Starting Offshore Welding UK Advice

[Brad93]

Jesus sounds pretty full on, you do machining and all sorts though right? i work more than twelve hours a day 7 days a week bar Christmas ect but i haven't pulled anything as long as that since i was farming, and yea poor work boots did they just start to fall apart with heat

Between shutdowns yes i do a bit of everything to keep the lights on.

Yep the soles and the leather just got so dried out and stiff they started coming apart.

 

[mtt.tr]

If you want to get good on the ropes get window cleaning, drop after drop non stop it's a blast


This gets you noticed and the hours on paper then you start doing interesting work.
I did alot of maintenance, cable running, testing bolts on steel structures and so on.

This is me sitting on tower bridge hospital


As I was pretty good at rigging I used to get to work some really awkward jobs.

I'm not sure if I regret not carrying it on to wind farms, but the money that's apparently about isn't reality



I really enjoyed it, biggest issue for me was alot of rope guys are ropes guys first tradesmen second, work quality on building maintenance side was pretty shocking.




Offshore and welding can't advice but know a bit about rope access.

 

[Brad93]

I'd recommend getting into the rope access side of things too. If you can weld and are a decent level 2 rat you can get regular work offshore.

 

[ZeUberScott]

Sounds like rope access i defiantly worth getting into i will have a look at that thankyou

 

[8ob]

Offshore and welding can't advice but know a bit about rope access.

Kinnutter You would like netting and pegging the quarry faces, that's interesting work to say the least.

Bob

 

[Brad93]

Kinnutter You would like netting and pegging the quarry faces, that's interesting work to say the least.

Bob

Geo work. Now there's a job that will ruin your back and knees and give you whitefinged

 

[8ob]

Geo work. Now there's a job that will ruin your back and knees and give you whitefinged

I have dangled off a few quarry faces, worst thing is all the loose/crumbling debris .

Bob