Pages

Friday, October 14, 2011

Pays Well But Tough Work: Oil Cleanup Job

Let's admit it. We always want to have a work that pays a lot. But the thing is, it's really hard to find those kind of jobs these days and lets face it there is no job that pays you to just do nothing. There are also those kind of job that pays really high but has really a tough work like Oil Spill Clean up job.

According to the US Dept. of Energy, the world consumed more than 3.5 billion gallons of oil per day that almost 60% of that oil reached the sea. Oil Spill Cleanup is really not an easy job after all. Ever since the 1960's oil shipping has been given more stricter penalties and better oil ship transport design and thankfully has been decreased although still not yet eliminated.

Oil Cleanup job pays from $12 to $23 per hour for hazardous cleanup job in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida. Ship Captains earns $400 to $500 a day and trained workers are paid from $15 to $20 per hour plus overtime. So far, companies in South Florida are sending trained and certified workers in hazardous work on the water. They are involved in the Gulf of Mexico cleanup.

More than 10,000 field workers are involved in this cleanup and are trying to contain and remove more than 4 million gallons of oil discharge from the well owned by BP Plc after the oil rig explosion in April 20, 2010. Emergency cleanup companies in Florida hired and trained more people if the oil starts to reach the shores.

Will Beck owner of the Palm Beaches' Sea Tow Services said, "The pay may be appealing to someone without a job, but it's a tough work environment. The smell is overwhelming." Oil spill workers received 40 hours of Hazard Training to prepare them for the job. They must wear protective suits, rubber boots and a respirator to keep the oil from getting in their skin.

EPAcampus provides individual courses like HAZWOPER 8 hour Annual Refresher Course, HAZWOPER 24 Hour Course, HAZWOPER 40 Hour Course, HAZWOPER 1st Responder Awareness Level and Industrial Emergency Response: Hazardous Materials First Responder Operations - Level I. For those interested please visit EPAcampus.com for more details.

1 comment:

  1. Aside from it being a tough work, it can also be dangerous. That is why those who are working in the clean up takes a few courses such as (not necessarily all) hazwoper programs, osha programs, environmental management training, etc.

    ReplyDelete