roustabout
Roustabouts maintain and repair oil field equipment and machinery using hand and power tools. They do general labor, such as cleaning, digging trenches, scraping and painting rig components.
Also called: oil rig leasehand
- 16
- essential skills
- 2
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 8113
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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Essential skills
16- adjust tightness of engine parts
- bolt engine parts
- clean up spilled oil
- clear drill sites
- connect oil well heads
- deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances
- guide cranes
- inspect pipelines
- maintain oil field machinery
- maintain pipe deck
- make foundations for derricks
- mechanics
- perform drainage work
- supply rigging equipment
- transport pipes
- work in drilling teams
Optional skills
2Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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