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| Special_K |
Hay has anyone here ever worked on an oil rig? or does anyone have any friends that have. I just finished school and it cost my so much money that im ganna be in debt for the next 15 years. i wanna work on a rig because of the high pay, even doing it for a year would pay off pretty much all of my debt.
anyway, anyone with info, storys, or advice would be appreciated |
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| tribu |
A friend that my dad stayed with when he was in the army during the vietnam war now works on an oil rig. I dont know many of the details, but I know the shifts are long (12 hours or more per day for about 6 months), the high pay is offset by inflated costs of food, room & board, etc while on the rig, and the danger to your health is high.
However, ive considered this as a possible job in the past. The pay is still decent after being removed from the rig, you get to work offshore with beautiful scenerey and its a quality workout and fulfilling job. |
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| Special_K |
Ya in the reasearch ive done so far for the most part it says that when you work on somthing like an off-shore oil rig the company pays for all living expenses, (food, laundry, houseing etc..) and usually the shifts ater 14days on 21 days off, i guess they rotate like that.
http://www.oil-industry-jobs.com/
thats where ive gotten most of my info so far. |
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| Emil |
| quote: | Originally posted by Special_K
Hay has anyone here ever worked on an oil rig? or does anyone have any friends that have. I just finished school and it cost my so much money that im ganna be in debt for the next 15 years. i wanna work on a rig because of the high pay, even doing it for a year would pay off pretty much all of my debt.
anyway, anyone with info, storys, or advice would be appreciated |
What kind of school did you go to, that you will be in debt for 15 years? |
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| Special_K |
| well maybe 15 was a little over the top but i went to an audio engineering school in Vancouver and im not 40 grand in debt after 2 years. |
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| Emil |
| quote: | Originally posted by Special_K
well maybe 15 was a little over the top but i went to an audio engineering school in Vancouver and im not 40 grand in debt after 2 years. |
The job market for your chosen career isn't good? I don't get it. You finished school, but don't want to go into the field you studied? |
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| JM |
you didn't think about the debt before deciding to go to that school?
i guess thats around $30k USD or so, im not sure of the exchange rate but this sound about right. thats a LOT for 2 years of school.
well, i'm sure you can pay this amount off during a longer period of time (student loans i'm assuming). So consolidate it now into a lower APR and you'll be good to go...
good luck! i got about half of what you owe to pay off on my student loan debt.
>JM< |
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| Special_K |
ya if your ganna make money then you got to work freelance. unfortunatly untill i make some cash i cant buy an editing rig. Its next to impossible to get a job in a recording studio unless you want to server coffee for 2 year un-paid, or unless you got a hookup.
I do have one very good job oppurtunity that looks like it might pan out, but if it dosnt i want to be able to go do somthing to pay this off fast. oh and there are schools that are way more expensive then what i did. |
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| AnotherWay83 |
| quote: | Originally posted by JM
you didn't think about the debt before deciding to go to that school?
i guess thats around $30k USD or so, im not sure of the exchange rate but this sound about right. thats a LOT for 2 years of school.
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actually these days in the US 30000 for 2 yrs. is abt reasonable, comes up to 15000 per yr...
NYU takes abt $45000 EACH yr...(thats prolly including living expenses) |
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| Special_K |
| Private institutions teaching specialized trades are more expensive then most universitys, dont know if its the same in the states but that how it is here. |
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| ChadVanDyk |
Come to Calgary...this place is full of "rig pigs". It's retardedly hard work but you can really make some good money in a short time cause when you're on the rigs...there's no way to spend money. They also have Seismic work out here which is similar, ty hard work but great pay. I don't know if you've seen this site
http://www.oilfieldworkers.com
Heard it's quite good.
Cheers |
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| SID133 |
i never worked on a oil rig but i worked for a company that did look for oil in the dirt pay was good real good but the hours and degree of work too much i was pullin about 1600 a week plus about 250 hotshot for living expenses ,yeah i had to travel alot
dont do it unless you are sure you can handle it |
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