Posted By Steven Cottrell I am currently working in Sudan and I am looking for information regarding H&S positions in other hostile environments throughout the world. I am NEBOSH construction qualified and hold a CSCS card and with a few other qualifications such as First Aid instructor and assessor of noise and vibration. I am also a manual handling instructor and an NVQ assessor.

Posted By Richie I followed Amjad's link, eventually finding Halliburton Iraq / Afghanistan vacancies. There are no package details such as in-theatre durations and salaries. I hate to pass my details to organisations without an idea of the package, as I am almost certainly wasting their or my own time. Has anyone experience of working in such hostile environments, including the likely package? I am used to this type of work as a soldier (Most recently On Op Telic 1 (Gulf War 2)), therefore I have a better clue than most of what I might be getting myself into... I have to say it would take 'film star wages' to get me back to Iraq. Ta in advance, Richie

Posted By phil Descartes would probably be able to enlighten us... I saw the site too, the job requires one to fill the online form, why would that be. shouldn't there be a contact person to send to.

Posted By Steven Cottrell Thanks for the replys, I have tried the Hallibron site and started to register, but found a lot of the questions and terms very "americanised" if there is such a term! Also as mentioned there is nothing about contracts, pay etc! I will continue looking. But once again thanks for the help

Posted By Descarte Dont forget though if you get a job based overseas there are the tax benifits

Posted By Descarte There have been "many" such captures in this and PH area over the past few months, we have some guys still working out there. They were not Shell employees this time but construction contractors. Shell have "settled" with these rebels before on releasing hostages who have been quite well cattered for during this time, but Shell and the Nigerian government have both never admitted to paying ransoms or bribes, though this is what I suspect. As such, this will probably continue as a source of revenue for such militia groups. Strange how they are campaining for distibution of wealth from the oil in the area as most people their are living in poverty, but the money they received from such kidnappings probably went on a new landrover and missile launcher instead of going to the local people.

Posted By Tony Gibbs CMIOSH Hi all, i was reading the thread with great interest, and saw that it is a dissapointment to some, that the companies do not publish pay or conditions. As those that have, and do work, in sometimes hostile environments, are aware, companies do not publish pay or conditions for obvious reasons. If they did they would be inundated with applications from people that want to take advantage of the "sometimes" inflated wages, and seemingly wonderous conditions. Having worked overseas for different companies over the past 25 years i have experienced such a wide difference in both pay and conditions. My first adventure into the middle east was for a major aeronautical corporation with low pay but amazing facilities, even down to the water skiing at the weekends. Good it may sound, but it was easy to spend what we earned very quickly!(And no pension). After a few more excursions overseas intermingled with UK work i find myself in what some may deem a "hostile environment". Working in Algeria on the edge of the Sahara desert with as few amenities as is possible. And the question arises what happens if you dont like it after the companies have paid your air fair, sponsorship, and anything else to facilitate your uplift! You cant just say i'm off! And yes i have seen it happen, and the problems that have arisen trying to get someone home as soon as possible! And then trying to get in touch with the next person down the list! Expats are a somewhat different kind of person, able to switch off home and concentrate on the job, and not think about who's mowing the lawn!! Most jobs are advertised for experienced people, and yes i came up the engineering route, and am now HSE manager for a large french company, which was by word of mouth and purely by being available at the right time, and in the right place. How to break in to the market is exactly by the route's most of us out here did ourselves, working in the right industries. So if your forte' is in supermarkets, whilst very worthwhile in UK and Europe, its not what the recruiters are looking for. So to work an LNG or Gas or Oil you have to have experience in the right fields.And the only place to start is at home. Good luck in your quests for the "Holy Grail". (Just read that book)! And nothing left to read till April! Tony