Offshore Work???

MrHall1

MrHall1

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Does anyone here do any offshore work?? If so for what company and how long have you been there? pros and cons would help as well.
 
MrHall1 said:
Oil rigs or any type of vessel.
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Gotcha.

Familiar with oil rigs.

Pros:
Two weeks on, two weeks off (lotsa free time to do stuff while you're off).
Great food served on the platforms.
Very competitive pay.
Interesting, challenging work.

Cons:
Two weeks on, two weeks off (typically 7-12's while you're on a hitch, no place to go, other than the galley, the rec room or your bunk while you're off).
Very little privacy, typically 4 to 8 bunks to a room, depending on your postion/pay grade.
No women, or if there are women, no fraternization.
Once you're there, you're there until the helo comes to pick you up.
If you're a smoker, ABSOLUTELY no smoking once you leave the heliport, and no consumption of alcoholic beverages on the rig.
Interesting, challenging work = very fast-paced, often highly stressful work.
Somewhat hazardous duty, not only are there the dangers associated with petroleum processing, but if storms come up, you basically just gotta ride 'em out.

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All that said, if you're young and single, this type of work bets the heck out of flipping burgers...
 
Sounds good I'm one step away from joining the offshore world! Just wanted to pick someone's mind about it. The company I'll be with works 28/14.
 
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MrHall1 said:
Sounds good I'm one step away from joining the offshore world! Just wanted to pick someone's mind about it. The company I'll be with works 28/14.
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Ah, even bigger bucks, then.

Good way to make money, but it is challenging, keep us posted.

What area, BTW? Gulf Coast, North Atlantic?
 
Come on I did it for years. 60 on 30 off. The money was great and down time was bad.
If you are single and want alot of money do it.
I was a vessel Captain. But remember I was a bildge cleaner first. $16.50 a day and was glad to get it. That was about 100 years ago too.
Captains make $1,000.00 a day and deckhands $ 250.00, tankermen $ 450.00. Cooks make $ 500.00 a day.
 
Shaijack said:
Come on I did it for years. 60 on 30 off. The money was great and down time was bad.
If you are single and want alot of money do it.
I was a vessel Captain. But remember I was a bildge cleaner first. $16.50 a day and was glad to get it. That was about 100 years ago too.
Captains make $1,000.00 a day and deckhands $ 250.00, tankermen $ 450.00. Cooks make $ 500.00 a day.
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True, that, definitely not a good job for a family man, though, unless you have a real patient wife.
 
SC Cheesehead said:
Ah, even bigger bucks, then.

Good way to make money, but it is challenging, keep us posted.

What area, BTW? Gulf Coast, North Atlantic?
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Shaijack said:
Come on I did it for years. 60 on 30 off. The money was great and down time was bad.
If you are single and want alot of money do it.
I was a vessel Captain. But remember I was a bildge cleaner first. $16.50 a day and was glad to get it. That was about 100 years ago too.
Captains make $1,000.00 a day and deckhands $ 250.00, tankermen $ 450.00. Cooks make $ 500.00 a day.
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I'll be in the Gulf and the company I'll be with is starting me off at $300.00 a day as a OS.
 
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