Working conditions for oil field jobs
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 Depending
on the occupation, the conditions will change slightly. For construction
and extraction oil field jobs, the working conditions would generally
be in all outdoor weather that requires stamina and physically able bodied.
These sorts of jobs are spent climbing, standing for long hours, working
with oily tools and equipment, and lifting heavy objects.
The executives in an oil company will be based in rather different
conditions than the ones mentioned above. They generally work
in office settings where the clerical and administrative workers
do also. Engineers, geologists and managers with oil field jobs
split up their time between the office and the job site, especially
while working in exploration areas.
Because of the type of work and locations there is hardly part
time workers with above 90% of staff in the oil industry employed
full time. Some other interesting facts include:
- In 2003 there was 1.8 per 100 full time workers with oil field
jobs that suffered from a work-related illness or injury. The
improvements in drilling technologies have lowered this rate.
- On onshore installations workers work for 8 hours a day for
6 days in a row. On offshore installations they work 12-hour days
for 14 days in a row and then have 14 days off.
- Offshore workers will be evacuated if there is possibility of
a serious storm.
- In 2004 there was 316,00 salary and wageworkers employed in
the gas and oil extraction industry.
- There are about 56% of workers in this industry that are aged
between 35 and 54 years old.
There is a great need for varied skills when it comes to oil
field jobs. The different types of jobs can be divided up into
groups that include extraction and construction, production, transportation,
industry employment and lastly the management, financial and business
group. 37% of employees on an oilrig have jobs involved in extraction
and construction, 14 % of workers account for the industry employment
group, 12% of employees are involved in business and finance.
10% of employees are in the material moving and transportation
group with the last 9% making up the production workers.
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