Do You Have What It Takes To Survive Offshore... - RoyaltyUniverse

auto-quote: Most of us are unfamiliar with the demands of jobs on oil rigs and have probably only seen references to the hard work this career entails. In fact, movies like Armageddon have portrayed oil rig jobs to be much like the last frontier for cowboys and surly men. Other shows like Dirty Jobs document the roughneck life and mindset it takes to live offshore and work surrounded by nothing but ocean. If you find outdoor life more enjoyable than playing office politics, then jobs on oil rigs may be up your ally. But it takes much more than an outdoorsman to enjoy the life of an oil rigger. The salary is what usually draws someone into considering the life of a roughneck. In the US, the average salary of jobs on oil rigs as of 2010 was $71,000. This is well over the average American salary of about $35,000 yearly. While the handsome salary may draw someone into exploring the life aboard an offshore oil rig, it is not enough to keep a man there who doesn’t have the determination and mindset to adjust to life offshore. The mental stability of a man is tested as he sets out to sea to live aboard a floating city. While the oil rig is large, it is also a constant reminder that he is only a few inches away from the ocean, and constantly surrounded by nothing but water. Getting your sea legs aboard an oil rig in only half as hard at adjusting to the lack of dry land and the freedom to roam. Aside from adjusting to life away from dry land, he must also adjust to living on the job. There is no commute to and from the office when the ‘office’ is manning a drill hundreds of feet below sea level. Cities on seas, or oil rigs, are no place for uncertainty or play and every crew member must stay keenly aware of his surroundings at all times. Most oil rigs will have will hold routine, mandatory safety briefings in order to keep everyone on their toes. This however, cannot guarantee that accidents won’t occur. Accidents in jobs on oil rigs usually occur from human error or... more... - RoyaltyUniverse from FFDirect