I want to get a job in oil and gas industry. I see that API 510,570 and 653 certifications can help me but all of these require experience. Does anyone know what is the best way to tap into this field to at least gain experience in order to achieve these certs. Ultimate goal is to work in Oil and gas as a mechanical engineer, but what will the road map look like?

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My Ex's family all work for Cummins and they all inter there to Start besides the Dad of the family but for my ex's job, he test drives the trucks and with that he had to get those license in order to even drive them from what I remember. His dad designs the engines that they work with and Cummins is known for having a good reputation for their gas efficiency and emissions. I not sure if that's something you're interested for taking a shot but there's a lot of locations all over. They were at the one in Minnesota but now they're in Indiana now. That might be a good starting point for what you're looking for.

Mechanical engineer in oil and gas there is no such thing.
You either become production engineer which is usually done by petroleum engineers.
Then comes drilling, here you can come in for that find an internship on rig and try to do iwcf. Before applying.
Then comes process mantainence for that if you get a job in oil refinery, you can always move towards the upstream. Api certificate is useful once you are in the career. It's fascinating from the outside in the long run.
You can also learn pipeline designing.

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