ACCOMMODATION AND LEISURE

An oil rig isle is like a small town offshore. There can be up to 1000 personnel on board. The crew stays in 1-2 bed cabins of a comfortable standard comparable to a middle to top class hotel which include a bathroom and TV or internet connection. Service personnel take care of laundry, cleaning and making up the cabins.

To compensate for the hard physical work there are sports facilities such as fitness rooms, pool, billiard, or on larger facilities even a swimming pool. Some even have a cinema or shopping mall. You will also find necessities such as a medical station, doctor or a postal office.

Offshore installations operate 24 hours a day, so depending on your job you may have to work night shifts. With some jobs you may have to do a combination of days and nights. Various systems are used depending on helicopter arrival times and company policies. Often you will start your "trip" on day shifts and then switch to night shifts on your final days before going home. For example if you do two weeks on - two weeks off you may do a week of days and a week of nights.

Off shift facilities vary from rig to rig. In the past there may have only been a packet of cards and a couple of dog-eared novels for entertainment. Today most rigs have excellent gym and sauna facilities. It is a great feeling to step off a rig with two or three week’s holiday. Some people travel half way round the world to their work.

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