Rig Jobs Roughneck

The rig jobs roughneck nature of work

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

The rig jobs 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 rig jobs roughneck is employed by drilling and well servicing contractors and by petroleum producing companies.

Rig jobs roughneck work conditions

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

Rig jobs roughneck duties and tasks

The rig jobs roughneck perform some or all of the following duties:

• The rig jobs roughneck assist in setting up, taking down and transporting drilling and service rigs and service equipment
• The rig jobs roughneck clean up drill rig area
• The rig jobs roughneck handle, sort and move drill tools, pipe, cement and other materials
• The rig jobs roughneck maintain drilling equipment on the drill floor
• The rig jobs 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 rig jobs 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 rig jobs roughneck through one of the links below:

High-paying oil field jobs come at a price Houston Chronicle We had one individual drive all the way from El Paso for a job fair," said Betty Sifuentes, director of Work Force Programs for the region. "The average wage for a driver is $25 an hour. Some pay by the mile, others by the trip. For a roughneck ... and more »

Austin Chronicle

The Fun Platform: Helen Knode's new murder mystery finds her leaving noir and ... Austin Chronicle 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. Soon enough, there's a dead body on the rig, Whitehead suspects murder, and we're off.

Bill Erxleben remembers the World's Fair The Seattle Times We then headed to Wyoming applying unsuccessfully for jobs as oil rig roughnecks and in Montana as smoke jumpers. Our money was running low and on the way to Idaho to try to get on a forest-fire crew Bob received a speeding ticket for $80. and more »

An all-American vodka success story Las Vegas Weekly (blog) ... from oil-rig roughneck to vodka mogul. He talks about work as a sub-surface mapper “shooting seismic,” which he describes as taking an “ultrasound of the Earth.” He talks about companies started and ended. He talks about jobs taken and quit, ...