Two years ago I chose to change my jobs. I wasn’t earning much and being single wondered if I was ever going to have enough money to settle down and buy a house. I decided to get a job on an oil rig. The money is really good and although it is physically challenging and really tough, I have really learnt a lot and enjoy it.
Since I landed my first job, I get asked all the time how I got my foot in the door. At first I used a very expensive service to help me as I just didn’t know how to get started. They didn’t really help me much and after almost giving up, I decided to try one more time with another company call Rigworkers. Now I just refer everyone who asks me for information to them. They really offer a great service in my opinion.
I had a job within two months and they really know their stuff. The offshore work industry is about knowing how to talk the talk and as a new start I had no idea what was expected in the recruiting stages. It’s really nothing like normal job searching.
I now have a solid job, earn really good money having now just started as a Roughneck and have been looking to get my qualification to be a crane assistant. Once you have your foot in the door, it’s so much easier to work your way up the ladder.
The other great thing about this job is that when you get time off, it’s not a couple of days, so I’ve been travelling a lot lately and the love the physical aspect of the job and the team that I work with.
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So when drilling offshore, when you guys are tripping pipe, do you take turns throwing the chain, or does the new hand do it?