Oil Rig Jobs Offshore
If you're fed up with a average nine-five job, and want a more exiting life, then; offshore oil rigs may be just the option for you. You might think that since the paychecks in this industry are so huge, then there would be many people applying for these jobs in the oil industry. Now, if you are interested in a job on an oil rig, then you should take some time now and be sure you have got what it takes to work in this line of work.
The Oil companies are desperately looking for people to work on oil rigs, but this does not mean that they will just take everyone in. The safety standards need to be met.
The oil and gas companies are spendning no less than $400 billions to look for oil, so even though the rest of the worlds economy is halting, there are lots of money to earn in the oil industry.
Working with oil offshore is a very interresting job and if you are willing to learn and ambetious, then you can make many money. However, on a oil rig, it can be very dangerous if you do not take care of yourself and others and make use of all working practices and safety issues.
Now, let us look at some of the jobs you can expect to get as the new guy:
- Maintenance Roustabout ($47,000); Main duties include general upkeep and cleansing of deck area of rig. Also painting.
- Roustabout ($54,500); The roustabout mainly do stuff as guiding the crane while it loads and unloads. Also supply the rig floor as requested and keeping pipes and deck clean. You should also expect to assist Roughnecks on the drilling floor when they are to busy to get a lunch break. In this case, the roustabout will go have his meal, then go to the drill floor and give one Roughneck his break. Then each Roughneck take turns in having a meal break. Ruostabout are members of rhe strechers..
- Welder ($62,000); There are two types of Welders. The rig welders are stationaried permenently on one rig and taking care of small everyday repairs of metalwork. Now, these guys are always busy, they move from rig to rig and help of when there are some big projects and the welders lack behind. They don't stay at one place for more than a few days at a time..
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If you want to learn more about life on a oil rig, then go check out these links:
* Jobs on Oil Rigs
* Oil Rig Work