roustabouttoroughneck
A roustabout already meets 24% of what the roughneck role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
24%
65.8/ 100
1 Share of the roughneck role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the roustabout 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 roughneck role treats 3 of its required skills as things a roustabout 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 9 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 roughneck role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a roustabout 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 roughneck role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 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 cooperate with colleagues required
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held react to events in time-critical environments required
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held troubleshoot optional
- required, not held guide drill pipes required
- required, not held maintain drilling equipment required
- optional, not held monitor drilling fluid optional
- required, not held assemble metal parts required
- required, not held collect samples required
- required, not held ensure health and safety in manufacturing required
- required, not held make time-critical decisions required
- optional, not held chemistry optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a roughneck role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble metal parts skill · sector specific
- 02 collect samples skill · sector specific
- 03 guide drill pipes 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
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held monitor drilling fluid optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held troubleshoot optional
14 held skills the roughneck role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adjust tightness of engine parts skill
- not needed by the target role bolt engine parts skill
- not needed by the target role clean up spilled oil skill
- not needed by the target role clear drill sites skill
- not needed by the target role deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role guide cranes skill
- not needed by the target role inspect pipelines skill
- not needed by the target role maintain pipe deck skill
- not needed by the target role make foundations for derricks skill
- not needed by the target role perform drainage work skill
- not needed by the target role supply rigging equipment skill
- not needed by the target role transport pipes skill
- not needed by the target role work in drilling teams 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 chemistry optional
Other moves recorded from roustabout
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.