agencies

[megaman83]

hey sparks

i was wondering if any of you have a few decent ( is there any) contacts for agencies especially those who work abroad. eg. oil and gas would be my line of thinking. if you could pm them to me i would be very greatful and willing to share a few contacts i use ( some of which are quite good )

many thanks

 

[liam]

have you done your compex course and do they do it in northern ireland

 

[megaman83]

not yet liam hopefully if get a wee bit of work ill get it done early this year. no where in NI does it think aberdeen is closest to me

 

[mrloy99]

not yet liam hopefully if get a wee bit of work ill get it done early this year. no where in NI does it think aberdeen is closest to me

I phoned up ASET in Aberdeen about it before xmas.They said they were fully booked till end of march! And wanted 895+vat(plus your flight and digs)I think their website quoted 595+vat. There's also a place in Elsmere port(near Liverpool) that also does it but I don't know what their waiting list is like.

 

[liam]

theres no work here in donegal infact its grim everywhere ,im thinking of going down the oil and gas road,theres a place in donegal that does the survival course about 1200 euro , but i think the compex course is more handy to have first at least you can work on shore with that,im waiting on my inspection and testing results and am doing my 17th next week and then take it from there,probably have to go working away dont want to but no choice ,this is the worst ive seen it i started in 1989 and they say things will get worse not trying to depress you by the way

 

[megaman83]

no liam im well aware of how bad it is already been out of work for 3 weeks now. and thats the first time ever out of work. there is a few jobs in belfast going on but near immpossible to get on to them. as always been the way here its more 'who you know' more than 'what you know' . i worked away last year and had the time of my life. good money. good work mates etc etc. although if your leaving a wife and family behind not so appealing, its not for everyone. definitly compeX first mate. offshore is useless without that first and as you say you could work onshore. from what ive been told offshore course is no walk in the park either, maybe someone could fill us in on this thread.