Marine Engineer interested to be a ROV Pilot Tech.Need Help

[Vasudev]

I am a B.Tech Marine Engineer with sailing experience of around 8 months on Oil Tanker and LPG/C Vessels.With my current profession i would like to opt for ROV Pilot Tech Courses.As of now i am undergoing Certification Of Competency Examinations to be a 3rd Engineer.
Firstly does my profile suit the course?
And are there any Marine Engineers in this profession?
I find it very interesting to be a ROV Pilot Tech.Which are the best institutes conducting them?
I have searched on the Internet and it seems Subnet services provides the ROV training at Subic Bay,Has anyone done this 7-week premium course with them? How is it? And Job opportunities after completing the course with them?
Do we have to further appear for any examinations to be a superior in this field? Or experience and Courses make you eligible for that?
Please let me know the following details so that i can take a firm decision.

[Jesery]

Good day! Let me share a few insight on this matter and a basic profile of mine so you could have a comparison that I hope could help you to decide which track are you really up to, I have a mix of career first during those days, I was an I.T. senior system engineer e.g. land base jobs abroad, then become a seafarer designated as electronics and communication officer on board luxury liners from 2005 until 2010 sailing across Europe let’s say half of the world, and currently introduce myself in offshore and work as Electrical Technical Officer on AHTSS offshore vessel under Tidewater, of course I didn’t just jump from one career to another that easily, meaning earned it by educating myself to be competent enough to the market and it cost a lot of money in my case. I heard about the ROV more than a year ago, and spent some time to gather enough information if it’s worth a risk to be one of them someday, so that means you have to educate yourself again, and this time were talking a serious amount of money bag here. After my last contract and think that I’m confident enough that my saving could go through for a course, so I decided to enroll myself to the course and consider this as a risk but of course opting to get a job but unfortunately this is my second attempt to get the job while on vacation, Let’s say I’m one of the many Asian struggling to get the job, though I know that I’m eligible for the job, but obviously that’s not the case here as other says "IT’S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW, BUT WHO YOU KNOW!" It’s a tough world out there, luckily I’m not a quitter. I been working side by side with the engine officers, nearly related aspect of marine engineers are fixing HPU e.g. CPP propellers or lets say how basic hydraulics works, most work class ROV’s are 60% hydraulics operated, but still you have to be competent in areas of electronics, electrical. Most ROV course included these technical areas for a student to have a basic knowledge of it. If you been looking for a school it’s a good start but just a piece of advise pick carefully which school is right for you, try to avoid tropical Asian countries in this month and for the next couple of months consider the heavy rains, typhoons that will affect the course especially the program that might affect your flying hours. If you have enough dough for the course my advise don’t go for the cheapest one, cause I can assure you’ll regret it. Those time If I have only the time to choose to which school? maybe I rather be in Australia or UK. Anyway good luck, think practically and wisely.

[Ray Shields]

It depends on what technical qualifications and EXPERIENCE you have.

You must have enough suitable experience of actually working on electrical, electronic and hydraulic systems. ROVs especially are very heavy with regards to electrics more than hydraulics.

The Subnet course is not very well thought of, please read through the forum messages, especially in the Rookie section.

Even if you have enough experience and training, the chance of getting a job is very slim, many, many people are trying to get into the ROV industry and fail.

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