If you’re looking for a high paying job, consider working in the oil fields. Though the work can be very difficult, and yes, even dangerous, the pay is better than many other blue collar jobs. In fact, the average annual pay for rig workers is $99,175.
Low man on the oil drilling totem pole is a roustabout, tasked with physical labor and general maintenance, averages about $34,680 a year, while highly skilled “drilling consultants” make approximately $235,586 a year, CNN reports.
Getting on a rig isn’t as hard as you might think, and in areas where the natural gas drilling industry is booming, trade schools offer oil field work classes. Once you’re on a rig, the company you work for will have training programs that will help you move up the ladder relatively quick.
Office jobs are prevalent in the gas drill industry also, as companies have many communications and human resource needs.
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Oil Drillers Make Fat Paychecks
If you’re looking for a high paying job, consider working in the oil fields.
Started by ashleyhoward , Aug 04 2012 04:53 AM
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Started by ashleyhoward , Aug 04 2012 04:53 AM
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Posted 04 August 2012 - 04:53 AM
"Be nice to people on your way up because you’ll meet them on your way down". - Wilson Mizner
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Posted 04 August 2012 - 06:08 AM
Cute lil advertisement newbie...
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Posted 07 August 2012 - 12:58 AM
good money, however the job is not for everyone, you earn every penny with sweat and blood
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Posted 07 August 2012 - 01:13 AM
This is Oil and Gas country around here. I was once 90 ft. in the air on an ICEY steel deck , helping guide extremely heavy objects over the open! edge of the platform as the Rig was being dismantled ONE night. I never went back. 
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Posted 07 August 2012 - 02:53 PM
Apparently there are so many oil related jobs in North and South Dakota that there isn't enough housing to keep up.
Yes jobs are out there to be had. ( For those who truly want to work that is )
Yes jobs are out there to be had. ( For those who truly want to work that is )
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Posted 07 August 2012 - 03:00 PM
Hard, dangerous, very dirty back breaking work, long hours, rough living conditions in some pretty remote sites, extremes of heat, cold and weather ...
Yes, they earn their pay...
Yes, they earn their pay...
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Posted 08 August 2012 - 07:32 PM
Try working offshore. I knew a lot of guys back in the 80s that did it - 3 weeks on, 3 weeks off, and made very good money.
But the 3 weeks on were a complete 24/7 b****.
But the 3 weeks on were a complete 24/7 b****.
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