last time working working as a freelance inspector/engineer in oil and gas company my salary can reach about MYR12k per month. average i work only 7~8month per year. this happen for 4years.
now i'm 28 working with salary around 6k but in full time contract. i miss my old day that time i even play2 working as farmer at my kampung everyone get shock when i bought new car that year.

yeah i m serious. this is some part of QA/QC job.. the equipment will be suppllied by your company but if ur have ur own tool u can demand higher. the most important thing u must have cert in specific inspection job, the more cert u have the more valuable u are.
once u involved in one project u cannot work with other company in that duration thats all.
the reason i leave?? i just take my current job as a insurance for my future this is my friend company and he ask me to help. so cant demand high pay. but i can leave whenever i want and comeback when i dont have a job. also my gf already curious how i spend my money... haha..

your agent will supply the equipment, just basic flaw detector cost more than 50k are u crazy to buy it urself?? but if u can afford it for sure u can get pay more than that. but better u take multiple cert coz the demand will be higher. more easier to join the client side. so u can work easier.
Yeah quite hard if the bos is your friend. but the good thing is i dont need to travel frequently. summore my family also around here so i still have some respect with them.
my cert have 3 level low, medium, high.. i only have medium level. but i covered it by another few certification method.

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yeah u can, me also mech engineer previously but only got a normal pay. so i jump to inspection side. summore u have advantage coz u have engineering background. But now i m already go back to engineering side.
to join inspection side u should take certificate in few catagory at least, try go take weld+ndt certificate with certification institute like PCN/CSWIP. But it doesnt come cheap

This post has been edited by jumajuma: Mar 4 2008, 07:36 PM

two of the certificates is sponsored by my previous company with a 2 years bond the rest is using my own money. each certificate cost around 10k but now i think is more cheaper coz got a few institute offered the course. you go google at TWI-SEA, now they're offer certification in malaysia. last time u need to attend course at UK. the best cert is ASNT level III but the requirement quite hard.
I didnt take any in-house certificates. All cert is personal one but sometime got sponsor from my agent.

@iDK
u Should already know izzit, i see u already have some exposure to this work nature. So if u in this industries try go chatting with your site client inspector asking how much they got the pay. dont ask ur maincont at most they got only 6-7k permonth. and learn from them how to be succesfull. thats how i learn.

@dDaniell
actually as aengineer u will have more knowledge and your future is more brighter, just need to be patient. as ur pay will not sharply increase by year.
inspection level salary will go up and down by their market. or maybe u will loose ur job if your reputation is not good.

MFL only use in pipeline industries izzit?? Where u take the certification? I Think is almost the same principles with Magnetic Particle Test.
i m certified in almost any ndt method (metal) except eddy current testing. additional cert in welding inspector and Authorize piping Inspector. i'm planning to take the asnt level iii by the end of this year. Currently hibernating in this company preparing QA/QC Procedure for some project. i'm looking forward to work oversea only at this moment.

This post has been edited by jumajuma: Mar 10 2008, 08:20 PM

oh i see. i dont see why should i take the edt, normally i only seen this kind of inspection during plant shutdown to inspect the boiler tube only. the pay also not very high. to inspect underwater u need another class U (eg 3.1U, 3.2U) certification unfortunately i dont have. this company just starting doing pipeline project mostly cover west malaysia. Previously this company only done mechanical and servicing job for petrochemical plant.
Since i join this company we open a new piping/pipeline division and completed 3 pipeline project, basically we're still learning as a new contractor.