UNDERSEA BRICLAYER NEEDS ADVICE?

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November 8, 2008 at 9:54 pm #1934

danny72
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HELLO CHAPS ,IVE BEEN DILIGANTLY READING LOADS OF FORUMS AND IM STILL 50/50 ON MAKING THE JUMP FROM SITE WORK TO BEING A TRAINEE ROVER,SEEMS TO ME THERE ARE A LOT OF OLD BOYS OUT THERE WHO ARE IN A CUSHTE JOB AND DONT LIKE SOMEONE LIKE ME(A COMPLETE NOVICE?)COMING INTO THIER FIELD OF WORK……….THERE’S A BITTERNESS IN A FEW POSTINGS?.
ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS ARE THERE FELLA’S OUT THERE LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE COME FROM A NON-ENGINEERING BACKGROUND ,WITHOUT AN ELECTRICAL QUALIFICATION BUT CAN BULD,MAINTAIN,ADAPT AND HAVE GOOD COMMON SENSE ,WHO PAY THE SUM-TOTAL OF…….£LOTS OF DOUGH ,AT F.W AND STILL MAKE IT OFF-SHORE IN THE ROV BUISNESS?………….ANY ADVICE WOULD BE APPRECIATED,CHEERS.

November 9, 2008 at 12:46 am #20092

James McLauchlan
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Please don’t use ‘ALL CAPS’ for posts. It not only makes the text harder to read but it is the Forum equivalent of shouting which I’m sure you are not doing intentionally.

best regards
James Mc

November 9, 2008 at 7:53 am #20093

Ray Shields
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To answer your question, yes – there are some guys out there wou have no technical experience who get on fine, get work and are good at their job.

However – these are VERY few and far between. Its more a case of pure luck, right place/right time or who you know.

ROVs are technical pieces of equipment, millions of $$sworth in most cases. While a lot of onshore companies can take on people and afford to slot them in with other established teams, ROV companies cannot afford for 33% of their workforce to not have the required skills to maintain them or to work on them safely (usualluy a 3 man team for workclass). Although trainees do not have ROv experience at least their technical skills should allow them to maintain the equipment safely.

With thousands of people trying to get into ROVs, if employers have the choice between technical and non technical people (even if they have an ROV Training School certitficate), 99.9% of the time they will choose the technical person.

November 9, 2008 at 9:25 am #20094

James McLauchlan
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With thousands of people trying to get into ROVs, if employers have the choice between technical and non technical people (even if they have an ROV Training School certitficate), 99.9% of the time they will choose the technical person.

I have to agree with that statement… technical will always overrule non technical on selection.
If you are not technically trained, simply attending on an ROV course (as a potential option) will not be the solution.

best regards
James Mc

November 9, 2008 at 6:12 pm #20095

danny72
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sorry about the bold type!I appreciate your comments and take them onboard ,you know things are trying to keep ones pecker dry i these merky times ……………….call me when your onshore if you need an extension.

November 11, 2008 at 2:05 am #20096

rover22
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Hi Danny,

Ray has hit the nail on the head. You may get lucky after getting the cert (and I know of no-one that ever failed an ROV course), but the problem is getting work.

I have done CV screening during projects and those with no tech background end up in the shredder, those with tech background are looked at a bit further.

I am not bitter toward training schools or trainees (schools servea purpose and we all started as trainees), but it frustrates me when people spend huge amounts of cash for certificates that dont get them work. I am sure many others in the forums feel the same. It isnt the old and bold to blame or the ROV companies, they never asked the self-sponsored hopeful to do the training, but they do have to put people on the expensive kit that can learn and do the business.

Hope this helps, good luck.
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