lets go offshore!

[joseph]

i am a newly qualified commie with very little experience i have my part 1 and would like to work offshore does any one know if there are any companies out there that are willing to take on the likes of myself, from april i will be based in thailand so any contacts in the asia region would be great.

[Dangerous Dan]

Originally Posted by joseph

i am a newly qualified commie with very little experience i have my part 1 and would like to work offshore does any one know if there are any companies out there that are willing to take on the likes of myself, from april i will be based in thailand so any contacts in the asia region would be great.

have u looked on The Commercial Diving Directory

HTH
Dan

[joseph]

yeah i have looked but it seems alot of companies are looking for at least 1 years experience. is it a case of just applying for everything and anything?

[A. Berk]

Originally Posted by joseph

i am a newly qualified commie with very little experience i have my part 1 and would like to work offshore does any one know if there are any companies out there that are willing to take on the likes of myself, from april i will be based in thailand so any contacts in the asia region would be great.

Send an 'E' to cyrusc@globalind.com they have a whole load of work in India. They will put you on shi-ite money but its your first job right, as far as they know you may not be able to tie-on a downline! If you last the trip you'll have loads of dives under your belt and the confidence to knock on other doors.

If you get really desperate give me a PM as Asia Pacific is where I work and I'm in the position to hire and fire. Before you ask, I'm all crewed-up right now but there's plenty of work around so I'm sure you'll find something - that 1 year thing gets swept aside when they really need someone.

You are moving to Thailand where there are more commercial divers per square mile than anywhere on the planet - if you get to meet any of us out here we'll help and advise where we can.

Good luck and safe diving.

Berko

[joseph]

thanks for that, its just the thing i needed to hear. like you say its shite money but you have to start some where!
maybe we will bump into each other some time in the future, thanks again for the advice.
keep living the dream!

[A. Berk]

Originally Posted by joseph

keep living the dream!

Done that, now its time for the next generation to live it...

[Dr T]

Originally Posted by A. Berk

They will put you on shi-ite money

Just out of interested, what sort of dosh are we talking about for the first couple of years ?? I was thinking of binning the desk job and going down the commie route but am still not quite sure what and where i want to be.

ash

[A. Berk]

Dr T,

I'm willing to communicate via PM's to talk dosh - I know if I try to tell you the various pay rates out here in the open someone will leap-in with a, "fcuk me, I wouldn't get outta bed for that..." kind of comment. So if you need to know send a PM and I'll answer. I will say this however, I have just been working with a guy who I kind of 'nudged' into commercial work - he did his course last year and it has paid for itself on his first job.

All the best,

Berko