Activities on oil rigs and natural gas fields

As oil rig is often completely self-sufficient, most of the work must be done locally. Therefore, oil rigs often need various jobs and activities to be performed permanently. Both men and women are hired to oil rig. So it is naturally that in addition to specific drilling or technical jobs there are also auxiliary jobs.

Roustabout & Assistants - Roustabout and support staff have the following responsibilities: scrape off rust, delete/clean/scrub, transport, assist in the drilling equipment maintenance. Roustabout also responsible to design the necessary material and drilling parts of the drill string in the correct order. Roustabout is also responsible for the preparation of drilling fluid chemicals.

Other activities for assistants on oil rigs are the rusting of chain links, the provision of pipes, cleaning and maintenance of materials. As a rule there are 4-6 Roustabouts in a drilling team employed.

Drilling crew salaries:

• Roustabout that got job on international offshore oil exploration platforms in the first year of employment got up to 3,000 usd net per month.
• Drillers earn in their first year between 4000-4500 usd net per month.
• Drilling leader with 5 years of offshore experience on oil rigs, earn about 7,000 usd net per month.
• Professionals in the maintenance department earn in their first year about 5,000 usd net per month depending on qualifications and professional experience in labor input.
• Welders \ Underwater welders earn about 7,000 usd net and painters and scaffolders be around 5,500 usd net per month.
• Maintenance Professionals with skilled workers certificate and 3-6 years of professional offshore experience earn about 5500-7500 usd net per month.
• Maintenance Mechanics on a North Sea oil rig get in their first year already up to 5,000 usd net and from the fifth year of employment about 6,000 usd net per month.
• Electrician or mechanic usually earn on oil rigs in the North Sea first professional year 5,500 usd net and from the fifth year of employment about 6,500 usd net per month.
• Assembly workers earn on offshore oil production platforms, installation vessels, depending on qualifications and experience, including offshore surcharges approximately between 4,500 usd and 5,000 usd net per month.

Housekeeping offshore jobs & Catering jobs

• Offshore Catering - kitchen staff prepares four meals a day for 150 to 250 workers and the smaller rigs for about 80 to 100 men. Good job opportunities are here for people with professional experience in the hotel sector or catering. For the catering operation on oil rigs both candidates as ship's cook or stewards are taken from shipping, as well as general kitchen helper (galleyhand) are taken from the hotel and catering industry. The payment is almost twice as high as in catering to the mainland. Already easiest jobs as a room boy or housekeeping staff are paid 3,500 usd net per month. Chefs with good references earn 5,000 usd per month.