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What does FOB mean in shipping terms?

FOB means Free On Board

A trade term requiring the seller to deliver goods on board a vessel designated by the buyer. The seller fulfills its obligations to deliver when the goods have passed over the ship's rail.

When used in trade terms, the word "free" means the seller has an obligation to deliver goods to a named place for transfer to a carrier.

What does CIF mean in shippng terms?

C.I.F - cost, insurance and freight

A trade term requiring the seller to arrange for the carriage of goods by sea to a port of destination, and provide the buyer with the documents necessary to obtain the goods from the carrier.

Yellow Fever Vacinations?

International health regulations require a booster every 10 years
Check with your local doctor and ask them. Do it as soon as possible don't leave it until just a few days before you travel.
Make sure you travel with a yellow fever vaccination certificate.

Who pays for & arranges Travel/Accommodation?

Flights
The company offering you work always pays for al flight and accommodation expenses. This should never be in dispute. If you are being asked to pay for your flight you may be being taken for a ride!

Never pay for your own flight because, if a job is cancelled at the last moment, you may not get your money back! If you are offered work then the company should arrange all travel and cover the costs incurred via their appointed agent.

Accommodation
The company should arrange hotel accommodation to their account not yours. All accommodation and food (on land or anywhere else) should be paid by the company. Example: Say you live in one part of your country and have to fly to another major city during the day, but the next onward flight is early the next morning.

I need a Visa/Work permit- Who arranges/pays?

When you are offered work the company should instruct an agent to handle the visa application and booking of flights. Some companies will ask you to apply for a visa in your own country, for work in another country. This is not an unusual practice. You can do this and claim costs back on expenses.

Normally a letter of sponsorship would need to be sent to you to assist in the visa application at your local embassy. On other occasions you fly in on a tourist visa and it will be converted by the local agent, or you fly in and are met by an agent who has you processed through immigration as signing onto a ship.

HNC Electrical Engineering - Distance Learning [UK/EU]?

I'm based in the UK/EU and looking at furthering my Education to improve my abilities as a Pilot Tech and wish to take an HNC (remote learning - studying on-line) course. Where do I get more information on this?

Look at: http://www.colu.co.uk/

Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Engineering
HNCs are Higher National Certificates in particular disciplines, in this case, validated by Edexcel and the University of Teesside.

COLU offers 4 HNC courses by distance learning:

Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Instrumentation & Control Engineering
Chemical Engineering

To download a full description, click here (216k .pdf)

General enquiries:
Tel: +44 (0)1642 342740Fax: +44 (0)1642 342743
enquiries@colu.co.uk

Address:
COLU
School of Science & Technology
University of Teesside
Orion Building
Middlesbrough
Tees Valley
TS1 3BA

What do I need to get started with ROVs

A technical qualification/experience.

The second half of the job title is TECHNICIAN, Pilot TECHNICIAN. It means you have to be technical. Not a piece of paper from a training school. Just because they say you are a Pilot Tech 2 does not mean you are one. Honest, believe us!

Technical qualifications such as HNC, NVQs, SVQs, City and Guilds (all UK qualifications, sorry I don't know the equivalents for other parts of teh works) in the fields of electrics/electronics or mechanics/hydraulics. If you are a time served electrician, if you come from a technicial background in the armed forces - if so, try and get them to issue a civvy version certificate of whatever you were qualified to do in the Forces.

As a wise Operations Manager once said "I want to emply technicians and teach them about ROVs: I don't want to employ people to teach them to be Technicians"

I have all the appropriate training/qualifications, how do I get a job?

Get a valid offshore medical
Get a valid offshore survival certificate.
Prepare your CV roughly along the lines suggested in the FAQ section.
Start hunting down contact info for ROV companies, agencies.
Build up a list of names within the co's that actually deal with CV's and make employment decisions (i.e. get past the receptionist).
Email your CV out to the co's.
Try to arrange interviews.
Make more phone calls and try to build up phone contacts in the co's and call them every now and then. Do not just make contact once and wait for them to call you, you need to keep your profile up in their heads.
Go to (say) Houston(USA) or Aberdeen(UK) or another well known offshore hiring point, and knock on doors. Make sure you as much contact info, names, addresses, contact numbers, as possible before you head over there. Also get mobile numbers if you can.
Repeat the last three suggestions until something come out of it.

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