Oil Field Roughneck Jobs

The oil field roughneck nature of work

The oil field roughneck or floorman is a member of the oil drilling crew.

The oil field roughneck carry out a variety of general laboring duties and operate equipment to assist in the drilling and servicing of oil and gas wells. The oil field roughneck are employed by drilling and well servicing contractors and by petroleum producing companies.

Oil field roughneck work conditions

The oil field roughneck usually work long hours in all weather conditions on extended roster systems, usually as member of a drilling crew. The oil field roughneck performs semiskilled and unskilled manual labor that requires continual hard work in difficult conditions for many hours.

Oil field roughneck duties and tasks

The oil field roughneck perform some or all of the following duties:

• The oil field roughneck assist in setting up, taking down and transporting drilling and service rigs and service equipment
• The oil field roughneck clean up drill rig area
• The oil field roughneck handle, sort and move drill tools, pipe, cement and other materials
• The oil field roughneck maintain drilling equipment on the drill floor
• The oil field roughneck manipulate sections of pipe or drill stem at the rig floor during drilling and during the removal and replacement of strings of pipe or drill stem and drill bit
• The oil field roughneck may drive truck to transport materials and well service equipment

If you are able to meet these requirements and you are motivated to be part of highly motivated team of people please, apply for the oil field roughneck jobs through one of the links below:

High-paying oil field jobs come at a price Houston Chronicle By John MacCormack CARRIZO SPRINGS - A few years ago, Frankie Gonzalez was working marginal jobs and running with the wrong crowd in his small South Texas hometown of San Diego. Now he's among the many oil field workers cashing in on the gusher known ... and more »

Banking on Success Inside Higher Ed For example, Brown said the state can tell if a technical college graduate graduated with a credential as a welder and then got a job at an oil field. But “what you don't know is are they welding or being a roughneck?” Another obvious limitation is ... and more »

Austin Chronicle

The Fun Platform: Helen Knode's new murder mystery finds her leaving noir and ... Austin Chronicle Whitehead has hightailed it from LA and landed in the bleak oil country around Bakersfield, Calif. Through family connections, she lands a job as a novice roughneck on a rig wildcatting for natural gas. In the tiny nearby town of Wilson. On purpose.