Oil rig motorhand to roustabout
An oil rig motorhand already meets 22% of what the roustabout role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
73.1/ 100
1 How much of what a roustabout is expected to do is already part of an oil rig motorhand’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the roustabout role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A roustabout role treats 3 of its required skills as things an oil rig motorhand already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- guide cranes
- mechanics
- work in drilling teams
What stands in the way is 13 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 roustabout role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an oil rig motorhand background worth leading with.
- already held work in drilling teams communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held connect equipment to wellheads working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held guide cranes working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held electricity engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the roustabout role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn make foundations for derricks required
- still to learn connect oil well heads required
- still to learn inspect pipelines required
- still to learn adjust tightness of engine parts required
- still to learn maintain pipe deck required
- still to learn clean up spilled oil required
- still to learn clear drill sites required
- still to learn perform drainage work required
- still to learn maintain oil field machinery required
- still to learn transport pipes required
- still to learn bolt engine parts required
- still to learn deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
- still to learn supply rigging equipment required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a roustabout role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain pipe deck practise this
- 02 make foundations for derricks practise this
- 03 clean up spilled oil practise this
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 guide cranes skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held work in drilling teams skill
- already held connect equipment to wellheads skill
- already held electricity knowledge
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
13 held skills the roustabout role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role direct rigging equipment operators skill
- not needed by the target role guide drill pipes skill
- not needed by the target role lead drilling crews skill
- not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
- not needed by the target role maintain mechanical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role move rigging equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate rig motors skill
- not needed by the target role rigging terminology knowledge
- not needed by the target role set up drilling rigs skill
- not needed by the target role train crew members skill
- not needed by the target role transport drilling rigs skill
- not needed by the target role use rigging equipment skill
Other moves recorded from oil rig motorhand
Common questions about this move
Can an oil rig motorhand become a roustabout?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An oil rig motorhand already covers 22% of what a roustabout is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 3 of which the roustabout role treats as required.
What skills does an oil rig motorhand need to become a roustabout?
13 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by constructing. The single most important is maintain pipe deck.
How hard is the move from oil rig motorhand to roustabout?
Its learning distance is 73.1 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.