Offshore Roustabout Roughneck Job Descriptions |
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| Roustabouts and roughnecks are part of the
team that works on offshore facilities such as oil or gas
rigs or drilling platforms. As a roustabout you would do basic labouring tasks to help keep the drilling area in good working order. You would work under the supervision of a lead roustabout, and your job would include:
· cleaning, scraping and painting the deck, equipment and work areas · offloading supplies from boats and moving them to storage areas · moving supplies and equipment to the work site · using lifting gear and winches to load and stack equipment · helping to repair pumping equipment · Mixing lubricants ('drilling mud') for the drill bit. Roughneck is a promotion from roustabout. As a roughneck, you would carry out more skilled duties as part of the actual drilling operation, such as: · adding fresh lengths of drill pipe as the drill moves deeper into rock · inserting and extracting the whole drill · cleaning, maintaining and repairing the drilling equipment · Using lifting gear, ropes and winches. |
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