It's not hard, however depend on your 'position' at shipyard.. Structural Engineer, Topside Engineer, Marine Engineer, Naval Architect, Piping Engineer, Electrical and Instrument Engineer can jump to other Oil & Gas area..

same like my company.
only give back once I quit or get PR. not minimum waiting period.
I.e if i work here forever and never apply PR, ill never see the 6months 15%.

*yhoong
For my friend's case he was interviewed 7 times, channeled to a few dept. So if getting back to you after an interview take them 2weeks++, 7 months for 7interviews fits the description.

Working at Shipyard is really challenging and very good to gain experience working with Singaporean and ppl from other countries.. however, your position is not really in demand in other oil and gas area beside production and construction, I believe Production Engineer scope of work is to provide engineering support to the Product Shops.

With Malakoff, mostly they will assign you to do power plant system.. good if you take care of power plant boiler or turbine..

you need to plan, what you want to be in the future and at which industry you bwill be..

recent SGD conversion to RM is 1: 2.498 (Money Changer).. as i claim direct to company, I'm using Maybank rate which is 1: 2.542

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Added on July 18, 2012, 4:39 pmNever experience this.. we pay our own tax to SG..

This post has been edited by abgkik: Jul 18 2012, 04:39 PM

OIC, haha...7 month is a long period, i wonder if i get any other offer from other company in the period,then i give up waiting and go for it which cause me the opportunity, i will be extremely sad ...haha

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Added on July 18, 2012, 4:48 pmO? i thought bank conversion rate should be lower than money changer?

This post has been edited by yhoong12: Jul 18 2012, 04:48 PM

Maybank selling sg notes rate is higher..

Regarding (2) - not sure what the position does but my humble advise is, u got to be ready to work 7 days a week. Payout is lucrative. With 2700 as base salary, u will be getting around 4.5k/month averagely, considering all bonuses and AWS. They pay out share options as well after certain years of service.
Shipyard is a really good place to learn. If ur intention is to work hard, learn, and get good money then my advise is to go ahead. If ur looking for a 9-5 office condition work then I suggest u to give it a miss.
Lastly, some of my friends have joined oil majors after several years working at shipyard in production line just FYI. Life is tough but the return is good. Think thoroughly before making any decision. Good luck.

This post has been edited by FuQuO: Jul 18 2012, 06:26 PM

shipyard have the highest fatalities rate among all the industries. $$$ doesn't come easy.

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Shipyard work is really tough job, and mentally challenging especially with deadlines looming, you could easily go on 2-3 months, 7 days a week non-stop. I'm also in the marine industry. Exposure to the industry is pretty good in shipyard especially considering Singapore is one of the top in oil rig building.

About money wise.. bonus is fantastic, 6-9 months is quite a norm. OT every weekend with not much time to play then get to save a lot of money.

something like witholding tax...

no problem if they are willing to compensate those $$$ witheld with interest... 5%p.a.

Hello forum-er,
I remember I saw someone posted a link on the steps/procedure in application of employment pass in SG.
Any kind soul can share the link to me?

Thanks. =)

yup...very high ...

Anyone here working or worked in EMC (http://singapore.emc.com/index.htm) before? How's the environment/culture there?

Thanks in advance.

Click This ??
Employment Pass Before you apply

You don't apply for it. The company needs to apply for you.

any suggestion where to do medical checkup when applying for ep? (prefer places near cck ave 4, woodlands)

Medical checkup not arranged by company one?

no ... that's why i'm asking for recommendation...

Need some help, i notice some owner will post room for rent at mrt notice board, so i want to know if boonlay or lakeside mrt got the notice board, if got where is it?

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Added on July 19, 2012, 11:22 amOps... sorry, cant help, but company will pay for the medical checkup fee right?

This post has been edited by yhoong12: Jul 19 2012, 11:22 AM

there is 1 in causeway point lvl5
raffles medical or something...just remember it is raffles.

This post has been edited by crazy25kid: Jul 19 2012, 11:28 AM