have you checked out Muhibbah recently?

my previous place never calibrated this. but i'm sure it can be calibrated. it always best practice to ensure your equipment is calibrated to avoid argument after installation

(^__^)

yup, done that already, so far havnt got any feedback from them

Hi guys,

Quick question, how does a complete newbie get on a rig as a roustabout or roughneck in msia?

I've always been very interested in offshore work, but due to family pressure, i did accounts instead (dumb idea).

I decided to change while i still can. What is the most basic requirement needed? So far i've been asked to do CSWIPS3.0 at TWI, but im not sure if it will land me a job anot.

Jon

Jon,

From what i know many of the roustabouts start their career from catering crew/galleyhand. For example, when a roustabout got promoted to roughneck, the rig normally will fill in the empty spot by promoting the galleyhand. of course they will look for someone that willing to learn and young!

Also there is a case you straight join as a painter and then to roustabout or straight to roustabout.

Normally the above positions come from manpower company. Some of the companies that you can search are;

Bayong Resources (based in Miri and most of the crews are from Sarawak and Sabah)
Gas Offshore
OCB - http://www.ocbme.com/careers.html
Sodexo
Adecco

The certificate required are BOSIET and Offshore Medical.
The company will pay for the training cost. But for the start, I guess you have to pay it for yourself..

Bear in mind that there are many rigs currently finished the contract and many of the rigs are stack(cold or warm) and more are coming to join the 'stack' fleet. So many of the rig crews are released after the rigs stack.

Goodluck!
I knew one banking graduate joined the rig as a roustabout (from Bayong) and currently he works with halliburton.

Jon, may I know why you so interested working offshore?

Now that i have been working offshore, I find it "okay okay lah" working offshore. I am one of those people that is very keen to work offshore during my early education and now that I have, i find it so so only. Haha.

As what sifu meonkutu said, you need to find manpower company in order to secure a job as roustabout.

Later on if I went to the rig, i'll ask them which company they are from.

I know one of the company man at Lundin, he used to work as roustabout for 3 years, roughneck for 2 years, derrickman for 4 years, then 20 years as mud engineer and right now working as a company man at Lundin Malaysia BV.

His career progress is crazy. Damn guy. He knows everything. Haha

Yes. to ensure proper torque applied when you tightent he stud/nuts. ensures you do not over torque and damage the threads.

Can do mech package engineering also.
Rotating, static, even pipeline also can.

East101 focuses on process simulations. Hysys all those stuff. They are experts in process studies and generating reports.


This post has been edited by jianh: Jun 24 2015, 06:58 PM

The founder is Rafil Elyas, which is also a band member from Ben's Bitches

This post has been edited by kockroach: Jun 25 2015, 08:44 AM

Yeah i've met him before. Big guy.

Usually these job is done by contractor or ?
Any recommendation of company doing these?
Not much exposed to this field yet
Hope to get more info

Thanks for sharing =)

Depends lo. Consultant, operators, oil service, contractors, subcons also got.

For list of companies, here's a useful link: https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/255573

Looking for job? haha

This post has been edited by jianh: Jun 25 2015, 09:05 AM

Rigzone 2Q Survey Reveals Oil, Gas Companies Reluctant to Hire


Still grappling with market uncertainty, 51 percent of global hiring managers decreased their hiring efforts in the past three months, according to Rigzone’s latest global hiring survey. Additionally, 13 percent have completely frozen their recruitment plans.
Since oil prices bottomed out in mid-March, the industry has seen slight increases in oil price per barrel, but not enough for oil and gas companies to feel comfortable enough to actively increase hiring plans in the near future, the survey revealed. In fact, 54 percent of global hiring managers said they believe job cuts are more likely in the next six months and 65 percent expect to experience a loss of budget for approved headcount in 2015. Since the beginning of the downturn, globally, the oil and gas industry has already seen more than 150,000 jobs lost.
A very valid concern among oil and gas companies during a downturn, especially with the continued challenge of the Great Crew Change, is employee attrition. According to the same hiring survey, almost 70 percent of global hiring managers expect an anticipated decline in voluntary departures of employees throughout the next six months.
Despite the decreased hiring and recruitment efforts, opportunities still exist for oil and gas companies to secure skilled workers, with 81 percent of global hiring managers expressing that the candidate pool has grown in the last three months and 34 percent said the time to fill open positions has shortened in the last three months. Additionally, 70 percent indicated candidates are not asking for more compensation compared to three months ago.


Article Date: Thursday, June 25, 2015

I think he is kind of a cool boss to work with. Anyway he is quite famous in the industry though, previously from Aspentech.

Difficult year for the industry.
Brace yourselves.

I might also be affected. Contract expires within months..

My contract was extended on APLNG but I might make the move to WorleyParsons if the money is good for a QGC BG Group job or fingers crossed a near permanent secondment to Saudi Aramco for the Al-Khobar project.

Never lived in Saudi, any good?

why surveyor in malaysia almost being underpaid?

which surveyor that we are talking here? I guess it is not a class surveyor or marine surveyor. I have a few friends enjoy their good basic salary and great allowances. Their expenses claim can reached rm20k/mth.One friend at Petronas Maritime travel 3-4 times a month to perform OSVIS and his claim as what i mentioned earlier..I think same goes to MWS.

Probably one who works with as offshore surveyor (i.e fugro) didnt get high basic salary but the offshore allowance could compensate the total take home $$....

Good prospect for surveyor that they have a great chance to do freelance and when this happened, they set their own price.

my 1.5cents...0.5cents used for sahur...

Goodluck