What do roustabouts, oil and gas do?
Assemble or repair oil field equipment using hand and power tools. Perform other tasks as needed.
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Job titles to recognize in your search
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- Field Service Roustabout
- Floor Hand
- Oil and Gas Roustabout
- Oil Field Roustabout
- Production Roustabout
- Rig Hand
- Roustabout
- Roustabout Crew Pusher
Core tasks to compare with a job posting
- Unscrew or tighten pipes, casing, tubing, and pump rods, using hand and power wrenches and tongs.
- Dismantle and repair oil field machinery, boilers, and steam engine parts, using hand tools and power tools.
- Guide cranes to move loads about decks.
- Walk flow lines to locate leaks, using electronic detectors and by making visual inspections, and repair the leaks.
- Lay gas and oil pipelines.
- Bolt together pump and engine parts.
- Move pipes to and from trucks, using truck winches and motorized lifts, or by hand.
- Clean trucks used in the fields.
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