Description
Disassemble, repair or replace oil field equipment such as steam engine components or boilers; use power tools and hand tools.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 3 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- RoustaboutRoustabouts maintain and repair oil field equipment and machinery using hand and power tools. They do general labor, such as cleaning, digging trenches, scraping and painting rig c…
- RoughneckRoughnecks make or break connections when the drill pipe is tripped in or out of the drilling hole. They assemble and disassemble pipes and drills, and collect core samples.…
Optional for
- Boiler operatorBoiler operators maintain heating systems such as low-pressure boilers, high-pressure boilers and power boilers. They work mostly in large buildings like power plants or boiler roo…
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Last updated on February 18, 2026