re: Offshore operator's salaries

I think a good number are offered jobs if they do well in their internships. I have worked on many Shell platforms so I've had a chance to talk to some of the interns. They usually intern for 6 months, then when hired on they spend i think a year at Ram Powell, which is considered like the training facility, then from their they are sent to another platform on a more permanent basis. Shell operators are paid in the $40 an hr range, and they work 14 and 14