After two weeks, Arne leaves the rig and goes home. ‘We have a small farm, so there are always things to do,’ he says. He doesn’t usually work all the time when he,s at home. He likes fishing, and in the winter he often goes skiing.
Arne likes his job. The money is very good and he enjoys the time at home, but there are problems. ‘The weather’s often bad in the North Sea, so the rig moves a lot,’ he sats. ‘I rarely get seasick, but it isn’t very nice when I do. The biggest problem is the shift work. When I change from the day shift to the night shift, I can never sleep. I watch a lot of films then!’.