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Location: Houston, TX
Company: ExxonMobil
Experience: Executive
Highest Level of Education: Other Graduate Degree



Job Responsibilities
Training employees, keeping records for federal regulations, testing oil wells, calibrating and teaching others how to calibrate meters, recording pressure readings, presenting safety lectures/programs.
Job Requirements
Company training contracted out to other companies. quality is excellent. Ease of getting popular classes is excellent. Grading is based on the students ability to perform the job. Professors are skilled based people. Workload has long hours but plenty pf time off. We work a 7 days on and 7 days off.
Uppers
The best part of my job is that I am able to work alone and do the work the way I think it should be done.
Downers
Long hours and boredom.
Lifestyle
My advice is to come prepared. Have a good education, i.e. able to read, write, and do math. Tthe job outlook is great for a well educated, willing to learn person.
Compensation
Base salary $90,000/yr. Bonuses include stock options plus full medical and dental benefits.
Advice to Jobseekers
My advice is to come prepared. Have a good education, i.e. able to read, write, and do math. Tthe job outlook is great for a well educated, willing to learn person.

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