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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work on an oil rig?

With the current bad jobs climate, many people are looking for new areas of job opportunity.  Whether you’re mid career or coming out of high school or college.

And with recent efforts to ease restrictions on oil drilling and an unsatisfied demand for oil industry workers at all levels, many are considering careers in the oil industry.

One of those areas of opportunity is working on an oil rig.

Recent movies such as Deep Water Horizon make it seem pretty tough, but is it really that bad?

This piece first looks at how to actually land a job on an oil rig. Then you’re taken through all the different types of jobs on-board as well as the two main types of rigs. Then life on-board is explored – covering where rig workers sleep, eat, hang out etc.

Finally, you get the true facts on how dangerous life on a rig really is -with stats and graphs as well as some common hazards you need to be wary of if you ever find yourself on-board an oil rig.

So, take a look and see if YOU could work and live on an oil rig.

Can You Rig It? – Work And Life On An Oil Rig by Fuel Fighter.