The entry level jobs on oil rigs are more commonly known as Roustabout jobs. On almost all oil rigs, the workers are required to follow a strict work schedule of 12 hours a day, 7 days a week which stretches to 2 to 3 weeks. The role of a roustabout requires the worker to bend his/her back and to get his/her hands dirty. The job of a roustabout revolves around cleaning and painting the oil rig to mixing the drilling mud and even moving supplies and equipment around the oil rig. The most interesting and motivating part of a roustabout job is that almost everyone that matters on board the oil rig has to start out as a roustabout. So if you thinking about complaining about the job responsibilities of a roustabout keep in mind the fact that your supervisor or manager too had to start off as a roustabout at some point in time!
For people who are fluent English speakers or know enough English to successfully get their messages through, there are three main places where they can easily get hired for oil rig jobs. These places include Canada, US and UK. The easiest place to get hired is Alberta in Canada since it still faces a shortage of people. This makes it the best choice for people to get hired. But the oil rig jobs are not for people that enjoy comfortably sitting in a office doing work on a computer or on paper, on the contrary, oil rig jobs require physical, emotional, and mental toughness so as long as you are tough enough and show the right attitude, many companies will be willing to hire you no matter where they are situated. These companies might even extend their hands further and pay for any courses or certifications which are required to get you at par with the requirements of the vacancy.
At the moment, it is also fairly easy to get offshore roustabout jobs in the US, especially in the Gulf Coast region. On the other hand, UK residents might have to face a tougher scenario. This is because most UK based employers will want you to show your BOSIET offshore survival training certificate, offshore medical certificate, and will also require you to complete a GreenHand course. Taking the time out and having enough mental horse power to complete all these courses and certifications is already time consuming enough but completing these courses will set you back 3500 pounds as well. But when you compare the benefits of an oil rig job with the expenses and metal fatigue incurred during completing the courses, the benefits easily out weights the efforts.
The UK is witnessing a boom period in the oil and gas industry and Oil & Gas recruiters in Aberdeen for instance, have a good eye upon this huge opportunity to provide the right people for the right job. Aberdeen has seen substantial oil deposits being discovered in the North Sea during recent years. Throughout the late 20th century, Aberdeen has led the charge and enjoyed the position of being the centre of Europe's petroleum business. Aberdeen is often referred to as the Oil Capital of Europe because it has the world’s second biggest heliport in the world as well as an important service ship harbour port serving oil rigs off-shore. With so much working in the favour of Aberdeen, one can confidently predict that Aberdeen will continue to enjoy a leader’s position in worldwide oil jobs.
