Anybody interested in working on an offshore oil rig will have two potential career paths open to them; signing up early for a manual role and attempting to work their way up through the ranks, or gaining the appropriate educational qualifications and experience and joining up at a higher rank.

Which path you decide to take largely depends on your level of education and experience in the gas and oil industry, or a similar field such as construction. Here we’ll take a look at some of the requirements you will need to get started in this industry, so you can start making the right choices in your career path to end up where you ultimately want to be.