Hi everyone,
I´m totally new to the ROV world, though I´m very interested and excited about that kind of work. So I´m very happy I did found a place stuffed with that much information from real people like this forum. But even by reading thru the FAQ section and a lot of posts I did not find all the answers I was looking for, so I´m hoping to get some real and honest opinions suited to my personal situation.
I know the answer if I would point that to any company selling rov trainings for 20k USD for 14 days. So I´m hoping for some real advice from people knowing the job situation.
I do understand that you need to be a technical skilled person to enter the rov world and that it takes a lot of experience to get the big jobs. I do also understand that electrical and mechanical skills are important, but I´m not sure if that means that you need any official degree. And I´m not sure about a good age to get involved in offshore industry.
So here is my situation. I´m 36 years old and considered as technical skilled with a fast ability to adjust to new situations and improvising solutions. With more than 15 years of experience in professional sound, video, staging and lighting industry I´m very skilled in many different regions related to electrics, mechanics of camera and moving light system, rigging and stage automation. Since more than 5 years now I´m the head of tech support for a company manufacturing real time video playback systems. So my work also includes computer hard and software.
As the whole TV and entertainment industry is very strong related to sharp deadlines I´m also very used to work in tough time situations with a lot of pressure on my back. This also gives me the ability to find and solve technical errors very fast and effective.
Beside that business I´m also a recreational dive instructor, underwater video- and photographer. So I´m also used to underwater camera and lighting gear.
Plus the fact that I spend 200+ nights in hotel rooms last year all around the globe, I´m also quite used to traveling. Living and working on a boat is also not new for me as I was working on a Thailand based Liveaboard Dive Operation for 3 years.
But, beside all that practical on job experience I never gained any degree in electronics or mechanics. All of my technical skilles are either self teached, or gained as on site job experiene.
The last weeks I was kind of arguing with myself about my pros and cons related to rov work but I could not get a result. Is there a real chance for someone like me to get some doors opened in this business.
Now I´m hoping to get some serious and honest answers.
Thanks you all in advance and best regards
Patrick
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