Supply boat jobs(oilrig)

[travis91]

Has anyone worked on a supply boat, or know anyone that does? What can you tell me about the work or where to find a job? i have a friend thats doing it. but i never get to talk to him about it.

[texican]

One of my cousins owns an offshore service company. His hands work more hours than I ever want to. It's illegal to have any kind of drugs on the rigs... however, I know that's the only way a lot of em can bang steel for 24 hours at a time.

Pretty much a good ol boy network... I'd snatch the friend, and ply him with a six pack or three, and get an intro. If you have callouses, can work like a mule, don't know what whining is, you'd probably be good to go.

[JuliaAnn]

And you will likely become hearing impared at a relatively young age, too.

[Txrider]

Originally Posted by travis91

Has anyone worked on a supply boat, or know anyone that does? What can you tell me about the work or where to find a job? i have a friend thats doing it. but i never get to talk to him about it.

Know a few people who have. I used to work for a helicopter outfit that flew crews out to the rigs. Some friends and cousins worked on boats.

Decent pay, hard work. I'd rather be on a supply boat than the oil rig. There are different types of boats and different sizes as well and it makes a difference.

The places to go look are all along the gulf coast, especially pretty much any port in Louisiana and Texas.

I believe the drilling moratorium after the BP spill though has put a damper on things, but still plenty of rigs out there. Things will get hopping if oil goes over $140 a barrel again though and they are talking about that happening this summer. There will be a lot of work-over rig jobs popping up as well if the price of oil keeps going up.

[Brackin]

The downside is whatever they offer divide it by 20, thats your per hour. Before you go to work there is a lot of paperwork, time, and money to get your TWIC card which requires a background check and is a homeland security department. You can imagine how much fun that is.
The upside is they feed you good and if you stay most have decent insurance but that can take up up to a year. It is a hard way to make a living.

[Oldcountryboy]

I had a Uncle that was a Merchant Marine. After he got out of the Marine core after the Korean conflict ended he became a Merchant Marine and traveled the seas delivering goods back and forth. He eventually became a Captain and had his own oil tanker to navigate. I guessed he liked it as he did it up till about the late 90's till he died of cancer. But one of the good things about it was, however many weeks he was out on the ship, that's how many weeks he would be home on shore leave. I almost went down to live with him at one time. But it wasn't work I was after, I was running from some trouble I got myself into.