Some important facts about offshore jobs, and how to get your resume to get your offshore job on rigger.

2. Offshore jobs on oil platforms pay well, often
up to two times the salary of an equivalent job
in the manufacturing and construction sectors.
These high salaries earned by workers without
college degrees for doing physical work. An
entry level roustabout could take
home upwards of $45,000 every year for
doing 6 to 8 months of work a year. A
Geology major with a specialty in oil
exploration could easily take home double or
triple that, fresh out of school.

3. Of course, these salaries are fair compensation
for the dangers and privations faced by those
doing offshore oil rig jobs. Despite all the hue
and cry over the recent Deepwater Horizon
accident (with 11 dead), there were only two
other major offshore oil rig accidents in the
2000-s - the Mumbai High North in 2005 with
22 dead, and the Usumacinta in 2007, also with
22 dead. These are rather small numbers,
considering that over 400,000 Americans die of
tobacco-use every year (according to the
American Cancer Society).

4. But if workers in oil gas jobs offshore are not
being paid for facing the danger of fatal
accidents, why the sky-high salaries then? It
is mainly the combination of two reasons -
the large amount of profits being made by oil
companies, and the lack of experienced
workers willing to stay on. The simple fact is
that there is a high rate of attrition among
front line workers in the offshore oil drilling
industry.

5. Many offshore oil workers cannot endure the
physical hardships they face - the 12-hour
shifts of hard physical work in a dangerous
environment, the need to do this work non-
stop for two to three weeks without a break
(there are no weekends on board an oil rig
and operations run 24x7), and having to
work night-shifts. Although accommodations
are provided for free and fairly comfortable,
many are also unable to deal with the noise
which goes on day and night.

6. Getting back to the high salaries of drilling
jobs, at one point of time, these workers
receive additional tax relief, i.e. under certain
circumstances, e.g. when the oil rig is in
international waters, an oil rig worker who
does not need to pay any income tax. Not
only that, he may also be able to claim relief
for his transportation costs, for example
driving to and from the heliport for work, as
well as driving to and from training.

7. It is even possible to claim for personally-
bought work gear like steel toe boots and
slicker suits. On top of these, he may also be
able to claim relief from state taxes, e.g.
when he is paying taxes for both his state of
residence and his state of work. Obviously, it
is necessary to consult a proper accountant or
tax lawyer for advice.

8. It is even possible to claim for personally-
bought work gear like steel toe boots and
slicker suits. On top of these, he may also be
able to claim relief from state taxes, e.g.
when he is paying taxes for both his state of
residence and his state of work. Obviously, it
is necessary to consult a proper accountant or
tax lawyer for advice.

9. Of course, jobseekers who have visited
Shell's website or BP's website to look for
offshore vacancies may be wondering how
they can find this kind of work. After all, the
only jobs advertised on the websites of these
large oil companies are for high level
management positions like Regional Account
Manager, etc.

10. Unfortunately, the way modern oil drilling
works is that the large oil companies
outsource the operation of their oil rigs to
large oil service contractors like Transocean
and Halliburton, and then these intermediate
level companies further outsource the real
work and hiring of front line workers to
much smaller firms. These outsourced
workers may or may not be placed under the
headcount of the parent contractor,
depending on circumstances.

11. For example, they may count these
outsourced workers when laying off staff to
boost their stock prices, but not when they
are expanding their operations.
Given these facts, the best way to conduct an
offshore job search is by finding and
shooting off job applications to the small oil
drilling service companies and recruiters.

12. They will not always have an opening, and
rarely have a proper database to track job
applications. Once such a company is found,
put its details in an Excel spreadsheet and
send off the resume. Repeat for each
company every three to six months until an
offshore job is found. Note that this is also
how mass resume submissions services
work.

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