Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a tool pusher can go next

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

Tool pushers assume responsibility over daily drilling operations. They do mostly administrative work. Tool pushers ensure that the oil rig has sufficient materials, spare parts and enough personnel to continue with the daily operations. They conduct drilling activities in accordance with scheduled programme, supervising drilling crew and equipment.

Also known as toolpushers, oil and gas rigging technician, rig manager, pusher, toolpusher.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 14 skills on file 2 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: drill operator, 29%

Fig. 2 · Career map 2 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
drill operator 29% covered refinery shift manager 17% covered tool pusher You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 2 nearest destinations from tool pusher, 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 a tool pusher already covers. All 2 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 2 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A tool pusher needs 11 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
  • monitor oil rig costs information skills
  • plan rig moves management skills
  • plan rig operations management skills
  • install oil rig working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • oil rig legislation business, administration and law
  • manage mining plant equipment management skills
  • select well equipment handling and moving
  • supervise worker safety assisting and caring
  • give instructions to staff communication, collaboration and creativity
  • plan shifts of employees management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a tool pusher does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Tool pusher 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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a tool pusher’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.