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Electrician Oil Rig








JOB DESCRIPTION FOR ELECTRICIAN OIL RIG

Rig Electricians as I said have to be multi skilled and these days there is a lot of new technology to handle. Rig Electrician Tasks vary depending on the rig and also whether you are one of a team or the Electrical Supervisor.

Rig Electrician Duties cover a wide variety of systems that include either High Voltage or Low Voltage power generation and distribution, drilling equipment control systems, and also that includes SCR and AC motor drives, hotel services such as galley systems, safety systems such a sfire and gas and so on.

The new Seadrill drillship West Polaris, check Seadrill website for job openings

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FINDING ELECTRICIAN OIL RIG WORK

There are many Electrical Offshore Rig Jobs However you do need to prepare if its your first time entering the industry or looking at changing jobs and moving into more advanced rigs, and there are a great many new 6th generation DP rigs coming out of construction yards.

If you are looking for Rig Electrician Jobs then you need to do some homework on what employers are asking for.

There are many great career opportunities for the Oil Rig Electrician and I will try to give you some basic training on systems you don’t know too much about, such as Dynamic Positioning, Permit To Work, and Lockout refresher Course and also Rig Electrical High Voltage Systems

Check out this page regularly for the The Latest Rig Electrician Jobs and why not link it with your MySpace or Facebook pages to ensure you get the latest job info. Also check out the Rig Electrician Job Descriptions to see if you meet them, and so you can plan on what you need to know.

OFFSHORE EMPLOYMENT SCAM ALERT

Use caution when paying out money to sites such as oilcareer.com and oiljob.com, they make all sorts of amazing claims of be working in 72 hours and so on, absolutely no one I know in the industry ever got a job of any sort within any time period even though they had many years of experience. You do not have to pay any agency or company anything to find a job, so be warned! I know this as I was also suckered in by this outfit. I know several experienced oil rig electricians who tried this without success

All You Need to Know About the Electrician Oil Rig