₦airaland Forum

marieolae: So if I want to charge my fone in public, I will now be looking like one mad/insane person abi. I will start shouting at my phone...these oyinbos r mad oo

obakovich: Will dey employ you from Nigeria,witout Visa?

top10nigeria: The good thing about nairaland is you’ll never know me so I can write everything and not worry about my identity.
I work offshore and my Wife works offshore(Sub-sea Engineer). I work 2weeks tour while she works 4weeks tour.
The surest way of working offshore is to graduate first Class Engineering/Geo Sciences. My Wife had a first Class Chemical Engineering and Mine is Electronics. Production Oil companies won’t even invite you for Aptitude test if you do not have a 2-1 that is 4.0 and above. And now we have a lot of Nigerians with masters from UK, so its becoming harder for them to employ people with first degree. Now I am assuming you don’t have connections and your Parents are as broke as mine were when they were sending me to school. So that is one path to working offshore and I will call these people employed directly by the Oil companies as Level 1.
Another path is to be a Technical Non-Pro, eg. Cook, Secretary, medical, laundry, welder, painter, deck hands, etc… To make it easier, I will label this Level 2. Most of these people are on contract so they don’t get same level of compensation.
Eg. The average cook/laundry staff earns 840,000/yr
Average Technical Support eg. Pipe fitter/secretary/Welder etc will earn 4-8million a year
But the level 1 guys earn more.
Eg. Personally I earned a total remuneration of 32million last year and my wife Earned 23million last year. (I work for the majors while my Wife works for a Drilling Company – the majors(Exxonmobil / Total/ Shell / Chevron / Agip) always pay more than the drilling (Schlumberger / Transocean / Halliburton)
So the first thing I want those who want to work offshore to do is decide what type of job they want to do offshore. Do you want to be Level 1 or Level 2?
Personally, I have 15yrs of experience and I work in a production company so I am high paying. I don’t think there is anybody within my team including the 2year olds who earns a TR of less than 20million.
So I will encourage you guys to go back to your books and read them so hard.
For me the best part of working offshore is the 2weeks off. I will not transfer to the office for a 200% increase in wages and maybe its because I started working offshore when I was 18. Plus I work on measurement and control systems, so I don’t do any physical work like my folks in mechanical who have to work on pumps, so I am on the best job in the world right now. Also, the Time off allows me to spend time on my other endeavors and For me that is the best part of working offshore. Note: My Wife hates it, but because I am away half of the time, she is managing the job until she can go back to school for her masters.
I hope this adds a different perspective to the conversation.

poiZon: thnx man

poiZon: thnx but that site na dead zone. will check again

poiZon: bro i need a shippng job, hw i fit go abt am. hv almost all d papers from safety to oiltanker familiarizatn n medicals. thnx

chukz4real: You should be talking about swamp and not deep waters I suppose. The houseboats used in swamp will get lost if it dares crosses to seawater. Offshore, aside the FPSO's and platforms, you have thruster enabled vessels mostly owned by Sea Trucks Group named Jascons....

bigtalla: Usually, your would company pays for your BOSIET and HUET. It is mandatory and believe me DPR officials are seriously ensuring that u have these before going offshore. These training are not to teach you to swim during a mishap, but rather they will only teach you how to survive in water until search-and-rescue team arrives.. You can't swim across the ocean, don't even try.. The first survival lesson is "Conserve your energy to enable you stay alive for a longer time"

sirugos: ur name is very funny. Do U know about piperalpha tragedy? If U have written Nibosh exam you will know more on it. @op. Working in offshore or land. Is a nice experience. It makes you meet several kind of people both white and black. I represent land for now. Gbaran LNG bayelsa

bigtalla: You sound like have been on ABO FPSO.. Anyway, you forgot to add that there are emergency drills performed on a routine basis (fire, toxic gases, Pirates, man-over board, etc). Also, people (especially first times) tend to develop sea sickness (nausea and vomiting).unfortunately for me, my shift made me miss, Xmas, new year, Easter, anniversaries last year.. But in all, when u see your pay slip, you somehow forget the pains...lol.,. Am a subsea engineer

upengineer: well,
I work on a FPSO in Gulf of Guinea. I am in operations. Ironically, I got the job through an advert I responded to here on Nairaland. Its been three years now flying "chopper" and I have never had any regret whatsoever. The environment is challenging and interesting. Sights of sharks and Dolphins is normal then migratory birds also visit once its their time to migrate. Weather is a low side of offshore particularly when you have dressed up ready to go home after staying away from home for 14days only to be told chopper wont come because of bad weather and you will have to put on your coverall again back to work. Its fun and interesting. Food is also another negative side. You have to wakeup and eat as early as 6:30am. If you are not use to eating early then there will be a problem. In all, no regret working offshore!

tumababa: Use d fone like dat for like one month. U now look r iphone killer tweaks post. Check d tweaks and what they do. See if u can do them with no jailbreak. U will then start to understand d adv of jailbreak

FOLYKAZE: Thank goodness, china thing no dey last.

all4naija: Jeez! Just contract this plan to giant electricity construction company like NEC of Japan and the electricity generation will be a thing of the past. One gigantic plants that can generate 50,000 MW can be constructed by first doing the feasibility study and allow those who know much in the field do just that.

Nairaplus: I am on the verge of building a fuelless generator, but i have just one challenge.

[size=30pt]Where can I get a 12V 2500rpm DC (Electric) Motor?[/size]

Please, if you know tell me. I have searched Auto Parts Shops, Generator Spare Parts Shop and even Grinding Engine Shops. They don't seem to know a dime about it.

Please, if you do, I will need your input. Thanks in anticipation.

Nairaplus: I am on the verge of building a fuelless generator, but i have just one challenge.

[size=30pt]Where can I get a 12V 2500rpm DC (Electric) Motor?[/size]

Please, if you know tell me. I have searched Auto Parts Shops, Generator Spare Parts Shop and even Grinding Engine Shops. They don't seem to know a dime about it.

Please, if you do, I will need your input. Thanks in anticipation.

sacheplatinum: i want to buy neodymium magnets to fit a particular specification.
I would be very happy if anyone could help out.
I tried ordering from china, but i couldnt speak the language.

As for those of you ignorant folks who dont believe it works, check on it first. Do some proper research. Nigeria would advance seriously if people stopped depending on the government for anything and do it themselves.
I dont see the big deal. If you want to keep paying PHCN as well as buying fuel for your generators, pls go on ahead. Leave us who want to build the generator.

P.S.: Info on the magnets would be glady appreciated.