tool pushertodrill operator
A tool pusher already meets 29% of what the drill operator role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
29%
64.9/ 100
1 Share of the drill operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tool pusher 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 drill operator role treats 5 of its required skills as things a tool pusher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- install oil rig
- mechanics
- plan shifts of employees
- present reports
- supervise worker safety
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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A drill operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tool pusher 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 5 the drill operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 10 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 liaise with managers required
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held inspect water wells required
- required, not held keep task records required
- optional, not held monitor stock level optional
- required, not held work ergonomically required
- optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
- required, not held evaluate employees work required
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- required, not held operate pumping equipment required
- optional, not held connect equipment to wellheads optional
- required, not held mine safety legislation required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a drill operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 mine safety legislation knowledge · sector specific
- 02 operate drilling equipment skill · sector specific
- 03 operate pumping equipment 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 5 skills that carry over
- already held install oil rig skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held plan shifts of employees skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held supervise worker safety skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held operate drilling equipment required
- optional, not held inspect pipelines optional
- optional, not held maintain circulation system optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held connect equipment to wellheads optional
- optional, not held inspect pipelines optional
- optional, not held maintain circulation system optional
- optional, not held monitor stock level optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
9 held skills the drill operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage mining plant equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role monitor oil rig costs skill
- not needed by the target role oil rig legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan rig moves skill
- not needed by the target role plan rig operations skill
- not needed by the target role select well equipment skill
- not needed by the target role supply rigging equipment skill
3 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 mine safety legislation required
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
Other moves recorded from tool pusher
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.