roughnecktoroustabout
A roughneck already meets 20% of what the roustabout role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
20%
74.6/ 100
1 Share of the roustabout role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the roughneck 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 roustabout role treats 3 of its required skills as things a roughneck already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- connect oil well heads
- maintain oil field machinery
- mechanics
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 4 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 a roughneck background worth leading with.
- already held connect oil well heads constructing
- already held maintain oil field machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held connect equipment to wellheads working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the roustabout role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 6 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 maintain pipe deck required
- required, not held clean up spilled oil required
- required, not held clear drill sites required
- required, not held perform drainage work required
- required, not held make foundations for derricks required
- required, not held inspect pipelines required
- required, not held adjust tightness of engine parts required
- required, not held guide cranes required
- required, not held transport pipes required
- required, not held bolt engine parts required
- required, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
- required, not held work in drilling teams required
- required, not held supply rigging equipment required
- optional, not held electricity optional
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 skill · occupation specific
- 02 make foundations for derricks skill · occupation specific
- 03 clean up spilled oil skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 4 skills that carry over
- already held connect oil well heads skill
- already held maintain oil field machinery skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held connect equipment to wellheads skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held electricity optional
13 held skills the roustabout role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assemble metal parts skill
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect samples skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety in manufacturing skill
- not needed by the target role guide drill pipes skill
- not needed by the target role maintain drilling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role make time-critical decisions skill
- not needed by the target role monitor drilling fluid skill
- not needed by the target role react to events in time-critical environments skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role troubleshoot 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.
- optional, not held electricity optional
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.