| Working as a roustabout on an offshore platform | | | | working as an assistant to the mechanics and welders. |
| offer the prospective job seeker the opportunity of a | | | | He'll be moving supplies and equipment, working long |
| lifetime - to break into the lucrative world of offshore | | | | hours outdoors no matter the weather, all the while |
| employment, requiring nothing more than the desire and | | | | learning the essentials of how an offshore operation |
| ability to work hard and succeed. Once employed | | | | works, and picking up a good foundation to decide on |
| offshore, the new offshore roustabout can take his | | | | the many career paths available offshore. |
| career in a number of different directions, any one of | | | | The rigging roustabout, on the other hand, works with |
| which can form the basis of a long term career, and | | | | the offshore crane operator, rigging loads for loading |
| an adventure that his friends and family can only | | | | and unloading onto the barge transports, and learning |
| dream of. | | | | how to operate the offshore crane once he is |
| There are many different careers and jobs one can | | | | experienced with the rigging. He'll be hauling cargo |
| take offshore. Fishing, the Navy or Coast Guard, and | | | | around after it is unloaded, or helping distribute the load |
| the Merchant Marines are some of the more well | | | | onto the barge, which typically arrives once or twice a |
| known paths to work at sea. But for many, the ideal | | | | day, often at night. |
| offshore career is made a reality by getting work on | | | | So being an offshore roustabout is somewhat of a |
| an offshore oil rig, and the most common entry level | | | | catch all phrase for a variety of offshore entry level |
| position is that of offshore roustabout. | | | | jobs, all of which have their own career ladder and |
| Offshore roustabouts have very different job | | | | path. For all of them, pay is very good, and work |
| descriptions than roustabouts working on land-based | | | | schedules, though often grueling, allow for a good deal |
| rigs, as their are many more jobs to do on an offshore | | | | of down time; two weeks off for every two weeks |
| platform. In fact, their are really three different types of | | | | on. Benefits are usually quite good as well, and |
| roustabouts on the offshore rigs. These are the drilling | | | | transport to and from the rigs are always paid for. |
| roustabouts, the maintenance roustabouts, and the | | | | All over the world, drilling and offshore exploration is |
| rigging roustabouts. | | | | picking up dramatically, and this is a fantastic time to |
| The drilling roustabouts serve the same function as a | | | | start working in the offshore oil patch. Projects are |
| roustabout on land - working with the drilling crew, | | | | coming on line in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of |
| performing maintenance tasks helping the motorhand | | | | Newfoundland, Thailand, Australia, Nigeria, Brazil and |
| and roughnecks with the machinery, pipes and | | | | many other places across the globe. It isn't to much to |
| equipment, and once experienced, filling in for the | | | | say that a world of opportunity is waiting for the |
| roughneck on his breaks. | | | | ambitious and hard working new roustabouts. |
| The maintenance roustabout is more like an | | | | Thousands have gotten their start this way, and you |
| able-bodied seaman, performing cleaning and | | | | can too. |
| maintenance around the entire platform, painting, even | | | | |