We have a page for different types of medicals. For example the basic one for oil and gas is OGUK, for renewables it’s the RUK Wind Turbine medical, the rest are very specific for what you need.
If you are in Aberdeen
To make things easy, we recommend this doctors practice, because they fit you in, they’re nice in person, good price and they do all of the medicals above.
AIS Survivex
01224 679308
Kirkhill Commercial Park, Dyce Ave, Aberdeen AB21 0LQ
Discount available – see discount page.
If you want to take a look at the full list, the OGUK certified doctors list.
Medicals in Dundee.
OGUK medical Dundee
ENG1 medical Dundee
RUK Medical Dundee (wind turbines)
HGV Medicals Dundee
Medicals in Newcastle.
OGUK medical Newcastle
ENG1 medical Newcastle
RUK Medical Newcastle (wind turbines)
For BOSIETs, also called ‘offshore survival course’ which is the 3 day course where you learn about oil and gas rigs, boats and what the safety procedures are. You also will be belted into a helicopter shell turned upside down and sunk underwater to practice escape drills.
This is the more expensive part of the basic training. The price can vary from place to place, depending on the training facility, we checked the different prices one time, and you can find a breakdown of BOSIT price cost comparisons between the different training providers.
The BOSIET refresher aka FOET is a 1 day course for people who have previously completed their BOSIETs (and it’s still in date).
Mist stands for minimum industry standard training, and is a requirement for going offshore.
For prices from different training providers, see our MIST course cost page
We have pages that might be of interest to you. that is not basic training or medicals.
For example:
Check out our page on the different jobs you get offshore, both on rigs and vessels.
This is a guide that was made by offshore workers to help someone who is trying to get into the industry. It’s the kind of guide that maybe you’ll only fully appreciate how good it is, once you are in. It has a price, to buy beers for the guys who made it. Totally worth every penny.
Women in oil and gas, we have a page talking about that. Oil and gas is definitely an industry dominated demographically by men, but is in no way restricted to it. It’s an interesting little read.
