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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.7 - installing, maintaining and repairing mechanical equipment S8.7.2 - maintaining mechanical equipment Suggest well maintenance
Description
Ensure appropriate well maintenance is provided after discovering issues or risks on the drilling rig or drilling site.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 0 occupations
- Total: 2 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Essential for
- Drilling engineerDrilling engineers develop and supervise the drilling of gas and oil wells. They assist in the designing, testing and creation of wells and are employed on land or offshore…
- Well-diggerWell-diggers operate drilling machinery and equipment to create and maintain wells for use in extracting ore and other liquids and gases. They record operations, maintain equipment…
Related skills
- Plan oil wells
- Connect equipment to wellheads
- Inspect water wells
- Present reports
- Ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- Operate pumping equipment
- Clean up spilled oil
- Work ergonomically
- Liaise with specialist contractors for well operations
- Coordinate oil well operations
- Geology
- Mechanics
Last updated on February 19, 2026
