drill operatortotool pusher
A drill operator already meets 36% of what the tool pusher role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
36%
58.6/ 100
1 Share of the tool pusher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the drill operator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A tool pusher role treats 4 of its required skills as things a drill operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- install oil rig
- mechanics
- plan shifts of employees
- supervise worker safety
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tool pusher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a drill operator background worth leading with.
- already held install oil rig working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held supervise worker safety assisting and caring
- already held plan shifts of employees management skills
- already held present reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the tool pusher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held plan rig moves required
- required, not held plan rig operations required
- required, not held manage mining plant equipment required
- optional, not held supply rigging equipment optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- required, not held oil rig legislation required
- required, not held give instructions to staff required
- required, not held select well equipment required
- required, not held monitor oil rig costs required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a tool pusher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 monitor oil rig costs skill · occupation specific
- 02 plan rig moves skill · occupation specific
- 03 plan rig operations skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held install oil rig skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held plan shifts of employees skill
- already held supervise worker safety skill
- already held present reports skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held supply rigging equipment optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
18 held skills the tool pusher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role connect equipment to wellheads skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees work skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety hazards underground knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect pipelines skill
- not needed by the target role inspect water wells skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain circulation system skill
- not needed by the target role mine safety legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
- not needed by the target role operate drilling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate pumping equipment skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held oil rig legislation required
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.