For those people who are searching for oil rig job with no experience, it might be very difficult to know where to start. However, it’s not as difficult as most people think. Finding and getting the offshore job on oil rig platform isn’t particularly complex. It just takes time and effort. Where the real problem lies is in keeping the oil rig job once you get it.

There’s a good reason why offshore drilling companies are always hiring workers for their offshore oil platforms – the work is really really tough and many people find they can not take the hardship

So how does a person looking for an oil rig job get it with no experience?

If you really haven’t absolutely no experience – never worked at sea, offshore, never worked in construction, never worked on a land oil rig platform – you might only start at the bottom. A slow, steady and sure way is to prepare yourself by spending 1 year or 2 on each of the jobs mentioned above. It will earn you relevant experience and it toughens you up for a real job offshore on an oil rig with no experience. Of course, you might prefer the less certain way of trying for roustabout jobs positions on oil wells in shallow waters near shore.

In the Gulf states where there is a lot of offshore oil drilling platforms, there are offshore oil rigs that operate near land. Such oil rig companies sometimes hire temporary workers with no experience on day rates during periods of high activity.

All that the oil service employer needs from such temp oil workers is a strong back, the skill to follow instructions and the ability to swim so that they do not drown if they fall off the boat transporting them. In lots of the cases, the employer draws these workers from the state unemployment office. It is a good way to gain much needed job experience on an offshore oil rig well and can get you much needed contacts for more permanent employment.