Oil & Gas Career v2, Job Oppurtunities & Technical Sharing
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 Oct 7 2011, 01:03 PM
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Need some feedback,
I have received offer for NDT position for O&G sub-contractor but pay is to say <2k with a 5 year bond and allowances are fixed. Increments are based on performance but not exactly significant. With a mech engineering degree, what do you guys think is the offer worth taking or should I wait for a better offer? |
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Dec 19 2011, 11:57 PM
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QUOTE(lilballa @ Dec 18 2011, 09:49 PM) guys, any advise if i start as an inspector?? seems hard to get a job in ong as a fresh graduate, search for a long time already. currently working in other field..not engineering related. Inspector of any kind is a niche market in Malaysia. Without experience is kinda hard but do the certs if you want to and then apply for all those companies out there from fabrication to NDE.  |
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Dec 31 2011, 12:07 AM
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Firstly Gen-X or Gen-Y whatever you call it has nothing to do with it as some forumers say it, it boils down to individuality. Reputable overseas universities has never and will never spoon feed you. Show me a mat salleh who will spoon feed you? probably only a handful almost rare myself has never seen one in my life. I have done my fair share of comparison and trust me at reputable 'mat salleh' uni's the course is way harder that those done locally. Even locally Nottingham Uni has standards imagine if overseas it is much higher. QUOTE(eyelash @ Dec 28 2011, 07:18 PM) True. But I have to say, looking at our fresh graduates who passed with flying colours, NOT everyone has what it takes to be a good engineer and have a successful career. Some of these younger folks lack communication skills. Sure they are fluent in English with all their American slang and whatnot but when it comes to working with other people, they just don't know how to handle another human being. They lack the drive, the initiative and the pro activeness. Everything must be spoon fed and told. It can get really really tiring you know? I thought these kids are bright students who should know how to solve problems! But sadly no. Problem solving skills is almost nada. As to the above statement from eyelash, don't you think that's a problem you should be solving if you're ever in that situation? In my opinion it is the recruitment process that is probably faulty, as I have experienced this a lot in my university but seldom in my workplace and its a small company.Came out from school, think they were once top at the class, embraced working life as an adult and find themselves unable to withstand the pressure. Lembik I would say. Of course, not all are like these. But majority of them are. This post has been edited by BillySteel: Dec 31 2011, 12:08 AM |
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Feb 18 2012, 09:06 PM
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QUOTE(k.mark45 @ Feb 16 2012, 09:56 AM) PCN are British Standard while ASNT are American Not exactly true bcs you can make the same amount of money with ASNT or PCN but I presume you are located in Malaysia thus yes your rate is lower unless your a lv3 ASNT(bcs it requires external examination).PCN is more expensive to pay compared to ASNT qualified. so mostly preferred ASNT. business logic. haha If the client follows procedure based on EN-BS (often british/EU countries located clients) then PCN for NDT is usually the requirement but if the client follows say AWS(american welding society) then ASNT is preferred. However some clients will allow you to work on EN-BS based procedure with an ASNT ticket/cert or vice-versa. ASNT is often done in house thus its reputation is a little so-so but PCN cert is more recognized often for its quality. CSWIP NDT ticket is also so-so. CSWIP is good for W.I courses, you really start making money once you have a CSWIP 3.1. 3.0 is just to allow you to work to gather the required experience. |
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Feb 26 2012, 09:17 PM
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W.I are usually QA/QC and with enough experience usually they are the most suitable people to become QA/QC Engineers.
Basically a W.I needs to know everything about the welding process including how to repair it while the NDT guys just need to know the defect and weld profile. |
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Mar 4 2012, 10:57 PM
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QUOTE(kewlboy @ Mar 4 2012, 11:05 PM) Just want to ask whether it is normal to start on contract basis in this company? |
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