Roughnecks Jobs

The roughnecks nature of work

The roughnecks or floormen are members of the oil drilling crew.

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

Roughnecks work conditions

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

Roughnecks duties and tasks

The roughnecks perform some or all of the following duties:

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

Drilling into Big Oil's big job claims CNN Another 150000 jobs a year over seven years would create the million additional jobs the industry promises. But that job count comes from the broadest possible estimate of oil jobs. It includes everyone from the roughneck in North Dakota drilling a new ... and more »

Readers weigh in with on-the-job lessons San Antonio Express ... Ralph was one of the "students" looking for a job and was hired by QVC. Wood says, "It was a hoot." To stay in her California high school, one reader worked for room, board and $1 per month in a boardinghouse filled with roughneck well-drillers.

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