Driller, Offshore & Onshore Oil Rigs

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Driller Job Description: Drillers, oil & gas, are involved in the organization and conduct of the drilling process, construction, operation and testing of new wells in the process of overhaul and underground repair of the wells. Functional testing operations of drilling equipment, engines, machinery and all kinds of professional are also within the competence in oil rig workers of this profile.

Driller is an infrequent profession, that is constantly in high demand among the employers and job providers in oil drilling industry. Experienced Driller is really rare nowadays to come across. Not everyone will dare to become a Driller. There's a steady high demand for experts in the field of drilling for oil and gas, and they are in a never subsiding high demand among recruiters, working for oil drilling contractors, offshore and offshore. Therefore Driller profession may be classed as a rare profession, and constantly being in high demand.

Education, needed to become a Driller

In order to start working as a Driller on oil rigs, it is not necessary to have a University degree in the relevant professional field. For the Driller profession it is enough to have a diploma of secondary vocational education, obtained at a college or at technical school, or, for example, it could be sufficient even to complete a courses on drilling for oil in the capacity of Driller.

Driller duties and responsibilities

Driller responsibilities can be divided into two categories: 1) the functions that an oil rig employee in this position is obligated to perform before the start of the working day, and 2) the activities, related to the duties to be carried out in the course of performing Driller job itself. The working day of Driller on oil rigs begins from a medical examination, instruction on the issues of safety and from executing preventive measures to check up the the facilities and the equipment on oil rig.

In course of the working day Driller primarily performs oil drilling operations, provides maintenance and minor repairs of drilling equipment in direct charge of him on an oil rig, ensures the compliance with safety regulations and the oil and gas production industry hygiene requirements. reports all deficiencies, identified during oil drilling operation to the superiors.

Concerning being classed as mental/physical type of work, Driller job must be predominantly physical labor. According to the results of our survey, Driller profession/position for the most part involves physical labor. Therefore good candidate for Apprentice Driller position should be in good physical form, and should be able to demonstrate high power endurance and good health according to offshore or onshore oil industry specific OPITO approved tests.

Career Path

As a rule, the specialist career of Driller on oil rigs begins in the role of Assistant Driller. There is an administrative growth and there's room for promotion (Driller 1, 2, 3 degrees, supervisor, trainer). The Driller salary is high. The vast majority of Drillers on oil rigs, who took part in the survey, believe that they have enough opportunities to move up the career ladder. If motivation to grow professionally is in place, it is quite possible to take a leadership position in this area.

Driller profession is believed to belong to the category "male professions". Of course, this does not mean that women are prohibited from working in a Driller position. But the profession is physically demanding for a woman, so Driller is considered to be predominantly male profession on oil rigs.

At the end of the course of training, Trainee Assistant Driller should be able to demonstrate aptness and skills, as well as to prove having hands-on experience of: how to correctly apply the rules of performing operations within the scope of the technical process of drilling for oil and gas to depths not less than one and a half kilometers under the direct supervision of the Driller; how to exercise control over the smooth operation of the automatic oil rig lift appliance; know the basics of laying the casing and drill pipes, their layout, and pressure testing; exercise control over the technical condition and the smooth operation of tackle system, derrick & stairway, and others.

On a practical training course Trainee Assistant Driller will form the skills for the preparation of drill mud, learn to fill reserve tank with the solution, to measure and control the level of the solution intake, exercise control over the correct operation of the mud pumps, preparing them for starting and ending the operation, identify and troubleshoot their work, to perform the replacement of the spare parts of mud pumps, which for one reason or another had deteriorated.

In addition to the knowledge and skills mentioned above, Assistant Driller future development and exploration drilling wells for oil and gas are learning to carry out works to eliminate accidents and complications during drilling, to make installation and commissioning of the cement bridge drilling, cementing casing in a well, laying the casing and drill pipe, etc.