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<blockquote data-quote="Darth" data-source="post: 190062" data-attributes="member: 34058"><p>Hi, am new to the forums (first post actually!). I work in the Oil Service industry for a small company specialising in chemicals and some years ago I was offered a position to train to go into the offshore side of the business as an engineer. I was sent to do my medical and passed everything however afterwards we were then told we would need to get information on which installations and areas i would be working in, this would then need clearing with the rig operators and also the individual medics on each rig. It was somewhere shortly after this that the company kind of lost interest in pursuing this career avenue for me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p></p><p>You can theoretically work offshore providing you are otherwise fit and can prove you have your diabetes well controlled but there are a lot of hoops to jump through so unless you already have skills or qualifications which make you stand out over non diabetic candidates then it will be very difficult to get work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darth, post: 190062, member: 34058"] Hi, am new to the forums (first post actually!). I work in the Oil Service industry for a small company specialising in chemicals and some years ago I was offered a position to train to go into the offshore side of the business as an engineer. I was sent to do my medical and passed everything however afterwards we were then told we would need to get information on which installations and areas i would be working in, this would then need clearing with the rig operators and also the individual medics on each rig. It was somewhere shortly after this that the company kind of lost interest in pursuing this career avenue for me :( You can theoretically work offshore providing you are otherwise fit and can prove you have your diabetes well controlled but there are a lot of hoops to jump through so unless you already have skills or qualifications which make you stand out over non diabetic candidates then it will be very difficult to get work. [/QUOTE]
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