Do you know any roustabouts (oil rig workers)?

[eye see soles]

Do they particularly enjoy their job? How is the pay?

At which location do they work?

Thanks.

 

[tdrizzle]

Pay is around 40k-60k

Shifts suck, most hate their job.

I know about 7 of them.

Wyoming area.

 

[eye see soles]

Thanks

 

[al audi]

OP you wanna move to Wyoming and do that dirty job?

 

[eye see soles]

Not quite.

I wouldn't move to Wyoming, but I wouldn't not consider the position.

 

[eight2one]

that doesnt look like an easy job at all!

 

[seasoned vet]

Originally Posted by Al Audi

OP you wanna move to Wyoming and do that dirty job?

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tdrizzle wrote:

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Pay is around 40k-60k





- thats nothing to sneeze at for a job you can get with a HS education and no expierience....





- i used to work offshore:

....i wasnt a Roustabout though. i worked for a contractor (Oceaneering). my company was hired to go out to the oil rigs and give the oil company a visual onthe floor of the gulf/ocean. we used these vehicles similar to a submarine. if you've seen Titanic or The Abyss you'll know what i mean.


- dont listen to these close minded clowns about it being 'dirty' or 'not fun'. if spend your life dodging careers/jobs because they're toodirty or not fun you're robbing yourself of a good education on a variety of career fields. its that same mentality that keeps the average person fromfinding great paying HS educated jobs, it comes from friends and family with advice just like that.
- from what ive seen Roustabouts have just as much fun as anyone else on the job. and of course its not easy but once you learn when and what to do you'llbe fine just like any other job.


- oil rigs (at least the ones on water) are gigantic. no where near what you'd expect from pictures. i say that to get you to understand there are a widevariety of jobs you can walk on as on an oil rig, you dont just have to settle with being a roustabout. with the amount of people the oil rig may have tosupport (easily in the 100's), you have to understand everything it has to provide and that it takes people to work these jobs. theres a full kitchen withchefs and kitchen staff, full laundry staff, IT staff, etc.....
- i know they have a painting crew that did nothing but paint the outer parts of the boat...start at one end and work thier way around then start again (itkeeps the boat or rig from rusting). thats not 'hard', and you can walk on to do that too.
- and the pay is crazy for these jobs too......

- when i got off work i sat a bag outside my door with my dirty clothes and the laundry staff came and picked it up. i goto sleep get up, that same bag isoutside my door with my clothes washed and folded. go downstairs for something to eat before i start my shift and while im at work the cleaning staff comes into clean the room and bathroom.




- here is a picture of the vehicles i was talking about. i maintained the electronics on it and drove it when needed.

- on my first time out when we got there lunch had just started and they were having steak

so after we eat we chilled for a while then hit up the breakroom....this here isa picture of that breakroom on my first day. they had a chef in the breakroom baking fresh cakes and pies, i couldnt believe it. on top of that they had bigboxes of every candy bar you can think of above and below my head. as well as different breads, lunchmeat, condiments etc. anything you could want on a breakwas in that room....and a satellite tv

*BACK TO THE TOPIC*


- is your serious get with some Houston NTers. they should know all about jobs on oil rigs. most of the dudes i met out there that did the jobs you'relooking for lived in Houston.

- what i didnt know before i started was how you dont have to be local to have these jobs. i worked with people from overseas (Iceland) to NY and Arizona. theoil company would fly them into New Orleans or Houston then Helecopter them to the oil rig. and they did this every 2-3 weeks, then got 2-3 weeks off.

- i know one of the companies out there was Global Sante Fe. http://www.deepwater.com/fw/main/Current_Job_Openings-300.html
- i didnt work for Global but the roustabouts, painters, kitchen workers, and cleaning crews did. you'll probably have to get with a Houston or New Orleansarea recruiter for better information.

 

[eye see soles]

Thanks for the wealth of information, seasoned vet.

 

[fromthatown]

Originally Posted by seasoned vet

tdrizzle wrote:

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Pay is around 40k-60k

- thats nothing to sneeze at for a job you can get with a HS education and no expierience....

- dont listen to these close minded clowns about it being 'dirty' or 'not fun'. if spend your life dodging careers/jobs because they're too dirty or not fun you're robbing yourself of a good education on a variety of career fields. its that same mentality that keeps the average person from finding great paying HS educated jobs, it comes from friends and family with advice just like that.
- from what ive seen Roustabouts have just as much fun as anyone else on the job. and of course its not easy but once you learn when and what to do you'll be fine just like any other job.



Now that's being realistic as hell. Every job has it's hierarchy, and it's own world. It's how you make your job fun.