jobs in oil n gas industry

many people wonder what type of work that you can do in oil and gas industry...many things thatyou can work as long as you have the speciality and knowledge.

oil and gas...have many types of jobs depending on what stage the "plant" is..

either its onshore, offshore, running plant or construction plant. oil and gas plants does not meanit handles oil n gas only, chemicals, power, water plant, air plant, steam and so on...nowadays ppl call it as cogeneration plant.

it has all, main core plant (either oil base or chemical), utility plant (power, water, steam, airand etc) and shipping plant (loading arm, bay, packaging and etc).

so depend on what plant and where, you can get any job that u want and willing to do. illdescribe here some that maybe you can easyly get it.

- scaffolder
these ppl erect scaffoldings up to high places..if youre afraid of heights..just forget abt it.hehe..u have to have the "balls" to do this job..i dont..haha.

- welders
welding any type of materials, mainly carbon steel and stainless steel. beware of the humes andbright light as older you gets, ur eyes will glare and maybe ull have lung dease. but if ure a smoker..then no worry..hehe.

- rigger
these ppl "tie" anything and everything to the cranes. and cranes will pull these things up to theair or where it needs to be fitted in. from 1kg tools to 5000 tonnes equipment. all riggers have to do. and same with scaffolders, if you are afraid of heights...just forget abt it.

- crane operator
this job is quite relaxing and nice..ull be in a covered place and most modern cranes have air-conand some of them even have fm radio. sometimes ull have to go up to high places cranes (tower crane)or sometime just on the ground (crawling)...n if u have the speciality, u can operate the 5000 tonne crane (only a few in the world) and they pay u good money too.

- project engineer
this job is quite demanding, but opposite to the title, ull be like a runner...name is great "project engineer" but the thing that ull do is run here, run there to solve problems..betweenthe client and subcons...quite tiring but good expirience. and u have to know everything in theproject..from small nut and bolts to big reactors...not for me...hehe

- piping engineer
as the title it self..ull be desiginin piping layouts, materials, valves locations and so on. the mosttiring and tense work in any project. becoz piping is the key to every jobs completion. usually in many projects, if the piping work is good...the project will end fast..but if u fucked up in early stage...ull suffer until the end..haha.

- qc engineer
my speciality...working as qc for quite some time now...all things u have to know and have to maintainat least minimum requirements of quality...some times the client wants more, and never they wantit less quality...of coz we have to cope up with construction schedule...most of the timeure powerfull and some time words that u say will only be like a fly flying near ur ears...its a trickyjob that needs fast action and result. also need tonnes of qualifications. the more u have doesntmean u know more...hehe.

- qc inspector
this will be under qc engineer supervision...all discipline will have their own inspector...piping/welding, electrical, instruments, mechanical, rotating, painting, insulation, refractory,civil, structure..

basically, these inspectors go to inspect that the workmanship have minimum level of quality or not.

- material control
to control all materials that come and goes from warehouse...shipping and logistics also fall underthis section...loading, unloading, stacking...all these skills are required..need to do the jobfast but efficient..

- safety personell
this work..erm most workers doesnt like these safety ppl, same like qc inspectors..to ensurethat job site is in secure positions and safe to work...from fire safety, rigging safety, heights,scaffolds, confined space, flammable and hazardous gasses and etc.

erm..these are some kind of jobs that u can have in oil n gas job site...no matter what u stillneed to learn even u have 20 years of experience...

maybe if i can remember other jobs, ill write in future.