How To Start In Oil and Gas When You Don’t Have Experience
                     How To Start In Oil and Gas When You Don’t 
Have Experience
  
A Changing Global Industry
The energy industry is at a crossroads. The sector is changing. Seasoned 
workers are gearing up to retire, just as exploration projects are becoming 
more challenging. Working in oil doesn’t mean you have to sleep on offshore 
rigs. O&G entry-level jobs are varied and can include: delivering machine 
par ts, working on a rig, installing pipe lines or running a truck. You could be 
working in anything from conceptual design to decommissioning.
Entry Level Roles
Many roles don’t need special education – the skills can be learned on the 
job. This is especially true for operational roles, where workers start as 
“green hands” with the aim to work their way up as they learn. It is also 
worth noting that the O&G industry is a meshwork of hundreds of 
con tractors and sub-contractors, with  different types of work split between 
specialists
A Little Experience Goes A Long Way
Some experience can also give you a feel for the industry. Most major O&G 
ope rators (e.g. Chevron, Shell, Total)  run taster schemes to give people a 
sense of what working in the sector is like.
Go To College Or University
A start position when you have an industry-relevant educational 
qualification makes a difference to the level you enter at. Most people who 
start an entry-level job, with a plan to work their way up the ladder, soon 
discover that this can be challenging.
  
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