Roustabout, according to Forbes.com. I didn’t know what a roustabout was/did either. Roustabouts are the workers who assemble and repair oil and gas field equipment. They do other unskilled work around rigs like cleaning up spilled oil, moving pipes to and from trucks and guiding cranes that move loads around decks. It’s hard and dirty work, and in the labor hierarchy of oil rigs, roustabouts are a notch below roughnecks. Don’t you just love the American economy? Never ceases to amaze me. Of course, there is always the other side of the coin. The disappearing jobs: The disappearing jobs list also reflects the continuing long-term decline of no- and low-skilled… Read More
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