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Overview
Roustabouts use hand and power tools to maintain oil-field machinery, clear drill sites, connect wellheads, inspect pipelines and handle general tasks such as scraping, painting and trench work.
In job descriptions, look for rig components, pipe decks, wellheads, oil-spill cleanup, crane guidance, pressure in unexpected situations, mechanical tools and site safety routines.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work is practical support around drilling sites and oil-field machinery. A roustabout may clear drill sites, maintain pipe decks, bolt engine parts, connect wellheads, guide cranes and clean spilled oil.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes mechanics, hand and power tools, pipeline inspection, oil-field machinery maintenance, wellhead connections, pressure handling during unexpected events and rig housekeeping.
Salary context
Salary context is tied to site conditions, shift pattern, safety exposure, crane or wellhead responsibility, spill response, equipment complexity and whether offshore or remote-site routines are involved.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward senior rig support, drilling crew roles, equipment maintenance, pipe-deck coordination, safety support or supervision of general site crews.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name the rig type, site location, lifting work, pipe handling, oil-spill routines, tool use, safety training, travel pattern and physical demands.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary 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.
Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include derrickhand, oil rig motorhand and drill operator.
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: 4
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*NETRoustabouts, Oil and Gas
47-5071.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETHelpers--Extraction Workers
47-5081.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETEarth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
47-5023.00
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.
AltoTrail validates and presents the source relationships without adding ranking or recommendation semantics.
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
09.1Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Well drillers and borers and related workers (8113)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/86c49d9c-b37d-4a14-8e9d-d0357005a48d |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 8113.6 |
| ISCO group | 8113 |
| Concept type | Occupation |