Can one get into the oil and gas with a 3rd class in engineering in oil and gas with certifications only?

Ofcourse, yes! Ur ability to make it in life is not tied to what u graduated with but what u can make out of urself. Whenever people are invited for an ap-test, go and take part, but make sure u impress them through the test and try to make them understand the reason behind ur grade , and that u can always improve. Result no always matter...no let am weaken u ooo...jst take the step. Goodluck!

Get a post graduate and master. you will be employed

saidforum: Get a post graduate and master. you will be employed

im talking about certifications and training, not pgd or masters

Why not?

Get a certified welding engineer (CWeng) certification and become a hot cake instantly.

You may as well look into the following certifications.

CSWIP and AWS(welding inspection), BGAS and NACE( coating and painting), NDT ( non destructive test), QMS ( quality management system) and Safety.

Knowledge of any of the software like Hysis, Pdms, Pds, Tekla structures, autocad, CAESAR ( pipe stress analysis) solidworks, Autodesk P & ID, Autodesk 3D plant, Autodesk Robot structural analysis, compress or tank( pressure vessel design software), microstation

spot on!!...beautiful response. u appear quite knowledgeable on the subject (relevant oil & gas certifications and skill sets) wch do u currently possess?
considering the cost of acquiring certification against economic prospects; CWeng vs CWI wch would u advise on?
jst got a lil training frm a frnd on welding inspection (AWS) tryna get sm dough togeda and register for the certification exams.
.

Colour ME: Why not?

Get a certified welding engineer (CWeng) certification and become a hot cake instantly.

You may as well look into the following certifications.

CSWIP and AWS(welding inspection), BGAS and NACE( coating and painting), NDT ( non destructive test), QMS ( quality management system) and Safety.

Knowledge of any of the software like Hysis, Pdms, Pds, Tekla structures, autocad, CAESAR ( pipe stress analysis) solidworks, Autodesk P & ID, Autodesk 3D plant, Autodesk Robot structural analysis, compress or tank( pressure vessel design software), microstation

Economy against marketability is what you should be looking out for. CWI (AWS or CSWIP) is cheaper compare to CWeng, but what about their markebility? Presently, it will cost you around 400K to write CWI plus some 80K to get trained from a good tutor and almost twice that amount to get CWeng.
The problem lies in the number of people having CWI against those with CWeng and your chances of securing a job with both.


Again,
No one would want to hire a fresh welding inspector without some experience, considering the practical requirements of supervising welding in the field while on the other hands welding engineer (CWeng) has little or no connection with the field ( root gap, pre-heating temperature, visual inspection of deformity, inter-pass temperature and monitoring the conditions of welding equipments and all that) except if he/she wishes to observe the making of PQR and WPS or testing his designed welding joints. His presence is all optional. The welding supervisor/ Quality controller communicates to him the results of DT( destructive test) and the needs to either re-design the welding joints.

secondly, the job prospect of CWI is very slim when compared with CWeng (I may not have any statistics to back my claim) but, I talk from observation point of view. Do you know the number of people out there with CWI? The truth here is holder of CWeng certificaties are hot cakes. we only get expatriates when we call for CWeng while hundreds troop in with CWI.

Salary? The take home pay of CWeng doubles that of CWI.

Finally, the decision of which one to write is yours alone.

P.S. I don't have any certification related to welding. check out my blog to see what I do. Thanks

bizzle*:
spot on!!...beautiful response. u appear quite knowledgeable on the subject (relevant oil & gas certifications and skill sets) wch do u currently possess?
considering the cost of acquiring certification against economic prospects; CWeng vs CWI wch would u advise on?
jst got a lil training frm a frnd on welding inspection (AWS) tryna get sm dough togeda and register for the certification exams.
.

thanks,appreciate d insight. guess cost becomes the problem. do u knw of any establishment(s) that could maybe sponsor CWeng certification and then hold d beneficiary to some form of contractual agreement?

Colour ME: Economy against marketability is what you should be looking out for. CWI (AWS or CSWIP) is cheaper compare to CWeng, but what about their markebility? Presently, it will cost you around 400K to write CWI plus some 80K to get trained from a good tutor and almost twice that amount to get CWeng.
The problem lies in the number of people having CWI against those with CWeng and your chances of securing a job with both.


Again,
No one would want to hire a fresh welding inspector without some experience, considering the practical requirements of supervising welding in the field while on the other hands welding engineer (CWeng) has little or no connection with the field ( root gap, pre-heating temperature, visual inspection of deformity, inter-pass temperature and monitoring the conditions of welding equipments and all that) except if he/she wishes to observe the making of PQR and WPS or testing his designed welding joints. His presence is all optional. The welding supervisor/ Quality controller communicates to him the results of DT( destructive test) and the needs to either re-design the welding joints.

secondly, the job prospect of CWI is very slim when compared with CWeng (I may not have any statistics to back my claim) but, I talk from observation point of view. Do you know the number of people out there with CWI? The truth here is holder of CWeng certificaties are hot cakes. we only get expatriates when we call for CWeng while hundreds troop in with CWI.

Salary? The take home pay of CWeng doubles that of CWI.

Finally, the decision of which one to write is yours alone.

P.S. I don't have any certification related to welding. check out my blog to see what I do. Thanks

Very difficult to get sponsorship from outside. If you are already working with any organization that requires such certifications, then chances are you may get sponsorship from them or get refunded after presenting your certificate.

Most organizations don't want to waste time training you, only for you to start asking for salary increment unnecessarily. The contractual stuff don't normally work in Nigeria. I know a guy that bolted out of a company after gulping 6 million naira in training within 3 months of signing a bond.

There is always a way round signing of bonds. For instance would you continue with a company paying 400K per month after receiving an offer of 1 million per month?

bizzle*:
thanks,appreciate d insight. guess cost becomes the problem. do u knw of any establishment(s) that could maybe sponsor CWeng certification and then hold d beneficiary to some form of contractual agreement?

any honest person would, besides if the 400k coy hadnt given u the leverage and oppurtunity u needed, u wdnt be worth anything to the 1 milion coy
only greed would rily make ppl act in dat manner.

caseless: Ofcourse, yes! Ur ability to make it in life is not tied to what u graduated with but what u can make out of urself. Whenever people are invited for an ap-test, go and take part, but make sure u impress them through the test and try to make them understand the reason behind ur grade , and that u can always improve. Result no always matter...no let am weaken u ooo...jst take the step. Goodluck!

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thank u, bro!