Deepwater VS Shelf

[Ray]

Most of our operators have had on the job training in I&E work. Shell used to hire off the street and you had to work your way up.
Now they hire experienced and/or straight out of tech. schools thru an internship program. We get a lot of interns who want to work offshore, but end up not taking the work cause of the 14/14 schedule.
Shell has a Skill Based Pay system. You have to prove you can do more than one craft in order to move up. If you only do I&E work, you won't make more money. You have to be willing to cross train in other crafts.
It is a pain, but the pay is worth it, if you get hired on.
We get a lot of contract workers who get on thru the experienced hire process. But that is about once a year.
The internship hire process is done year round.
We will be hiring around 50 experienced hires and 40 thru tech schools this year, and about the same next year.
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