The following are the careers found in the health and safety oil and gas jobs;
- Land Agents- before any land is turned into an active oil mining field, proper legislation is needed. Land agents are responsible for obtaining leases, land contracts and other necessary paperwork between the two parties. They help in securing land rights for the company and agreement negotiations with the land owners, government institutions and any other concerned parties.
- Geoscience professions- This includes an array of professionals concerned with locating petroleum, minerals and other precious deposits. This is accomplished by studying soil formation, rocks composition and formulations and the topography of land. These positions consist mainly of engineers, environmental officers, technologists and even accountants in some cases. They use mathematical and scientific principles to help them break the hard ground and rocks to simple compounds that make it simple for oil to be extracted.
- Safety personnel.- The safety personnel are present to ensure that the workers are using the right equipment, with the right gadgets worn. They also ensure that the surrounding environment is not negatively impacted by the materials used or extracted from the oil and gas fields, they also include the paramedics, safety and health officers, nurses, industrial state officers and technicians.
- Midstream contractors- when the extraction is successfully done, proper storing, gathering and transportation from the drilling fields to the refineries is needed and firms with pipeline transmissions specialization are needed.
- Pipeline design engineers and pipeline control center operators- in pipelines, sophisticated and computerized equipment is used to help monitor the pipeline’s structural operations as it moves through the systems as they enter and leave it. They also ensure that the equipment and facilities are reliable in their work.
Retail sector operators- these positions are involved in the conversion of the refined crude oil into final petroleum products for the final consumer. They are involved with the marketing, distribution and finally the final selling to the buyer. Here we have petroleum product distribution firms, gas processing plants, as well as retail outlets like service stations.