How to get experience to work on rigs?

by mark rooney
(glasgow ,scotland)

i am a 23 year old man, i have had countless amount of meaningless jobs which have lead me back to square one. i have a one year old son now and need a job for life and i think the oil rigs is that job. how do i gain any kind of experience to work on the rigs as i have none what so ever. most information i found says experience is key but how do i get that, i would like information on this please as soon as possible as i am ready to start today

Answer
First you have to know what you want to do on rigs, and what type of rigs, ie drilling? Rigs run on skills (why everyone thinks otherwise is a mystery to me), and there is little time to train people. I suggest you go and get some experience on building construction sites or industrial sites as tradesman assistant, or get crane driving experience and a ticket for same, get skills you can transport offshore, get some sueful skills that will make someone want to hire you. PS Rigs are not a job for life, you can be out of work real fast