Bit like me mate cant spell for shit not that it matters when I make more coin in one month than some of these shit heads make in a year ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Clockwork Orange
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Bit like me mate cant spell for shit not that it matters when I make more coin in one month than some of these shit heads make in a year ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Clockwork Orange
any of those rig jobs going for a quick learner?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rigger
^ I think so, but the minimum height required is 5 feet 5 inches...:)
The Oil biz is booming if there was ever a time to try and get on a rig it would be now. But I dont know what job you would look at CMN maybe in HSEQuote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
^ They hire cooks, don't they?
Still decent money for cleaners and dish-washers, ask Boon Mee.
Yes but you have to be black and work for 1 year straight then 1 month offQuote:
Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon
rigger. do you have many uk ex forces guys on ya rigs, ive heard, if you have been forces you will get a rig job no probs. used to time away and that kinda stuff
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Originally Posted by Rigger
Funny that ain't it rigger. :rolleyes:
Some of these so called academics earning fok all and us workers killing the pig. :):frog:
Sorry Mr Orange and your story is a very nice one.
Cheers.
I saw it as "cocks" then it would have been a given...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon
No girlies allowed on rigs, only he-men who disparage gays, when they don't get their daily bj from the lowest ranking crew-member.
It's a cock-eat-cock world out there, survival of the fittest and all.
Depends how much you consider is "killing the pig".Quote:
Originally Posted by terry57
Somehow, I don't think a Perth Fireman is in the same league as a driller, especially when you take tax into consideration. Rig people usually don't pay any.......
^^ Hmmm, Then I understand why Rigger works-out a lot...Have to stay on top of the predator list....;), cause the bottom one really sucks...:rofl:
I was offered work on the rigs in Fort MacMurray. I just didn't want to be a toolpush. Hard on the nails.Quote:
Originally Posted by stroller
^ Feck, I thourght they wanted there staff a little more feminin....:rofl:
They prefer boys, I've heard.
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Originally Posted by Sir BurrDepends how much you consider is "killing the pig".Quote:
Originally Posted by terry57
Somehow, I don't think a Perth Fireman is in the same league as a driller, especially when you take tax into consideration. Rig people usually don't pay any.......
So true Sir Burr,
But Im not sitting out in the middle of the ocean or a desert for weeks at a time doing fly in fly out work away from family, friends and civilization either. :)
Thats the only reason you guys get the big money, but you pay a price for that don't you.
Us Perth firefighters are doing very nicely thank you and Ill just keep driving around in my fire engine and coming home at night whilst you are thinking about getting home to your family but cannot. :rolleyes:
Then you are shit out of luck mate...;)Quote:
Originally Posted by stroller
Well if you are a mechanic or a electrician you have a good chance to get on the rigs, as for the rest its pretty hard unless you go back to your home countrys and get some experince.
And I didnt start this thread :)
No mate I dont have any poms here and if I did they most probably wouldnt last long. But saying that getting a job being crewed out of your home country I would say they would prefur ex forces. I think it help me get my first break and held me in good stead for all the abuse I had to cop when I startedQuote:
Originally Posted by navydoubs1977
Very true. The big money is just for being there.Quote:
Originally Posted by terry57
Just curious. I've met lots of offshore guys in Phuket, more than elsewhere in Thailand. Why did so many of them choose there?
Theres a lot of them living around Pattaya too.
Some, but not all. And I'm a better speller than you too. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rigger
Offshore guys need to live somewhere not far from an international airport.Quote:
Originally Posted by chinthee
Sometimes you are given less than 24 hours notice to go somewhere.
this is the beans.......
Offshore Guides
Most of the offshore guys I know in Phuket retire by about age 50-55 it seems.
Well let's see I am a Electrician, I am in pretty good shape ,I am ex service and I am in Iraq right now ,being away from home for long periods of time. I can mostly spell:) But I think I can pretend either way.
I'm hoping to join that club......Quote:
Originally Posted by chinthee
I'm assuming you hang around that bar on Nanai too?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir BurrI'm hoping to join that club......Quote:
Originally Posted by chinthee
The Offshore Bar?
No. I live a quietish life in Chalong. Mostly go out to Chalong and Rawai.
If I go to Patong, there are far better places than Nanai.
Yeah, that's the one. I know one of the former owners. I also know several offshore guys who prefer to live quietly in some other villages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Burr
You need to be an industrial sparky with experience in hazardous area installation and very skilled at fault finding .Quote:
Originally Posted by bbigman21
You would need to know your way around PLCs and industrial instrumentation.
Rigger is on a land rig which is a little different to a semi sub like th one below
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I dont know how old that is but I think you will find the wages have gone up a bit since thenQuote:
Originally Posted by phunphin
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Originally Posted by chinthee
With all the sacrifices these guys make regards being away from family and the like, it would be expected to retire on a nice wedge by 50 years old.
After all is said and done thats why these guys do this job so that they can earn a shite load of money and retire early.
The smart ones do just that and the Gumbies piss it all up against the wall.
Yeah, that's true, but I have to say that these guys when they're on leave in Phuket drink most guys into the ground on a nightly basis it seems. A few of the ones I've known are in the bar every night without exception.Quote:
Originally Posted by terry57Quote:
Originally Posted by chinthee
With all the sacrifices these guys make regards being away from family and the like, it would be expected to retire on a nice wedge by 50 years old.
After all is said and done thats why these guys do this job so that they can earn a shite load of money and retire early.
The smart ones do just that and the Gumbies piss it all up against the wall.
No idea what a "gumbie" is but i got a feeling Rigger might be in training for it:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by chinthee
you need a SCR course.Quote:
Originally Posted by baldrick
They will take anybody at the moment
Nabours drilling offshore just took one of our throw backs that we didnt want and he is now a mechanical maintance supervisor offshore. I really dont know how safe I would feel as the guy has next to no rig experince
If one did not have anything to come back to except a bank full of money they could fall into the old trap of working for weeks at a time with no beer , woman or outlets and then spend the off time getting pissed up every night and end up drinking themselves to death.
It can be a trap for the younger guys but the fellas who have a home and family to support them do extremely well and Ive seen both sides to this industry.
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Originally Posted by Spin
Its not my fault your such a light weight and cant handle your piss.