Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Career in Oil and Gas Mining Company

No doubt, among the job seekers in Indonesia, especially fresh graduates, working in companies engaged in mining are the ideals and dreams. How could I not, besides well-known as a company that provides high compensation to its employees, working in the mining company also provides its own prestige, or prestige for its employees.
Assumption of job seekers is indeed true. From various surveys conducted, the average salary of entry-level employees are given mining companies or oil and gas in the company far above the average salary of new employees in the company into another. In the only state that manages oil and gas mining in Indonesia, fresh graduate salary could reach Rp. 4 million - Rp. 8 million, depending on the position and qualifications of employees. It is said that the foreign companies, that amount could be even greater.
Compensation granted to employees the company would be a tempting attraction for each job seeker. Moreover, Indonesia does have a lot of oil and gas fields that had or had not been exploited so many foreign companies they invest in this country. This is often seen as an opportunity for job seekers who have qualified in accordance with this field.
Based on data from JobsDB.com, a few favorite positions that are often needed in oil and gas companies are the following:

   
1. Senior Geologist / Geologist
   
2. Health Safety & Environment Officer
   
3. Geophysicist
Senior Geologist The responsibilities of a Senior Geologist include any geological activity associated with it in every mine. Professionals in this field will work with drilling team to plan, initiate and implement exploration programs. Planning will start from the research, review and assess the geological and geophysical data from a mining area. A senior Geologist must supervise every activity during the process of drilling and exploration, develop and maintain the geological model for each area of exploration. The scope of work also includes updating a database of geological, environmental and remedial analyzing various natural disaster preparedness. Because it will lead the team which also consisted mostly of Geologist, Senior Geologist also have an obligation to provide guidance or mentoring to the juniors. Minimum qualifications to be possessed of a candidate who wants to become a Senior Geologist, among others

   
1. Has a bachelor's degree Geology
   
2. Mastering modeling software
   
3. At least 10 years of experience in the same industry
   
4. Strong communication and good leadership
Health Safety and Environment Senior Officer This position was created to ensure and provide a conducive working environment for health and safety of employees and their families. In the mining industry environment, Health Safety and Environment Division's mission is to minimize or even eliminate the possibility of errors, accidents and illnesses that can be generated from the working environment through a variety of prevention efforts and research. SHE A senior executive responsible for developing, applying and monitor each employee and contractor to comply with any rules and safety standards and environmental health has been determined. Qualifications required for working in this field is

   
1. Have at least a bachelor's degree in the field related to mining with at least 5 years experience.
   
2. Due to safety regulations are often different from each mining industry, it takes a deep knowledge of licensing, safety regulations, management systems and auditing, various types of training in safety, health and the environment.
   
3. Soft skills required is the ability to analyze the circumstances and needs of the company with accurate, high integrity and is committed to the safety of workers.
Geophysicist Professional Geophysicist lot of work in the field and the laboratory because of his work will be done in many mines and research. The unique thing of this profession are often have to use various tools such as explosives, sonar, radar and various other laboratory equipment. Some of the responsibility of a Geophysicist, among others, is to calculate, analyze the physical state of the earth as a whole, including determining the equipment and methods that match the state of state of the earth before the exploration carried out. A Geophysicist must have the ability to translate the data obtained to team members, clients, senior managers and colleagues in a presentation. Certain specialization is very important for a Geophysicist to demonstrate its added value. Examples such as a seismologist ('read' the earth movement, earthquake), tectnophysicist (studying plate tectonics). Education must be owned to work as a geophysicist is a graduate geophysical techniques, although in practice more and more companies require prospective employees to have a Ph.D. or Master's degree even at least 3 years experience. Because this position deals with many other divisions so communication skills are needed as well as the ability to solve problems according to urgency of time. Organizations can be likened to a melting pot that brings a variety of character and individual personality comes together in a big team which have the same goal. A leader is a manager and keeper of one of its tasks is to minimize any form of friction or disorder that occurs among the members of his team because of the differences. One of the important things that should be the focus of team leader is to maintain team cohesiveness and solidity. Good team is always 'play' more beautiful, more quickly, and proved to be more productive.
Forming a team that contains the great people more easily than by getting them to work together well. In an effective working team, individual expertise is not the determining factor of success. Even if you have 10 experts in the team, but if they own the road, lack of coordination, and rarely communicate, then the team looks strong only outside but a mess inside. The core of a team strength is unity and the spirit of togetherness that one for all, all for one.
Cohesiveness of a team will be seen from the work productivity, work quality, and speed work. If a team does not reach detected from the target, many projects are delayed the process, often experience internal conflict, and uncooperative with another team, maybe the team has experienced 'friction' between its personnel. As a leader you must immediately make improvements and seeks to restore the cohesiveness of the team for their performance to be better. Some ways you can do is as follows:
Know the advantages and disadvantages of subordinates. It is important to determine the assignment and division of labor groups. Ideally each team member are complementary to one another to form harmony in performing the task. As team leader you need more to know the strengths and weaknesses of subordinates so that the tasks left to the experts. However, for more equitable distribution of duties and evenly - do not pile up on one person, you try to mix and match so that the men are not so expert in the field can help and learn from more expert.
Allocate time hanging out with your work team. The essence of a work team is togetherness. So, often gathered together members of the team, not just for brainstorming about work, discuss plans and team targets to the front or any other formal matter, but the things that are personal. Your team must know with whom they work, the aim is to create chemistry, building trust, and know the personality of each individual. Getting to know each other, creating an increasingly close ties between them.
Create an atmosphere of openness and build effective communication. Misconceptions often the cause is not compact a team. Complaints, dissatisfaction, as well as ideas that are not delivered a time bomb that could demolish any time a team. So, make a deal with your team to always discuss any issues within the team. Allow yourself to be a mediator and listener when they need you as a friend 'vent'. Be approachable, because men sometimes feel reluctant to talk to you and choose another team leader who is more sympathetic to shed lamentations.
Make a rule that binds together all members of the team. To minimize friction, make a written agreement not to always keep the conductivity of the team. For example, if there are members of the team that dispute must be immediately resolved internally, prohibited from talking to each other in the back, or forbidden to tell the internal problems the team to another team. This regulation is important for each member is committed and responsible in maintaining the integrity of his team.
Do activities that can motivate and enhance team collaboration. One way is to conduct outbound / outing that aims to train the cohesiveness of the teams in their division. This is a great stimulus, because in that game there are problem solving exercises, trust, teamwork, independence and responsibility which is very useful to be applied in the working world.
Remember! As a leader you are also part of the team you lead, so get involved in each team work you.

Working Abroad, Why Not?

Author : Resources JobsDB.com

Post fuel price hike was not denied a significant effect for every side of life. Rising expenditure items, while postal revenue is still in place. To meet the needs of an increasingly jumped, looking for additional income could be one option. Another option that can also be considered is working abroad.

The main attraction working abroad is the amount of salary that can reach multiple times. Starting life in a new place with different atmosphere and culture also become one of the attractions are working abroad.

Every year the Indonesian labor force working abroad reached about 700,000 people, spread across 11 countries. This amount is expected to grow to 1 million people per year, spread over 25 countries worldwide. 70% of workers who work abroad are more unskilled workers. But that does not mean there is no opportunity for skilled workers to work abroad.

Based on the level of need that requires at most state workers from Indonesia are Malaysia, Australia, European countries and Japan. Other countries that require manpower medium to high-skilled are Qatar, New Zealand, Portugal, Canada, South Korea, Spain, and other Western European countries.

While industries that require workers from Indonesia are the manufacturing, plantation, construction, hospitality and tourism, oil and gas, shipping and medical health care.

But of course not easy to work abroad. Determination of physical and mental readiness is not enough. There are many factors you should consider before deciding to leave your current job, packed his suitcase and bring the whole family to a new country. 

  • Jobs
Get a job before you move to a new country. One way to get information on job opportunities in foreign countries you can get from various job sites. One of them JobsDB.com that has range of up to 9 countries in Asia Pacific. Do not be hurried to move abroad before there is certainty that the company decided to hire you. If you've got the job, get detailed information about the compensation that you'll get; salaries and other benefits such as house allowance, transportation, communication, family, health insurance, life insurance, generous, recreation fees, and that is not less important is the cost travel and move you to a new country.

  • Information
Arm yourself with as much information about the state of the country who want to go. In addition to the existing employment opportunities, dig information about the specific country circumstances, such as the social, economic, political, cultural and governance structures to the climate of the country. Do not forget Arm yourself with the tax system could be implemented because they have an entirely different calculation to your home country. Although companies usually take care of any necessary administrative completeness expatriates, you should also equip themselves with information about required documents, work permits, sufficient funds, application for stay, as well as other administrative requirements such as supporting documents if you want to bring along the family.
  • Formal Education and Work Experience
Both of these are a very valuable stock to work abroad. The company would not hire foreigners who have qualifications equal to or even less than workers from their own country. Average skilled professionals needed most uneducated state S1 or equivalent and experienced less than 4 years. Make sure that you already have valuable skills that can put you as a candidate and a valuable worker for the company.

  • Location
 The distance between the new country by country of origin should also be considered. There are times when you must return to their home countries or when relatives and friends want to visit. The location is also related to climatic conditions. Working in a country that has extreme climatic differences compared with the country of origin will affect you and your family the level of adaptation.
  • Knowledge of Language and Culture
Secondly it is important to build relationships with colleagues and new friends you later. Able to communicate with the natives and know the culture and the environment will support the process of adaptation is an important part of your adaptation process.

  • Consult with experts
Find professional assistance that can help you. Generally migration counselor provides professional assistance in a comprehensive, ranging from state of the country of destination information to help fill the application form if you want to become a permanent resident.
  • Another factor
Another factor is also important to note is your condition that should be free of punishment, dangerous disease free and even some countries require foreign workers not to be associated with politics.

Well, if you feel you have enough mental and physical stock, and has fulfilled the instructions above, congratulations start a new career abroad.