Off Shore or Plants

Neither. Done both. Both are at the bottom of my list now. Now new construction(separate units) in a plant I could muster if I had to again but not a plant/refinery up and running as far as maintenance, etc. Too much red tape and regulation and headaches for what I do. It really depends what you will be doing also. I prefer yards/shops and inland pipelines now from my clients.

My bro n law works at a plant on the river. He made it through the interview process and is a Unit Specialist...VERY EASY JOB w/ great pay for the work he does. He makes 28 or 29 per hour, and works only half the year; less if you take into account all the vacation time and sick/personal days they are able to take. This year, he will clear around 90 k with minimal OT. He works shift work, and does switch from days to nights often, but with the way his schedule works, he can take 2 days vacation and have 7 days off...
I think if you are looking for a secure job with great pay, plants are a good way to go. If you do have a degree, you can get promoted to supervisor if you show initiative. Most of the guys that work there are like my bro n law and are happy with going there, doing what they have to do, and going home...

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That doesn't add up...
$30X180daysX10hrs/day= 54000
No way he pulls in 90k

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shift work is 12 hour days so to be fair

$30X12hrsX182 days = about 65k


still no where near "clearing" 90k

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you still aren't taking into account OT and vacation pay.

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did you miss this part?

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he will clear around 90 k with minimal OT

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minimal OT and vacation doesn't double your salary which is what he would need to clear 90k

I haven't talked directly with any rigs but I've been offered a job as a boilermaker in a plant making $25/hr working 5 10's with a turnaround soon after the new year.

I'm hoping if I decide to go that route I can get promoted in a short amount of time (few months-half a year). And I plan on supplementing my degree with a vocational degree in my spare time.

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I haven't talked directly with any rigs but I've been offered a job as a boilermaker in a plant making $25/hr working 5 10's with a turnaround soon after the new year. I'm hoping if I decide to go that route I can get promoted in a short amount of time (few months-half a year). And I plan on supplementing my degree with a vocational degree in my spare time.

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well, i amn ot trying to upset you or anything I just have done my time and prefer other things. However, if that is what you want to do then go for it. Worst case scenario i would stick with inland instead of offshore. Money is NOT everything. You must be happy with what you do.

and, just because you are offshore does not automatically= more $$$$. many different factors play into that. Just make sure you have a plan to keep educating yourself with certifications/CEU's, seminars etc. Make sure you have room to grow professionally. and.....have a back-up plan to find work somewhere else just in case. When GOM subsea support work has been bad for me I go back to land lay pipelines for NG. have a back-up plan.

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Yes, I am offshore right now.

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enjoy it youngster. had my fill years ago. You on a rig, platform or workboats?

What did you do?

He is a PETE? Yea that would be nice however I am going to college to not spend my whole life offshore. I know that my first 5 years or so will be out here though.