Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an oil rig motorhand can go next

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

Oil rig motorhands assume responsibility for the engines powering the drilling equipment. They ensure that all other rig equipment operates correctly.

Also known as rig driller, rig maintenance technicians, oil field driller, drilling equipment technician, oil rig operator, oil rig technician, drilling equipment operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 18 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: derrickhand, 52%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
derrickhand 52% covered rigging supervisor 26% covered roustabout 22% covered driller 18% covered roughneck 17% covered oil rig motorhand You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from oil rig motorhand, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an oil rig motorhand already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An oil rig motorhand needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • operate rig motors working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • direct rigging equipment operators communication, collaboration and creativity
  • move rigging equipment handling and moving
  • set up drilling rigs working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • transport drilling rigs working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • work in drilling teams communication, collaboration and creativity
  • connect equipment to wellheads working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • rigging terminology services
  • use rigging equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain mechanical equipment constructing
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an oil rig motorhand does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an oil rig motorhand’s work. 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.