Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a derrickhand can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a derrickhand already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Derrickhands guide the positions and movements of drill pipes. They control the automated pipe-handling equipment. They are often responsible for the condition of drilling fluids, or "mud".

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 18 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: oil rig motorhand, 48%

oil rig motorhand 48% covered roughneck 32% covered rigging supervisor 26% covered petroleum pump system operator 21% covered roustabout 20% covered derrickhand You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from derrickhand. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a derrickhand already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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derrickhand is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a derrickhand already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.