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8412 – Oil and gas well drilling and related workers and services operators
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.
Profile
Example titles
- Acidizer - oil field services
- Blender operator - oil field services
- Control room operator - offshore drilling
- Derrickman/woman
- Motorhand - oil and gas drilling
- Oil well cementer - oil field services
- Pumper operator - oil field services
- Pumpman/woman - oil field services
- Rig technician - derrickhand
Inclusions
- Seismic buried facilities locator
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.
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.
Additional information
- Progression to oil and gas well driller or service rig operator is possible with experience.
- Progression to supervisor of well services is possible for gas and oil well services operators.
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 8 – Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 84 – Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production
- Minor group
- 841 – Mine service workers and operators in oil and gas drilling
- Associated Career Handbook profiles
- 8412.1 – Oil and gas well drilling workers 8412.2 – Oil and gas well services operators
- Version
- NOC 2016 Version 1.3