Norefund said:
Bruh,
Sorry you are going through this. If I may, could I ask you to kind of describe what you were doing in relation to what you are doing now? Also, just curiously, how did a HAC guy get to oil patch work?
If the questions I am asking are too personal or revealing or uncomfortable or whatever, ignore them. Once again, I sympathize.
I didn't go to HAC, my dad did as a married man with 4 kids.
I'm from southwest Louisiana where the (IMO) economy rest on the oil field, everything is driven by the oil field in these parts. My dad was in the oil field as a fitter/welder for 32 years. That's the way it is around here. After high school you go into the oil field. It's the major industry around here. After I graduated high school 2 weeks later I found myself on a deep water drilling rig.
In short what I did was this, if a rig needed a set of tools, that rig contacted a company like, Halliburton and gave them a list of tools with a deadline.
The oil company that the rig is drilling for hired me to go in a make sure that Halliburton was following procedure. I was the last sign off on all paper work saying these tools will run all day. Quality assurance quality control. QA/QC
I wrote reports everyday and emailed them to the oil company when the job was completed. I also emailed them status of job daily.
I've did this type work for the last 6 years or so
presently I work for for an NDT company (non-destructive testing) I inspect tools for Halliburton. The tools are sent offshore and when they return they are filthy with drilling mud and grease and other grime. The tools must be cleaned and inspected. They must be cleaned enough to be able to pass a white rag and the rag stay white. This is done with a pressure washer and then chemicals, it's a process.
This particular shop provides tools for 3 rigs presently. When it was busy they had 12 rigs they supplied.
So, I'm a helper
for now till it picks back up. The company I'm with offered me a position when it gets busy again, we'll see what they offer when that time comes.
I was contracting myself out to 4 different oil companies before the slow down and they've already informed me that they will work me again when it picks up. So, I have options when that time comes.
My wife is a stay at home mother so I do what I need to do. With the slow down, Not always fun but I feel good that she has an option to stay home.
I told a guy at work the other day, we old school that's how we do things.