| Roustabout jobs are the entry-level jobs | | | | employers want you to show your BOSIET |
| on oil rigs. On most oil rigs, you work | | | | offshore survival training certificate, |
| 12 hours a day, 7 days a week for 2 to 3 | | | | offshore medical certificate, and what |
| weeks at a stretch. Working as a | | | | the Brits call a GreenHand course. All |
| roustabout is back-breaking and dirty - | | | | told, taking getting all of these could |
| you do everything from cleaning and | | | | set you back 3500 pounds, depending on |
| painting the oil rig to mixing the | | | | where you take these course, and there |
| drilling mud and even moving supplies | | | | is no guarantee of a job. The offshore |
| and equipment around the oil rig. On the | | | | scene there is surprisingly small - you |
| other hand, practically everyone who | | | | really need to know the right people. |
| matters on board the oil rig starts out | | | | Most of the jobs are off Aberdeen, so if |
| as a roustabout, so you have no right to | | | | you live elsewhere you really do not |
| complain. | | | | have a chance at all. For new hires |
| For English-speaking workers, there are | | | | without connections, the ex-armed forces |
| three main places which hire people for | | | | personnel find it easiest to break in. |
| roustabout jobs - Canada, US and UK. | | | | British servicemen have a kind of skills |
| Alberta in Canada is still short of | | | | conversion course which helps them get |
| people, so it is easiest to get hired | | | | offshore oil jobs. Frankly, UK residents |
| there. As long as you are tough enough | | | | who want to break into the oil industry |
| and show the right attitude, many | | | | are better off looking for jobs in |
| companies will be willing to pay for any | | | | Alberta or the US Gulf Coast states. |
| courses or certifications which are | | | | When you apply for roustabout jobs, |
| required. | | | | remember to highlight work experience |
| At the moment, it is also fairly easy to | | | | which involves manual work and |
| get offshore roustabout jobs in the US, | | | | mechanical work. If you have any |
| especially in the Gulf Coast region. In | | | | survival training or something like the |
| some places, it is as simple as showing | | | | BOSIET or HUET certificates, highlight |
| up at the temp agency. As in Canada, | | | | these as well. Remember that roustabouts |
| many companies badly need workers and | | | | do a lot of manual labor, so do NOT brag |
| are willing to pay for any training and | | | | about your university degree or some |
| certifications required. As a rough | | | | other highly technical skill - the |
| guide, your employer will send you to | | | | employer may reject you for being |
| get your in offshore medical | | | | over-qualified. Some companies now want |
| certificate, offshore survival | | | | you to prove that you have completed |
| certificate and helicopter underwater | | | | your high school education. Regardless |
| escape training certificate before you | | | | of who you work for, there will be |
| even set foot on the oil rig. After that | | | | frequent drug-testing, especially if any |
| will probably be a 2 or 3 week course | | | | accidents happen. |
| induction course on your duties aboard | | | | Are you looking for roustabout jobs? |
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| UK residents have it tougher. Most | | | | quickly and easily find roustabout jobs. |