Workers yes 6 days a week and some other ot requirements.
For staff sat is half day.

Firstly SK is a sub-con for the Wheatstone LNG project as the main EPCC is Bechtel.

And no you will never go offshore if you are placed in Wheatstone LNG plant(something like pengerang) project well thats somewhere around 4-5 years the project is expected to be done. You might go to australia being in the project team for interfacing but I highly doubt thats going to happen.

For experience yes I believe that kencana is good. But job prospect depends on position. Btw structural engineers are very much in demand at the moment.

Kencana does do EPC/C projects with its subsidiaries.

But fabrication and construction are basically downstream I am not sure where commissioning is clasified under.

Normally the company will pay for your training or they will forward you an advance for the amount.

At KLCC Medical Center for Petronas projects medical was about RM450-ish.... with Shell medical (shell requires the extra questionnaires for its projects) + another RM100++. Prices you can call the clinics to find out.The other operators I am not so sure.

I only heard of 3 centers in Malaysia for BOSIET OPITO approved, one of them is ALAM (Melaka), MSTS (Johor) and another one not sure Miri?

No wonder so many from MMHE joining sapukencang.

The safety sign they order from greece probably because a client requirement or something, sometimes that is the case.

Also I think all the main-contractors in Malaysia always pay their sub-contractors very late. Sometimes the salesman even beg to be paid.

DR got base in Malaysia?

As far as I know they are based in Singapore.

Quite a established vendor.

Hidz7,

You can get into O&G and if working on the malikai project then it is a very good experience which commercially is beneficial down the line.

Normally most companies will give you 1 year contract to view performance.

Butttt.....there is the daily jam if you are located at the yard.

This post has been edited by BillySteel: Dec 28 2013, 12:24 AM

It is possible to move from downstream to upstream provided with the right skill-set.

It is also possible to move from design to field - also depending on skill set.

Downstream project engineers can move to upstream as the main job scope is pretty much the same but this depends on your future employers interpretation and job requirements.

Your upstream job post is a mystery so cant provide any advice there.

You should remember that somethings have short-term benefits and long-term benefits and company names also have a bearing with other employers. So keep that in mind when making your decisions.

In bold what ch_teo said is very true, know what you want first before embarking on your job finding. Many graduates just randomly come out and say hey I heard oil and gas pays the highest pay in the job market and try to get in. Do you know that O&G is not the only highest paid industry? Do you know that many malaysian waters offshore engineers earn less that what my fellow banker friends make some with only SPM working in the office (I am talking in annual pay wise)? but eventually those who are good in the O&G industry fight hard earn what they make often after endless sacrifices and hours of personal time which some people can never comprehend.

Wolf91 with ASNT (if not an in house cert) I am pretty sure many NDT companies and fabrication yard with in-house services will be willing to take you in mostly on downstream (lower pay---yeah sometimes RM1k basic are you willing?) and some will maybe pay you for offshore construction (normally not for freshies because client requirements etc...) but in the inspection side any experience is good experience. Alternatively you can try on the upstream segment of NDT but very rare cases as I only know a few companies that do this. Service companies well if you get in good if you don't then you need to start considering other options with will fit into your career goals. Many companies out there you can google and search don't only target the famous famous ones and operators.

Roughly:

BOSIET is certified by OPITO (Oil Petroleum Industry & Training Organisation)
MBOSIET is certified by PMU (Petronas Management Unit)

1. If you have BOSIET certificate you can work offshore to anywhere excludes North Sea and Malaysia. (not sure regarding the exception)
2. If you have MBOSIET certifictae you only can work offshore at Malaysia.

Source: http://www.niosh.com.my/forum/viewtopic.ph...&t=281&start=20

This post has been edited by BillySteel: Feb 10 2014, 01:30 AM

CSWIP 3.1 might not take you in as you do not have the experience. Go for 3.0 work 2 years than apply for 3.1.

I dont think without NDT experience you can be a free-lancer unless you know people. Apply for permanent first. Best to take MPI as carbon steel is the most commonly used material in the O&G industry.

For welding cert CSWIP is more reputable and for NDT PCN certs are the most reputable.

Try puspatri or something they have those free courses...

try to get job as technician or work under those mill-wrights or start off as a roughneck/helper is another possibility.

Not sure about the increase in NDT companies.

Inconel, duplex etc are more exotic type materials/CRA hence expensive and lesser used which brings me to the conclusion that carbon steel is still the most used material (structure and piping considered).

Basic in NDT is type of material and type of defect to find. Ferrous and non ferrous materials have different types of testing and so does the defect types. as my memory fails me in NDT cant really advise much more than this.

Because each course cost to 3-5.5k each I would suggest to get a MPI cert first which is somewhat (not guaranteed) easier to get jobs. DPI ---- if possible get in house certification ASNT LV-II. RT go to AELB test center in bangi for MLVK level 1 or straight take the interpreter course (without AELB course and badge no working with the radioactive material). UT well you can ask TWI about it.

Got a lot.

Which field are you interested in?

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What scope of work are you looking at? QC?Safety?Technical?Skilled?.......etc etc... See what I mean.

http://www.twi-global.com/ best training provider in most cases for construction and marine related matters.

My best advice to you guys.....ask the right questions and you will get the right answers.

The Wheatstone project itself is not as tough as you think it is. The problem is the people.

Well depends what would you like to know?

I use to work on that project.

Politics is a problem everywhere.

what i meant has nothing to do with politics.

Firstly remember the bestwide guy's post in this thread....regarding the cons....Everyone of it is true.

Secondly if you are in Wheatstone project you will be doing it until the second train sails away, contractually you cant be part of two project at the same time hence if you're in the construction team you are stuck in this project for a very long time.....but if you're in engineering I think you will leave the project earlier once engineering support is done.

Remember as a fresh grad never reveal any info to your client without written approval from your direct boss. Better yet just ask the client straight go see your boss......this project dont pandai pandai it might come back to bite you.

+ Prepare for headache in getting information or anything done (more than normal)-----well this is typical kencana anyway.

+ Procedures are most of the time for show case (well unless something happens then everyone refers to it )

Most of this is public knowledge anyway.

By the way wheatstone ISBL is 45 modules as the tendering doc goes....kencana has subbed half of the modules to a chinese company. Kencana is doing all the big ones....you can see just across the project office.

But if you ask me if the experience is worth it or not......that depends on what position you are offered as the experience alone covers all the cons.

This post has been edited by BillySteel: Mar 12 2014, 09:47 PM

In general Kencana is a very good stepping stone....well depends on what position you're in.

The rest I will PM you info.

Kencana: Bestwide (engineering arm) , Pinewell (offshore HUC arm) and, KHL or Kenc.Marine (fab yard)

Yup, same problem across the entire Kencana from what I heard(getting worse by the year as the older ones say). Sapura side is fairing better though. So I guess the merger didn't do much but bought directorial changes only.