| You have put in a lot of effort to get
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| | come into effect. If you are found with
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| your first oil drilling job. Once you get
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| | drugs in your personal effects, you could
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| hired, here are 10 tips to get you
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| | face the hanging penalty for drug
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| started off on the right foot.
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| | trafficking in oil rigs off the shore of
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| 1) Be humble. Start from the bottom, just
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| | countries like Malaysia and Singapore.
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| like everyone else on the oil rig, even
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| | 6) Buy enough life insurance. While
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| the rig manager.
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| | safety is a high priority on modern oil
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| 2) Be prepared. There are no stores on an
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| | rigs, it never hurts to be prepared for
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| offshore oil rig. Make sure you bring
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| | the worst case, especially if you have
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| along enough toiletries and cigarettes
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| | family members dependent on you.
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| (even if you do not smoke). You can trade
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| | 7) Be prepared to travel. You will
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| the extras, or "bribe" a seasoned
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| | usually be far away from home in a remote
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| colleague to teach you part of his job.
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| | location for several weeks. After all,
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| As mobile phones usually do not work on
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| | there is a reason they are giving you all
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| offshore, take along a prepaid card. You
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| | that extra salary.
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| will need to find out who the phone
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| | 8) Make sure you are single or have a
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| service provider is on board your oil
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| | stable marriage. More than one employee
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| rig.
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| | has found himself divorced due to the odd
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| 3) Clear up any personal issues before
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| | working hours and long hitches. If you
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| you leave shore. Communications can be
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| | are married, make sure you can trust your
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| expensive if your rig does not have
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| | wife to keep your household affairs
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| mobile phone coverage. Offshore phone
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| | running.
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| services like Petrocom charge up to $5.00
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| | 9) Be prepared to work hard, no matter
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| a minute, so your prepaid cards could run
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| | how rough the weather condition is. Also
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| out pretty fast. Unless you have a
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| | be prepared to work for demanding
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| life-threatening emergency, you will be
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| | supervisors. An oil rig costs thousands
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| stuck on the rig for weeks (depending on
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| | per hour to operate and has no room for
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| your contract, possibly up to 6 weeks).
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| | slackers and layabouts. More importantly,
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| You should realize that transport on and
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| | offshore rigs are often isolated away
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| off the rig is strictly controlled, as
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| | from civilization and any serious
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| ferrying an employee to shore by
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| | mistakes you make could cost the lives of
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| helicopter costs thousands of dollars.
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| | your colleagues.
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| 4) Get some basic knowledge of maritime
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| | 10)Get a sense of what the industry is
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| law and protocol. An offshore oil rig
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| | all about. Check out books such as "A
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| comes under maritime law and is treated
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| | Primer to Oil Well Drilling" in your
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| as a sea going vessel. Protocol on board
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| | local library. Make sure you have the
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| resembles that of a commercial ship - the
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| | right expectations of your colleagues and
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| toolpusher or rig boss and the drilling
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| | bosses on board the oil rig.
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| company representative serve as
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| | Follow these 10 tips for your first oil
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| co-captains of the rig. Law breakers will
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| | drilling job, and you will find things
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| be turned over to the coast guard.
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| | going smoothly. Flout them, and your
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| 5) No drug use. If you have a drug habit
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| | career will be in choppy seas.
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| and cannot give it up, do not get an oil
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| | Are you looking for oil drilling jobs?
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| drilling job. Rigs test employees
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| | Click here to learn how can help you to
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| regularly for drugs, so you will be
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| | quickly and easily find oil drilling
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| quickly found out and fired. Apart from
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| | jobs.
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| that, laws in your host country will also
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