What kind of jobs do we all have?

[Buford T Justice]

Hello all.

I am an engineer and work on an oil rig in the middle of the North Sea. Myself and 18 colleagues board our "private aircraft" to make the 2 hour flight to work, being away from friends and family 2 weeks out of 5. On the way out it's the worst job, on the return it's the best.

150 miles from the nearest land, drilling for and producing oil and gas 365 days a year through the worst of weather, living with the dangers all that entails.....never dull.

Greetings to you all.

[vgonis]

wow Bufod1 very interesting job! Any photos? Or is it forbidden?

[Love Expresso]

Hello all.

I am an engineer and work on an oil rig in the middle of the North Sea. Myself and 18 colleagues board our "private aircraft" to make the 2 hour flight to work, being away from friends and family 2 weeks out of 5. On the way out it's the worst job, on the return it's the best.

150 miles from the nearest land, drilling for and producing oil and gas 365 days a year through the worst of weather, living with the dangers all that entails.....never dull.

Greetings to you all.

Sounds definitely like a job that MK could write a song about one day ("The nearest Land"  ) . Thanks for adding to this thread!

LE

[Buford T Justice]

I was on this one a few years back - good clip, common to all, which emphasises Mother Nature. Days like this, no matter how long you've spent offshore, makes you feel a little on edge and vulnerable.



Great camaraderie, a second family really. A sense of achievement and public service in some respects but always the potential. Whilst things have come a long way since the mid 1970s we must never, ever let our guard down

25 years gone, respects to the lost and thoughts to the families

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/you-could-only-call-the-scene-apocalyptic-the-piper-alpha-disaster-25-years-on-8692596.html

[vgonis]

Thank you for the article and video. It is a hard work and yet when everything goes smoothly a rewarding one, at least watching the water element and its power!

[singv]

I'm relatively new here and just saw this "interesting" thread..

I am a mechanical engineer by trade but work in finance. Used to be a banker (the good kind, not one of those arrogant *^#@$! that blew up the world) for a long time, now work for a large construction company where I am responsible for financing of large infrastructure projects in the US (think highways and bridges that cost hundreds of millions of $$).

[holaknopfler]

I'm a BSC Nursing student and team leader at a emergency/ambulance assistance unit. Helping people, aaaaaalll day long 

[Lis]

I am a business systems analyst.   
 

[11-54_Stringcheese]

Self-employed non-fiction translator.

[vgonis]

Welcome you all! 

[Zeraschkulidar]

I'm a teacher at a Primary School in Germany. I torture...err...teach children how to read, write and calculate ( and 90% of the time how to become a good member of our society ) 

[Marijo58]

I was 14 years a medical secretary for 3 doctors, 2 of the 3 retired 2 years ago so I had to stop and now I'm working in a class of 10 disabled children with the Teacher in a Primary school and I love it!!! It doesn't pay as much as my other job but I do have all the holidays so I manage to be able to look after my aging Parents, Mum is 81 and Dad is 87!! They're starting to be quite dependant nowadays!! Thanks Ingrid for starting this thread!!

[2manyguitars]

Teacher of music in a special needs school here!

[3Strats]

I could tell you - but then I'd have to kill you LOL. 

Seriously- I'm a civil servant doing an admin job for a government department.    

[Marijo58]

I am a ghost

Oh yeah Pensa, I thought that ghosts were living in Scottish castle only!!!??? lol...