Oil and Gas Roustabout
What is an Oil and Gas Roustabout?
Occupation Description: Assemble or repair oil field equipment using hand and power tools. Perform other tasks as needed.
List of Oil and Gas Roustabout Job Duties
- Clean up spilled oil by bailing it into barrels.
- Dig drainage ditches around wells and storage tanks.
- Supply equipment to rig floors as requested and provide assistance to roughnecks.
- Dismantle and repair oil field machinery, boilers, and steam engine parts, using hand tools and power tools.
- Cut down and remove trees and brush to clear drill sites, to reduce fire hazards, and to make way for roads to sites.
- Bolt or nail together wood or steel framework to erect derricks.
Oil and Gas Roustabout Needed Skills
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
Types of Oil and Gas Roustabout
- Floor Hand
- Gun Perforator Loader
- Oil Rig Roughneck
- Roustabout Crew Leader
- Oil Field Worker
Salary Information
The average yearly salary of an Oil and Gas Roustabout ranges between $27,110 and $58,880.
Tools & Technologies Used by Oil and Gas Roustabouts
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Windows
- Spreadsheet software
- SAP software
- Maintenance record software