Oil and gas well drilling and services workers

NOC

84101

- Oil and gas well drilling and related workers and services operators

Drilling workers operate drilling and service rig machinery. Service workers drive trucks and operate specialized hydraulic pumping systems.

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Full NOC Description

Oil and gas well drilling workers operate drilling and service rig machinery as intermediate members of the rig crew. Oil and gas well services operators drive trucks and operate specialized hydraulic pumping systems to place cement in wells or to treat wells with chemicals, sand mixtures or gases to stimulate production. They are employed by drilling and well service contractors and by petroleum producing companies.

Main Duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Oil and gas well drilling workers

Use specialized equipment, information and maps to determine and document the location of buried pipelines and other utilities in preparation for seismic exploration and drilling activities

Align and manipulate sections of pipe or drill stem from platform on rig derrick during removal and replacement of strings of pipe, or drill stem and drill bit

Operate and maintain drilling mud systems and pumps during drilling, and mix mud, chemicals and additives

Record mud flows and volumes and take samples

Operate and maintain drilling rig diesel motors, transmissions and other mechanical equipment

Assist in setting up, taking down and transporting drilling and service rigs

Supervise floorhands and labourers.

Oil and gas well services operators

Drive well services truck to well site

Assemble pumping equipment and attach pumps and hoses to wellhead

Operate hydraulic pumping systems to pump chemicals, gases, sand, cement or other material into well

Read gauges to monitor pressure, density, rate and concentration and adjust pumping procedure as required

May mix chemicals and cements.

Also Known As

acidizer - oil field services
blender operator - oil field services
control room operator - offshore drilling
derrickhand
motorhand - oil and gas drilling

offshore drilling rig technician

oil well cementer - oil field services

pumper operator - oil field services

Requirements

Employment Requirements

Completion of secondary school is required.

Training of up to three months with an experienced operator is required for oil and gas well services operators.

Completion of petroleum industry-approved training courses may be required.

One year of experience as a floorhand, assistant or labourer is usually required.

Certificates in first aid, hydrogen sulphide awareness, blowout prevention, workplace hazardous materials information system (WHMIS), transportation of dangerous goods (TDG), cryogenic safety or in other safety concerns may be required.

Rig technician certification for motorhands and derrickhands may be required by some employers.

Oil and gas well services operators require a driver's license appropriate to the class of vehicle being driven.

Provincial Regulation

Not Provincially Regulated

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Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

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