Global Marine Pilot Tech II course

Hey All,

I’m a service engineer with a few years experience and have just finished the Pilot Tech II course with Global Marine Subsea Training in Portland.

Over all I think this is a really good outfit, and the course was extremely well run by Nigel and Andy. I enjoyed myself immensly, and feel it has given me a very good insight into the industry. Nigel is an ex. Supervisor/Senior Sub Engineer with many stories about the good and bad sides of ROV work and a wealth of experience to draw on.

I feel that just spending 3 weeks learning with him was well worth the £3,500 and have come away with some good tricks on how to do workclass mechanical and electrical terminitions, harness repair, fibre optic fusion, DCV test/service etc etc alongside the Tech II & I exam passes (which were a real doddle). Having a slingsby Trojan workclass machine in the workshop to work with was a big plus. They worked hard to get us some good time on their Seaeye Falcon, which they even let us fix when it went tits. The tour of one of their cable laying boats The Wave Sentinel gave us a good idea of the working environment, and I got to meet a few good guys also on the course.

All 3 of us on the course have got interviews lined up already (the other 2 lads were Global Employees) and I think fingers crossed we’ll all find some work soon.

It’s only possible to attend if you have at least a couple of years experience, but if you do have this background I would strongly recommend global.

Portland is quiet but with rooms from £12 night it certainly caters for a small budget.

Am fairly wet behind the ears in this industry but I reckon these lads run a good course and they certainly have helped us find a few positions to go for.