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Posted By Ian Glass
Hi guys,
New to the forum and finding a lot of useful information on it.
I am currently employed within the airport fire service and am hopefully one day looking to change my career to H&S in the offshore oil and gas industry.
I understand it is very difficult to get a start in the north sea and therefore i'm looking at overseas/international positions.
Ive done my IOSH managing safely and am currently doing my NEBOSH NC.
I am just looking for some friendly advice in where to go next? Was planning on doing the diploma, but I'm not sure if the NVQ level 4 is regarded as a better qualification?
I see also that NEBOSH is running a pilot course on Oil & Gas, just not sure which qualification would be best to go for next.
Any advice on courses and international employment from anyone who has experience in the oil& Gas industry would be very welcome.
Many thanks
Ian
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Posted By TonyB
Hi Ian,
I don't know why but a lot of people seems to have aspiration of going off shore (I assume the money's better).
The issue is really experience, and I don't know the best way of getting it!
As for qualifications - if you intend to step up after the NGC I'd go for the Diploma rather than the NVQ. The reason being that the Diploma is internationally recognised and some international companies may not understand what an NVQ is. You could do either the NEBOSH Diploma or the newer NEBOSH International Diploma. I personally would go for the UK version.
Not a full answer, but as nobody else has put anything I didn't want you thinking that nobody could be bothered to reply. In general we tend to reply when we have something extra to add. Let's hope people become more forthcoming.
All the best,
TonyB
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