Industry analysts estimate that more than 200 million gallons of oil poured into the Gulf of Mexico between April and July 2010, triggering thousands of oil spill cleanup jobs. While the worst of the spill has been contained, the resulting damage could continue on for decades, affecting wildlife, marshlands, ocean waters, currents leading to the Atlantic ocean, coastal tourist areas, and more. Oil spill cleanup jobs opened up overnight in response to the Deepwater Horizon gulf distaster that started the BP oil spill. Many states, incudling Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, developed state-run websites to help job seekers find oil recovery jobs. Learn how to apply for a BP clean up job and help.
Alabama Oil Spill Jobs
The state of Alabama offers a website called Alabama Joblink to help unemployed Alabamans to find paid positions. Residents of Alabama and out-of-staters alike can use the joblink site to search for open oil spill jobs.
The good news: the Alabama environmental cleanup jobs section has plenty of openings.
The bad news: the site is extremely difficult to navigate.
Job seekers looking for gulf oil spill job opportunities will find themselves extremely frustrated using the Alabama oil spill jobs site, but knowing a few tricks can make the site more user-friendly and make it easier to learn how to apply for oil cleanup jobs.
Gulf Oil Spill Jobs
Follow these steps to begin the search for gulf employment opportunities in AL:
- Go to Alabama Joblink and create an account. The account creation page asks for a username; a password with a combination of letters, numbers, and characters; name; address, and email address.
- Log in to the newly-created account. Here's where the site can be confusing: the site claims that the user is logged in, but actually requires re-logging-in to use the full search operations.
- Go to Environmental Cleanup Jobs to read about specific resume and search requirements to find gulf oil spill jobs.
- Search for jobs by using "Advanced Search" and clicking on "View Only Disaster Recovery Jobs." Then click "Search."
If at any point the site becomes circular (i.e. clicking on "Find a Job" does not offer a complete list of job search options), log into the account once again, then go to "Find a Job" and select "Advanced Search."
Sometimes, even this trick doesn't work, so try a final workaround: log in yet again and the site should take the user to Home ->My HomePage. Click on "Search Jobs" and follow the steps listed above.
Oil Spill Cleanup Jobs
Some of the Alabama oil spill cleanup jobs currently available include:
- Safety Monitor – $18 per hour
- Environmental Emergency Response Technician
- Administrative and Logistics Manager
- Marine Scientists
- Avian Biologists
- Economists
- Maritime Workers with HAZWOPER Certification
- CDL Drivers with HAZMAT – $17 to $20 per hour
- General oil Spill Cleanup Workers – $11 to $13 per hour
- Motorboat Deckhand – $140 to $200 per day
- Motorboat Operator – $200 to $300 per day
- Roll-Off Driver – $20 per hour
- Truck Technician – $24 per hour
BP clean-up job seekers should follow the Alabama environmental cleanup job instructions to find oil spill employment opportunities and to apply for these gulf recovery positions. Opening change constantly on the AL site, so be sure to check the site regularly for new listings. Search for other options as well: go to job fairs, look for listings from private companies online, seek out information and promotions from hiring agencies. In the end, high-paying oil spill jobs in the gulf can help any unemployed person to find a good wage and meaningful work.
To read more about how to apply for oil spill cleanup jobs in other gulf states, please read the following related articles:
Help Wanted for Florida Oil Spill Jobs – learn how the state of Florida's oil spill jobs website works, and how to apply for one of the thousands of listed oil recovery jobs.
Louisiana Oil Spill Jobs – looking for oil recovery jobs based in Louisiana? Oil spill emplyment opportunities and more explained in this article.
BP Claims Phone Numbers and Gulf Oil Spill Management Hotline – need to file a claim for BP interim payments and the bp.com/claims site isn't giving enough instruction? Learn where to find important telephone numbers for filing a BP oil damage claim, receiving lost revenue, lost wages, property damage reimbursement or medical payments.
Melanie Zoltan - Melanie Zoltan is a former college professor and administrator who has written for About.com, PCWorld, Brain Child, Thomson Gale, and ...
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