overseas jobs which do not require a clearance anymore?

[Steve Leonzal]

I have worked in kwaj. in the late 80's. Getting a clearance for myself is unbelievable, unreal. Are there any overseas jobs out there anymore which do not require these special clearances?? Thank you, Steve Leonzal

[Gabriele]

There are some posted just recently that do not require a clearance

[wkdivr]

There are some, but they don't pay too good. Of course, if you worked on Kwaj, you know all about shitty pay! I was there about the same time frame, in the FOM weld shop, then the Marine Dept weld shop.

[Steve Leonzal]

Really? Damn ,which jobs were those ? I have been looking ,but must have missed them .. Kwaj. was fun ,worked for Harbert international,while I was there,,,So you guys ,if you know of any jobs that do not require a clearance,, let me know Please!!

[TheJester]

I have worked in kwaj. in the late 80's. Getting a clearance for myself is unbelievable, unreal. Are there any overseas jobs out there anymore which do not require these special clearances?? Thank you, Steve LeonzalI hear Wal-Mart is hiring. :lol:

[Pops]

I have been practising...."you want fries with that?"......

[Megga Watt]

:lol: Blue light special Ratpack international Don't miss it. :wtf :moon :lol:

[k2dukes]

Howdy welcome to Wally World. :popcorn:

[Sasquatch]

You want plastic or paper

[wkdivr]

Come on, guys, take it easy on the new guy! We don't want to chase him away!

Unfortunately, working in a situation like Kwaj got you interested in the overseas "lifestyle". But....as you have found out, there's not a lot of opertunities for non cleared personel. These type of jobs started to dry up just as I got into the overseas gigs, in the mid 80's. Most companies will use non Americans if they can, because their pay expectation is WAY below ours. Your best bet would be to get in with any company that will get you your clearance, no matter how bad the pay. Then, you can move around from there. Zachry was doing that for the Beijing job, but that's mostly finished, now. There might be some opertunities in Iraq for uncleared people, with like KBR, and those bottom dwellers, but you will get seriously abused. There's just not a lot of opertunities for non cleared workers to make good money in the overseas market these days, I'm sorry to say.

[Steve Leonzal]

Yep,damn it,, was afraid of that.. :wtf

[mexfishguide]

suprise - suprise

MORE WORK AVAILABLE FOR NON CLEARED THEN CLEARED.

You just have to dig harder, most of the work talked about on our site here is
:rockwoot: cleared american overseas workers.

A lot of general construction work, it is not required to have a government clearance of any kind. Just do not give up keep looking, :AR15 Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi, Dubai, etc. etc. keep looking.

Take Care
Mexfishguide:cheers

[paintermike]

suprise - suprise

MORE WORK AVAILABLE FOR NON CLEARED THEN CLEARED.

You just have to dig harder, most of the work talked about on our site here is
:rockwoot: cleared american overseas workers.

A lot of general construction work, it is not required to have a government clearance of any kind. Just do not give up keep looking, :AR15 Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi, Dubai, etc. etc. keep looking.

Take Care
Mexfishguide:cheers WHAT I WANT TO KNO IS WHERE IS ALL THE TS/CLEARANCE JOBS????

[Megga Watt]

:lol: Dude there isn't a whole lot of work for cleared Painters, ever thought of a different trade? Shit the cleaning crew can Paint.:wtf OH thats right you are doing the dishes. :cheers dude just busting your chops couldn't help my self:kib:
Leave it to Zachry :wtf

[paintermike]

:lol: Dude there isn't a whole lot of work for cleared Painters, ever thought of a different trade? Shit the cleaning crew can Paint.:wtf OH thats right you are doing the dishes. :cheers dude just busting your chops couldn't help my self:kib:
Leave it to Zachry :wtf Boy!!! I guess yo got me there!!! I guess yo just to Bright for me!!! I always thought that framers,sheetrockers, tapers and painters we're a vital part of the job.I guess the sparkies fix their own goof ups and can make it look good enough for government work. HA!!! You are right though, Me and another Tradesman had to Train a guy how to hang sheetrock just so he could become foreman!!! You are right man.

[mexfishguide]

Hell, paintermike.

I am sure by now you realise do not make the top hand foreman, are you will never get the work done!:doh

Take Care
Mexfishguide:cheers

[Megga Watt]

:kib: :lol: Can painters think that far ahead??:lol: :cheers

[paintermike]

:kib: :lol: Can painters think that far ahead??:lol: :cheers funnuie yo should say about thinkin far ahead!!! I hav yet seen painters havin to tear out walls because they didn't think ahead. Yo kno like usin the inproper wall rings and the such...but we ar expected to fix it and get er done!!!

Hell, paintermike.

I am sure by now you realise do not make the top hand foreman, are you will never get the work done!:doh

Take Care
Mexfishguide:cheers You are right ,and I kno that, but yo would think that the foreman would at least kno what an expansion joint is and how it is to be installed, or that you cannot run mud over silicon!! You would think anyway..

[The Wild Rover]

More and more, I only see 1 or 2 painters on projects, and for short times too...they might just have them in the PCC...the rest of the project is done by locals. Most of the time, they have 1 or 2 guys that do all the finish and clean-up, sweeping, move materials around type of work. By the last room, they've got their technique down, and the wall doesn't look as wavy as the first one they did... it's a damn shame, but finish is low on the contractors list of priorities...
:lol:

[tdickens01]

This is really my first on this site and I don't have a clearance, how do I go about getting one?:wtf

[gwrpi]

suprise - suprise

MORE WORK AVAILABLE FOR NON CLEARED THEN CLEARED.

You just have to dig harder, most of the work talked about on our site here is
:rockwoot: cleared american overseas workers.

A lot of general construction work, it is not required to have a government clearance of any kind. Just do not give up keep looking, :AR15 Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi, Dubai, etc. etc. keep looking.

Take Care
Mexfishguide:cheers

I am an electronics tech w/nearly 30yrs experience in everything from TV repair to cable systems to satellite equipment to VHF transmitters; BUT I do not have a security clearance and I DO NOT have military experience.

I have been trying to get on w/KBR of nearly 2months. I have submitted my resume to over 400 positions and have gotten nothing.

Am I wasting my time here, i.e. looking for overseas work, since I am not ex-military and do not have a security clearance?

I really need to know, because my current job is likely going to go away later this year; I have got to get a different job, and I need the kind of pay I see referenced on this board, but if I am wasting my time looking overseas, I need to know.

Also I am going thru a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, as a result of a divorce, so I bet that I won't even be able to get a clearance, even if someone hired me and tried to get me set up w/a clearance.

What says the board?

GW

[mexfishguide]

As you are a newbe on our site, and seem to need a job bad, I will give you limited info. but try to help some.

Bankruptcy is - no doubt about it - a bad mark for recieving a security clearance - it shows a maybe person needing money and may sell secrets????!!!! Not my determination but disco.:wtf

Get in your truck drive over to the KBR recruiting site in Texas - set thru their little deal - and start out working in the states if you have too. I will give you one more place t0 try Zackry ask them about the grassroots TXI cement plant in New Brunsfield Texas.

Thats about all I can give you friend, good luck.

Take care
Mexfishguide:cheers

[gwrpi]

As you are a newbe on our site, and seem to need a job bad, I will give you limited info. but try to help some.

Bankruptcy is - no doubt about it - a bad mark for recieving a security clearance - it shows a maybe person needing money and may sell secrets????!!!! Not my determination but disco.:wtf

Get in your truck drive over to the KBR recruiting site in Texas - set thru their little deal - and start out working in the states if you have too. I will give you one more place t0 try Zackry ask them about the grassroots TXI cement plant in New Brunsfield Texas.

Thats about all I can give you friend, good luck.

Take care
Mexfishguide:cheers

Thanks Bro. Also what is "Zackry"; and what is "the grassroots TXI cement plant in New Brunsfield Texas."?

Thanks again for the info; and from your commentary, it would seem to me that I am wasting my time with this issue. I that you general thought?

Thanks again,

Greg

[Gabriele]

Thanks Bro. Also what is "Zackry"; and what is "the grassroots TXI cement plant in New Brunsfield Texas."?

Thanks again for the info; and from your commentary, it would seem to me that I am wasting my time with this issue. I that you general thought?

Thanks again,

Greg

Zachry is HB Zachry out of San Antonio, they do mucho business in Texas. They did some overseas work and some embassy project, like Cambodia, China, Nicaragua & Ecuador, plus maybe a few others, but the are getting out of the international work, so they say. You can't just go and get a clearance, you need to be sponsored by a company that's job requires it and then they will submit your paper work, you may get an interum fairly soon, but the full clearance can take awhile.

As for finances, that can be the killer. I know one guy who had his pulled because he was in arrears for child suport.

[mexfishguide]

gabriele - answered part of your question.

Grassroots - means a project from bare ground to production. Not a remodel are re-build, but brand new from scratch.

TXI is the customers name, the plant will be in New Brunsfield. Friend you have a long row to hoe, I can only suggest you get a job and keep pecking away for an overseas gig.

Take Care
Mexfishguide
camp - fish - drink beer :cheers