Offshore Drilling Jobs.

Offshore drilling jobs are most suitable jobs for the merchant marine deck crew, engine crew and Engineering officers if they can get the trade training. Offshore drilling jobs are physically demanding jobs like onboard ship jobs. To perform most of the jobs in the offshore platforms, you must go for vocational training and must get all the necessary certificates. The jobs provide good salary along with facilities like as seaman jobs. In offshore drilling jobs normally you have to work 12 hours per day. And the important thing is just like oil tankers and gas carriers the use of liquor and smoking is prohibited on offshore installations. These jobs allow you to work for 2 weeks and get 2 weeks off. Most of the offshore jobs require you to work in heights of 20-25 meters. The offshore drilling job seeker may need to have the minimum height of 5'5". Also you should have good education level like GCE O/L minimum to get jobs on the platforms.

There are three kinds of good paying jobs in the offshore drilling industry.
1. Drillers,
2. Assistant driller.
3. Derrick men.

Before you join this ranks better to work on a rig or platform as a roustabout and roughneck. After following the short courses for the offshore drilling industry you can for promotions for the next level jobs Initial training will be provided in the following as
working safely
manual handling
working with hazardous substances
working at heights
helicopter and helipad safety and banksman slinging (using of hoisting equipments).