subject: Rig Welding Jobs Put You Where the Action Is [print this page] Rig Welding Jobs Put You Where the Action Is
The lucrative salaries that are offered for welders is one reason why so many people consider learning the welding trade. Welding can be taken as an apprentice or as a craft that you learn in a trade or vocational school. With an economy that isn't pristine and so many people out of work, welding is one of the few crafts that still pays a higher salary and seems to be relatively secure.
Welders join metal and work in shipyards, in industry, in car and auto manufacturing, in oil refineries and in oil fields as well as in offshore oil rigs. The welding industry is quite secure and jobs are generally stable because good welders are difficult to replace and are needed in nearly every kind of industry that is available. That statement is doubly true for the rig welding jobs. Offshore oil rigs are up and coming.
While that sounds hard to believe in light of recent events, the reality is that offshore oil rigs are fast rising parts of the oil industry and will continue to grow as our need for the energy that they provide will continue to grow. Rig welding jobs are in particularly high demand because there are so few people who have the skills that it requires to do rig welding. In some cases the job entails being beneath the water while you accomplish your tasks. This means that a rig welding job will require both well honed skills as a welder, but also the addition of diving skills. In most cases the requirement is that you must be a commercial diver, well able to attend to your diving in a nearly automatic way, while also using a welder beneath the water. Sound like something that is an easy job? Think again.
Rig welding jobs are hard to come by for most people because they simply don't qualify for the job. Maybe you do. If you're a commercial diver who has skills as a welder that surpass the norm, if you've got well documented experience as an offshore welder, the lucrative compensation that you can gain from rig welding jobs is literally amazing.
It isn't at all uncommon for the underwater rig welding jobs to pay out more than 500 dollars per day, and in many cases much more. These positions aren't an easy job to attain and in reality they aren't an easy job to do. They involve underwater welding as much as they do above ground welding. It can be dangerous, but it can also be exciting and very lucrative. If you're a commercial diver who has sound skills in welding, it would pay you to try your hand at application for some of the many rig welding jobs that exist. With so many new wells coming on, and so many old ones now being decommissioned, there are rig welding jobs in plentiful supply for those who are qualified to take them.
