How do they match: Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas

  • Drill Hand
  • Floor Hand

  • Connect sections of drill pipe, using hand tools and powered wrenches and tongs.
  • Line drilled holes with pipes, and install all necessary hardware, to prepare new wells.
  • Monitor progress of drilling operations, and select and change drill bits according to the nature of strata, using hand tools.
  • Position and prepare truck-mounted derricks at drilling areas specified on field maps.
  • Repair or replace defective parts of machinery, such as rotary drill rigs, water trucks, air compressors, and pumps, using hand tools.

  • Prepare excavation or extraction sites for commissioning or decommissioning.
  • Prepare explosives for detonation.