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Are there any U.K/N.I certified sparks working for flour corp using this forum,if so what are the minimum requirements (quals,h/s,experience etc),for gaining a position as an electrician in Afghanistan?
Any info/opinions would be greatly appreciated.thanks
 
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Hi all I'm currently out here with Fluor coming up to a year in Dec. I dont have any 'special qualifications' as such, just completed apprenticeship and I'm still only 16th Ed.
The general process is apply online at thier website (you have to build a profile) and then wait.

Wages are roughly 2900 a fortnight (currency and bank rates depending) and the rotation is 90 days then upto 21 off. Once you return after your holiday you get reimbursed for your flights and the amount varies on where you live. I get 2800 dollars as I'm from Newcastle, but my mate from Peterbrough gets 2400 dollars as it is based on milage to your home address.

Any further questions fire away.
 
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hi seedy gpord,

i am currently trying to get out there. Whats the accomodation like etc. also in day to day life how dangerous is working out there? do you get moved between bases or is the base you fly to first the one u will be in for your trip?

cheers
 
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the accomodation varies it could be your in a 300 man tent or in a bhut with your own room and half a dozen other people in the hut (in their own rooms) and I've been on the same base since last december bar a couple of times when I've went elsewhere to help out with some testing. And some places get hit fairly often, where I am nothing happens. Luck of the draw in that sense.
 
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I might be joining you gpord. im might be leaving in the next week or so.. what kind of Things did you take? how often can your clothes be cleaned? and what do you do to entertain yourself? and how often do you get to Phone/Skype home? sorry for the personal and interrogating questions but iv just gotta know..Cheers.
 
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hey M60MRJ, congrats on getting a position dude. ive been trying, but havent had much luck. who is it your going with? what process did you take to get the call? private message me if you dont wanna give away any details.
 
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take about a weeks worth of clothes, maybe a little more in the way of socks if you've feet like me. Pair boots, a good winter jacket as its freezing at the moment and will be untill march. a lot of the camps have self service washers, otherwise the bigger camps its a three day turn around for washing. As for phoning home skyping, I'm on a smaller base and could do it everyday if I wanted, but also I'd bring an old mobile with you and pop a roshan/awcc/etisilat sim in it, roughly 12-16p a text home.

And as for entertainment, it depends. I have my laptop with which i play a lot of games on and i also read a lot. A few boys have got indian sky tv. So you can set your self up pretty good depending on where you end up.

Take it easy mate and all the best.
 
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Thanx for the heads up Gpord greatly appreciated. I got my laptop with hundreds of movies so should keep me occupied. what's the moral like in the team, do you all get along with service men on the base??
 
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Personally I find a lot of the Americans ignorant and arogant. But thats the majority. Some of them are spot on like, and I'd say about 90% of the people I work with are spot on too. One word of caution though about your laptop, unless you get a green badge in Bagram, your not allowed your laptop or phone there, but once you get moved out to another camp you'll be fine so just keep it switched of and in your bag till then. Unless you get a green badge of course!
 
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I'm out there at the moment fluor are having a employment freeze untill feburary and are cutting down the work force by 30 percent i'm told that sparky wont be sacked. i find that the brits get treated like a 3rd class citizen with little or no privileges even with a green badge in bagram dosn't mean you can have a phone or laptop theres rumours that there not dishing out anymore privlages to ocns in the forthcoming future and what happens in bagram is ment to be rolled out over the country however theres only one reason we all out here, the money! any questions just sk
 
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Fluor dont pay for a CAK card for the ocns (which they class brits as) this is beacuse they have to pay 3 -5 thousand dollars for one so they send us out here with out one, the green card is a badge issued by the military so you can work on army bases however there are firms out here that do pay for CAK cards for brits which makes everything so less anoying,
 
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to my knowlage you can not obtain a CAK card or a green card by yourself as you have to go through a company to get one (CAK) and be on a miltary base out here for a green badge. We the brits are a Collasion force out here fighting the same war, However Fluor put us in the same class as a bosnian, masidionane, idian, and any other 3rd world citizian that they can get out here for a cheap rate, ( sorry my spelling is really poor) this makes us brits out here frustrated as there is always a threat of lossing your job if you get caught with a phone or laptop even a ipod but you can gaurentee that if the shoe was on the other foot the yanks wood be kicking up a stink. to my knowledge we dont treat the yanks like this on our bases out here
 
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M60MRJ said:
so I take it that with out a Green badge then there is no way to communicate back home..using Mobile/Skype for weeks on end.
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i dont you'll ahve any problems m8, from what phil told me in the interview, phs sparkys havent had any problems and in fact phs sparkys actually need laptps to do there job. but just to make sure give phil a call.
 
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thats partly true, you wont get a laptop if you your on pms you might if your on ti's 2 scots turned up over a month ago and have been refused a privelages on this base they use the pay phone, even if your lucky anothe to get a laptop you cant log onto the personal mail accounts, i would take it with a pinch of salt what the recuriters tell you
 
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Try google'n 'PHS Compliance' I just emailed my cv to the generic email address on their homepage with regards to Afghanistan contract. I had a phone call 3 weeks later and now I'm off to Afghanistan on 8th jan 2012. Whoop whoop..
 
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hey matt, what happen with the 25th dude? did that other guy end up going or is he off on the 8th jan aswell? bet your chuffed to have christmas day and new years with ya family!! went and had my TB done today in manchester cause im working down the road in stockport, having to go back on friday to get it checked.
 
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Hi Steve how's things mate.. Me and Phil have been cleared for the 8th jan se both had our tb results and given to Cathrine on cheistmas eve but a reply from Dubai came on boxing day..
 
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