However, they do mean a lot of bleary eyed mornings, checking in at the heliport at silly O'clock. Lots of travelling hanging around airports, two to four week trips stuck on oil rig out in the middle of nowhere. The same old boring routine day in day out trip after trip! Does this sound like something you would like to do, or maybe you still do and would rather work onshore but are bound by the golden handcuffs, accustomed to the money and time off.
Another thing worth mentioning about the offshore lifestyle is that you are working in a potentially very hazardous place, particulary work around the drill floor on drilling vessels with tensioned wires everywhere and the risk of drop potentials. On top of that your working with hydrocarbons which are in themselves dangerous. Of course you might not work on a drilling rig, maybe a production vessel which is purely processing oil and gas which means your surrounded by pipework varrying lots of oil and gas.
Im not trying to put people off but just inform them to what its like and that there is an altenative, if you totally new to working offshore your going to have to invest a few thousand at least to get offshore which i will go into on my next article.
What if you could make the same money offshore or even more without ever having to go offshore again, and have even more free time? No more helicopter flights, no more 12 hour plus shifts. I've worked offshore for nearly 10 years and would recommend that if you are tired of working on oil rigs or are considering it as a career. Please take a look at this website first which will show you how to enhance your career and personal development check out http://www.personalandcareerdevelopment.com
I live in Scotland, love the outdoors and time touring Scotland with my family. Have worked offshore for nearly 10 years.