roustabout

Job Zone

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5

Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed

Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order

• R Realistic7.00
• C Conventional3.29
• I Investigative1.79
• A Artistic1.00
• S Social1.00
• E Enterprising1.00

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Roustabouts, Oil and Gas (47-5071.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.

Typically associated skills

Essential (16)

ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.

• adjust tightness of engine parts
• bolt engine parts
• clean up spilled oil
• clear drill sites
• connect oil well heads
• deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances
• guide cranes
• inspect pipelines
• maintain oil field machinery
• maintain pipe deck
• make foundations for derricks
• mechanics
• perform drainage work
• supply rigging equipment
• transport pipes
• work in drilling teams