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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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Open in Job ExplorerWhat 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.
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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 |
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| ESCO code | 8113.6 |
| ISCO group | 8113 |
| Concept type | Occupation |