well-diggertoroustabout
A well-digger already meets 32% of what the roustabout role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
32%
65/ 100
1 Share of the roustabout role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the well-digger 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 5 of its required skills as things a well-digger already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- clean up spilled oil
- clear drill sites
- guide cranes
- inspect pipelines
- mechanics
What stands in the way is 11 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 6 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 well-digger background worth leading with.
- already held clear drill sites handling and moving
- already held clean up spilled oil handling and moving
- already held connect equipment to wellheads working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held guide cranes working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held inspect pipelines constructing
- already held mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the roustabout role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 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 make foundations for derricks required
- required, not held connect oil well heads required
- required, not held adjust tightness of engine parts required
- required, not held maintain oil field machinery 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 maintain pipe deck required
- required, not held perform drainage work 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 connect oil well heads 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held clean up spilled oil skill
- already held clear drill sites skill
- already held guide cranes skill
- already held inspect pipelines skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held connect equipment to wellheads skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held electricity optional
22 held skills the roustabout role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role coordinate oil well operations skill
- not needed by the target role dig wells 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 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 mechanical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage well interaction skill
- not needed by the target role operate core drilling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate pumping equipment skill
- not needed by the target role plan oil wells skill
- not needed by the target role repair wells skill
- not needed by the target role report well results skill
- not needed by the target role select well equipment skill
- not needed by the target role suggest well maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role supervise well operations skill
- not needed by the target role supervise worker safety skill
- not needed by the target role use rigging equipment skill
- not needed by the target role well testing operations knowledge
- 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.
- 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.