How to Working in Oil Gas Drilling Industry

With the rise in global petroleum demand, the oil industry is continually looking for sites to pierce to bring forth new fields, both onshore and offshore. Oil companies exploit the permissive laws of host countries and technology development to maximize production. New plants need men to run them. A drilling rig offers physically and often dangerous extenuating work; but wages are good, promotions are possible and working for a petroleum company can be an opportunity to spin the world. If you want to work in this field you have to make choices and meet certain requirements: read this article to get an idea.

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• You have to be sure you can work under particularly harsh conditions. Basic workers such as generic workers or workers must expect very tough work conditions.
• Shifts. They are usually 12 hours shaky, both on land and at sea. In most cases rotations are every two weeks: two weeks of work and two paid holidays.
• The effort. Basic level jobs are physically demanding, such as downloading material or moving pipes.
• The climate. Most US mining activities are located in the southwest, where summer temperatures regularly exceed 37 ° C. In Canada, drilling is mostly done during the cold winter months when the icy soil is more suitable to support machineries and exploration operations. The North Sea platforms are tormented throughout the year by strong winds and inexorable waves, while dotted lines on the Gulf of Mexico are on alert during the hurricane season (June 1 to November 30).
• Accidents. An oil well contains high-pressure substances, but this is just one of the dangers a worker faces every day. Cranes continuously move tubes from one side of the platform, while highly combustible gases are used regularly for operations such as cutting and welding.

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Follow a recognized training course. While it is true that the least qualified jobs are numerous and in theory do not require experience, very few companies will hire an unmanned beginner in their multi-millionaire platforms. In theory, to work in a drilling rig, you just have to be a senior, have a high school diploma and pass a drug test. Candidates who have privately followed a training course or who have developed experience and transferable skills are usually hired by working in other areas. However, there are some mandatory prerogatives, including:

• A Work Visa: It is usually the oil company to obtain a visa for workers who are sent to work in foreign countries.
• Vaccines: There are mining activities in some of the most exotic places in the world, such as the coasts of Africa and the waters of Southeast Asia. For workers who are not in the place it is mandatory to make the necessary vaccines.
• Specialization courses: Many vocational schools and higher education institutes (US) offer study courses focused on various aspects of the oil industry, including professional start-ups. Such a course includes a part of the study coupled with field experiences. Oil companies often offer specialization courses for top-level employees looking for more specific tasks.
• Certifications: All marine platform workers must have obtained a certificate at the end of a course on offshore safety and offshore survival measures ("Offshore Survival & Firefighting Certificate"). Specialized workers such as electricians, workers installing scaffolds and welders must be in possession of a government license to work in the oil industry.

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Decide what work is best for you. This industry offers the opportunity to specialize in the ambitious worker. Most of the new comer with lower level jobs: they improved their position by following specialization courses and accepting additional tasks. Baseline work is:

• General Worker: Usually works on the platform. Move equipment and supplies, often also need to clean the machinery and work area.
• Manufacturing: Takes over drilling operations. It often moves sections of pipes and cleans the oil spill. A maneuver aspires to become a cappuccino day.
• Assistant: Assisting the specialized staff, it can be an electric trainer, lead welder or follow heavy machine operators.
• Painter: above all seawater plants need continuous protection from corrosive agents such as salt water. This is a risky job that the painter sometimes performs by rope and harness to reach otherwise inaccessible areas.
• Mechanic: Maintains maintenance and repair of all equipment, generators and machinery on the platform.
• Material: Prepare trailer cables to secure barges and ships to the structure facilitating loading and unloading.
• Room boy: He deals with tasks such as washing clothes and cleaning services, essential to ensure that extraction operations are carried out with serenity.
• Kitchen and staff: A large staff works all day to prepare meals for the entire team of workers. 

This is a job where you can transfer your experience directly on your own in the oil industry.