oil rig motorhand

Job Zone

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5

Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed

Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order

• R Realistic7.00
• C Conventional3.64
• I Investigative2.54
• E Enterprising1.64
• S Social1.01
• A Artistic1.00

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas (47-5011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.

Typically associated skills

Essential (14)

ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.

• connect equipment to wellheads
• direct rigging equipment operators
• electricity
• lift heavy weights
• maintain mechanical equipment
• mechanical tools
• mechanics
• move rigging equipment
• operate rig motors
• rigging terminology
• set up drilling rigs
• transport drilling rigs
• use rigging equipment
• work in drilling teams