question for you offshore guys

[Keywest18]

Around the beginning of next year i'm gonna be looking into getting a job offshore. I know i'm gonna have to roustabout for a while and i'm fine with that because I would like to learn how things work out there. Just wondering if you guys can tell me what the average salary is of a roustabout. No company names needed or anything I already looked online just wanna see how accurate they are. Also, if you were to do it all over again and start off as a roustabout what direction would you go afterwards and why? I looked up basic jobs and their descriptions. Only thing I really seen I was somewhat interested in was motorman and maybe safety, but not if a degree of some sort is required or the particulars on it, any help is appreciated, thanks guys

[DA COVE]

Just depends on what side of offshore u go into, production or drilling. Whatever the case may be, it's really a choice for you to make once you become familiar with the operations. Best to make it something you can tolerate for 12 hrs. A day..

[Keywest18]

i know its a choice i'm gonna have to make, i'm just wondering what route you guys would've taken if you would do it differently than you did, or if one particular field is better than the other and why

[Montauk17]

Oilfield these days is not what your know,but who you know. Hard to get on without any experience these days. Good luck

[swamp snorkler]

I'd go with a service company or production. To hell with drilling.

[jlincecum]

think our r roustabouts make somewhere in the 60's. hard to say what would be the best path. maintenance on these newer rigs isn't bad if you're not into the drilling aspect. I like subsea but it's not for everyone

[huggybro]

Good place to start. I started as a roustabout in the late 70's. Got smart and moved into production with a major in the early 80's. Have been working overseas since 2005.