Vroon Offshore

[Lid]

Hi,

I'm sponsored by Vroon Offshore and was was just wondering if anyone had any experience with them? What is their training programme like? Also, whats the chances of being offered a job at the end of my cadetship?

Thanks (:

[effiestephy]

Re: Vroon Offshore

Lydia our training officer said there's a high chance of Vroon cadets getting a job in the end (:

[Jacen]

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A couple of guys in my class are with Vroon and I have nae heard them complaining about much so I am assuming they are alright. They seem to be a company fairly used to having cadets so you can expect a pretty structured program at sea.

[effiestephy]

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Ahh interesting. One of my lecturers worked for Vroon Offshore, they sound pretty good, just not what I wanted...I wanted reefers/container ships, not offshore support vessels, especially not in the North Sea.

[penfold]

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Think of all the exciting acronyms you'll learn! OPITO, ITSO, UKCS, ERRV, DSV, PSV, AHTS, OMG, BCNEGS, FUBAR and of course SNAFU.

[minchmermaid]

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FUBAR, hehehe!

[Lid]

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Ahh interesting. One of my lecturers worked for Vroon Offshore, they sound pretty good, just not what I wanted...I wanted reefers/container ships, not offshore support vessels, especially not in the North Sea.

Which lecturer?

[mikee83]

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Hey effiestephy, vroon are supposed to be quite good. Im at sea and with a container company OOCL, but im the oppsite of you...I wanted offshore and got containers! We should swap :-)

[Beef1992]

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OOCL im also with the big O . you been to sea yet ? Lots of people in my class with the same outfit.

You met Ian yet , top guy and gaurenteed us a job which was great.

Know a few with them Who have been to sea and said there great.

[north_sea_ninja]

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Vroon are one of the bigger offshore companies, so there's a really good chance you'll get offered a job at the end of yr gadgetship. There are plenty of jobs for Brits and dutch, plus their supply fleet has quite a few DP vessels, so there is a good chance for you to get some of the required time in for yr cert as a dp operator.

In basic terms DPO + 2/O tickets = BIG money, so try to get that in, unless of course yr an engineer in which case the experience is still good to have. VOS also have ships elsewhere other than the north sea, so travel and warm weather abound!