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Overview
Roughnecks assemble and disassemble pipes and drilling tools, guide drill strings, connect equipment to wellheads and help collect samples during drilling operations.
In job descriptions, look for drilling fluid monitoring, drilling equipment maintenance, wellhead connections, pipe handling, metal parts, troubleshooting, time-critical decisions and close crew cooperation.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Roughnecks work on the drilling floor where pipe handling, tool assembly and wellhead connections have to stay coordinated with the drilling crew. The setting is physical, noisy and dependent on clear signals during tripping, sampling and maintenance.
Skills and specializations
Important skills include guiding drill pipes, maintaining drilling equipment, monitoring drilling fluid, connecting equipment to wellheads and troubleshooting mechanical problems. Experience can deepen toward oil field machinery, core samples, safety checks or crew training.
Salary context
Pay is best understood through rig type, shift pattern, physical exposure, emergency readiness and responsibility for equipment uptime. Work that requires confident pipe handling and fast decisions around active drilling normally differs from general labouring.
Career paths
A route may start as drilling floor support and progress toward experienced roughneck, driller support, equipment maintenance, wellhead operations, crew lead duties or training roles connected to drilling and field machinery.
Good to know
Check whether the vacancy names pipe tripping, wellhead connections, drilling fluid, sample collection, repair duties and the crew structure. Also note whether travel, rotations or harsh site conditions are part of the post.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Test drilling and boring
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is driller.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
47-5011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETWellhead Pumpers
53-7073.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
43.13Test drilling and boring
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Well drillers and borers and related workers (8113)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8d765d88-c8d6-406e-8dfe-e37c5aa89be6 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 8113.5 |
| ISCO group | 8113 |
| Concept type | Occupation |