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<blockquote data-quote="ags1983" data-source="post: 154121" data-attributes="member: 26140"><p>Hi just thought i would add my 2 pence to this thread. This is about 2 years ago now so unsure if things have changed in the meantime.</p><p>With the company im with atm, an opening came up for off shore work (doing repairs and calibrations of equipment in situ on oil platforms). Went to Abermed for the off shore medical and passed everything, that was until the final examination with the doctor. She said that even though i had passed everything with no problems, the fact i was insulin dependent t1 meant that there were big restrictions on what i could do. The short of it was basically had to get my GP to write to abermed stating that my diabetes was well controlled and was causing me no problems. </p><p>But even with this, the medical cert would be a restricted one. Meaning that it would only cover me for one platform (not much use for me,since the scope of work means the company covers many platforms) and it would only cover me for a few days offshore (also not much use as trips can last for a few days to a few weeks.</p><p></p><p>Hope this has been of some help, but for me it just meant i was confined to dry land, and not so much money if i had got the offshore work too <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ags1983, post: 154121, member: 26140"] Hi just thought i would add my 2 pence to this thread. This is about 2 years ago now so unsure if things have changed in the meantime. With the company im with atm, an opening came up for off shore work (doing repairs and calibrations of equipment in situ on oil platforms). Went to Abermed for the off shore medical and passed everything, that was until the final examination with the doctor. She said that even though i had passed everything with no problems, the fact i was insulin dependent t1 meant that there were big restrictions on what i could do. The short of it was basically had to get my GP to write to abermed stating that my diabetes was well controlled and was causing me no problems. But even with this, the medical cert would be a restricted one. Meaning that it would only cover me for one platform (not much use for me,since the scope of work means the company covers many platforms) and it would only cover me for a few days offshore (also not much use as trips can last for a few days to a few weeks. Hope this has been of some help, but for me it just meant i was confined to dry land, and not so much money if i had got the offshore work too :) [/QUOTE]
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