye Falcon).
I would like to know yours opinion…. is it a good score to start looking for job in better companies? Any companies can be interested in my person?

November 23, 2008 at 4:21 pm #18809

stevebell
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if i was you i would stick were you are just now until you get more hours and more hands on with the sytem then start looking for other work

November 23, 2008 at 4:47 pm #18810

ROVRatt
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Gr8

Did you get 160 hours on the sticks as a pilot in your first 50 days offshore? Some newbies battle to get that many hours in a year or more.

Remember that sitting in the pilot seat with the ROV passively grabbed onto a structure or in the TMS/Cage does not count as flying hours. You have to be actively flying the ROV.

Were these hours signed off in your log book?

November 23, 2008 at 5:30 pm #18811

gr8
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ROVRatt

As I said before I’ve got 160 hours with ROV in the water (so it’s not flying hours 🙁 )
Of course, it was possible for me to count all the flying hours, but I thought that it wasn’t good idea, because I don’t have a ROV Log Book, so nobody will believe me after…. anyway now also nobody can believe me, cause I have got only signed that 50 days in my seaman book.
… and answering on your question: I haven’t got a Log Book yet 🙁

November 23, 2008 at 11:15 pm #18812

James McLauchlan
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ROVRatt

As I said before I’ve got 160 hours with ROV in the water (so it’s not flying hours 🙁

Then, to be honest, it’s not worth mentioning those hours at all. They mean little to anyone and are certainly not worth putting on a CV.

If you are getting work with a company stick to them like glue. Without any technical background/experience you will most likely fall flat on your face if you jump ship.

As a side note.
What amazes me is that people are getting work offshore as in this case as a Junior ROV Pilot/Tech (whatever that is exactly) without any technical experience or prior training. I’ll bet they are being charged out to the client at P/Tech rate as well!

November 23, 2008 at 11:52 pm #18813

gr8
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Thanks for the answer… but I couldn’t agree with that:

As a side note.
What amazes me is that people are getting work offshore as in this case as a Junior ROV Pilot/Tech (whatever that is exactly) without any technical experience or prior training. I’ll bet they are being charged out to the client at P/Tech rate as well!

I don’t think that I am the best…. but Seaeye Falcon is not very complicated and this prior training (which you mentioned in your post) can be done on board in few days… of course still I have to get more experience to fly better and better, but my opinion (I repeat: it’s my own opinion) is that I know about this type of ROV generality things.

without any technical experience

Not in my example… not amazing, but I’ve got a small technical experience 🙂

November 24, 2008 at 1:03 am #18814

sedco
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Sounds like a troll to me.

November 24, 2008 at 2:21 am #18815

Scott Beveridge
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Did he ask the 3 questions yet??? 😆 8)
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