No jobs in architecture: Can I use my degree to work in the oil & gas industry?

I hold an honors degree in Architecture. Due to the economic climate, I cannot find a job with an architecture firm.


I really need to make a bit of money and so was thinking about trying to get an offshore job.


Would I need to retrain (apart from survival course) to get a job in the oil industry? Is there a specialism within the oil/gas industry that is relevant to my degree?


Thanks.No jobs in architecture: Can I use my degree to work in the oil %26amp; gas industry?
If you mean a hands on job, no the degree won't help and the guys will hate you,and try to make you look bad from the Foreman down because of your previous job. sorry buddy. maybe you could get an admin. job on a rig, or something out there in the engineering. but I know nothing about that end. good luck finding something, time are hard for everyone. I do alot of high rise work in chicago and there are only 6 tower cranes up right now. 900 out of 3000 Ironworkers on the out of work list. I'm getting 2-3 days a week and I'm steady w/the company. We normally have 4 crews of 5 men each and are down to myself, and 1 other guy.No jobs in architecture: Can I use my degree to work in the oil %26amp; gas industry?
If you do your research and want to get a job in the oil industry there is one spot here in America where you be able to find a job in oil/gas, lookup Gillette, Wyoming on the internet, theres alot of oil/gas jobs out that way. I used to live there, about the only issue is its hard to find housing.
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