| Offshore oil rig jobs are the hot new jobs | | | | their better-sounding titles. You get to |
| for this coming decade, bumping IT and | | | | laugh all the way to the bank. In addition, |
| finance from their perch. These are some of | | | | if you show the right attitude and skills, |
| the jobs in the upstream oil industry, where | | | | you can work your way up the hierarchy from |
| you look for oil and drill for it. Then there | | | | roustabout all the way up to dereckman, |
| is the midstream, where you refine and | | | | driller and oil rig manager. Whether or not |
| transport the oil. Finally, there are the | | | | you make it to oil rig manager, do remember |
| downstream oil jobs, where you sell and | | | | history. Oil prices will eventually drop |
| distribute the finished product. | | | | again after about 1 decade. Save some of your |
| | | | salary and use it to build your nest egg. |
| Upstream is where both the greatest demand | | | | Don't blow all your salary on beer and |
| and the greatest competition lies. Most of | | | | cigarettes and living the high life. Make |
| these jobs are international and require a | | | | sure you can retire when the oil boom ends. |
| lot of travel. Employees here often work in | | | | |
| Alaska, the Arctic, Canada and the Middle | | | | Another good choice is to get a good trade |
| East. The people on the really sharp end are | | | | skill like electrician, mechanic, medic or |
| the geologists who look for oil and the | | | | cook. These are some of the support positions |
| people who support them, doing seismic | | | | also needed on an oil rig. You don't get |
| testing and test drilling. Should you try to | | | | labeled as a laborer, but you still get a |
| get in here? This is a judgement call. If you | | | | good salary and excellent benefits. For |
| started a university degree with the related | | | | spending 6 months every year in the middle of |
| qualifications 2 to 5 years ago, you would be | | | | nowhere, you get more pay than your peer |
| in a very good position. Many of the oil | | | | working on land. It is still a pretty good |
| company staff here would be in their 50s and | | | | deal. In addition, when the oil market bubble |
| 60s, some of them recalled from retirement. | | | | bursts again, you have your trade skills to |
| If you start today, you'll get your degree in | | | | get by. |
| 3 to 5 years time. Demand for a geologist | | | | |
| would probably not be as strong. If you have | | | | Even without the specialized skills of the |
| started your geology degree, this is a good | | | | driller, you can still get offshore oil rig |
| time to get the specializations you need to | | | | jobs. You can work your way up from |
| branch into this line of work. | | | | roustabout, or you can get in through a |
| | | | tradeskill in a support position. |
| A better choice for someone starting out is | | | | |
| to get an offshore oil rig job as a roughneck | | | | Are you looking for offshore oil rig jobs? |
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| laborer, your salary is better than many | | | | quickly and easily find offshore oil rig |
| managers (unless they work for a tobacco | | | | jobs. |
| company). Let your high school peers enjoy | | | | |