OffshoreSam Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Hello all looking for some advice, Working through my visa as we speak. Ive been contacting some agencies before leaving the Uk to try and get an idea of job availability but had no replies from companies or agencies. Whats the prospects for offshore workers in OZ just now? Would any of them even entertain me before we leave? Its a massive jump to leave the UK to OZ without a job which is kinda scary prospect for me. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 The job market is tight in many fields in Oz currently (unemployment is higher than in the UK) but it does depend what ypu do and where you're going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 It is slightly higher. 5.8% in Australia vs 5.1% in UK. This may be skewed a lot by mining redundancies in Australia so if you are not in mining the figures could be similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srh82 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 If by 'Offshore' you mean oil and gas, oil is a global commodity and as such, it sells for the same price ex-Australia as it does anywhere else. I'm sure you can draw your own conclusions from that. Apologies if I've misunderstood what you meant by Offshore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainR Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I work in the offshore oil and gas sector here, it's on its knees at the moment. Some specialist skills may get work, but consider that a lot of rigs have left the coast in the last year, and major projects have been completed without new ones being started. It's much the same as it is elsewhere in the world, but probably not quite as bad as the North Sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffshoreSam Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 Im currently working as an operations team leader ex control room operator. The north sea is grimm just now. Which is kinda whats worrying me about OZ. i used to work in refinries onshore so that would be an option. However i had a look and cant find any refineries in OZ apart from the ones they closed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCKYROCKS Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Hi Frank, the following refineries are still operational to the best of my knowledge. Viva Geelong (Vic), Exxon Altona (Vic), BP Kwinana (WA) & Caltex Brisbane (QLD). As others have mentioned the market is slow, but it does seem to be moving along better than the N Sea. I'd imagine with your background it's worth applying to various projects that are at commissioning/construction stage being run by Inpex LNG, Chevron LNG & various others including Shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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