Roughnecks Oil Job

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 oil job through one of the links below:

Guest Viewpoint: Roughnecks in high demand, but associated risks too high Press & Sun-Bulletin A job with higher pay often entails higher risk, but just how much risk is involved? According to the Centers for Disease Control, the oil and gas industry has a fatality rate eight times higher than the norm for American workers.

Sundown explodes for big inning, tops O'Donnell Chicago Tribune But by the sixth inning, the Roughnecks had struck oil, using a six-run frame to cruise to a 9-2 victory. Sundown (16-3) can move to the area round by winning one of two games against O'Donnell on Saturday. "There was some rust there," Sundown coach ... and more »

Conoco break-up offers growth – and risks Financial Times It is not easy to see, but Ryan Lance has a scar on his right hand from being cut in a fight while working as a roughneck on the oil rigs in Wyoming. That was a long time ago, but the scar is a permanent reminder that he has seen the industry, ... and more »

All Together Now Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition By The Daily Reckoning • May 4th, 2012 • Related Articles • Filed Under While the wildcatters and roughnecks are coaxing more oil from the Texas dirt, the mad hatters and pencil-necks at the Fed are ready to print dollars. And not just at the Fed.