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

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

Roustabouts maintain and repair oil field equipment and machinery using hand and power tools. They do general labor, such as cleaning, digging trenches, scraping and painting rig components.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 18 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: oil rig motorhand, 28%

oil rig motorhand 28% covered roughneck 24% covered derrickhand 19% covered roustabout You are here
Fig. 2 — the 3 nearest destinations from roustabout. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a roustabout already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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roustabout 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 roustabout 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.