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Derrickhand duties.
Must have valid 1A drivers license, all valid safety tickets and must in live in Swift Current or willing to relocate
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Continuous learning
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Certificate
- Standard First Aid Certificate
- Rig Work Fall Protection
- Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness (H2S) Certificate
- Blowout Prevention Certificate
Additional Skills
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Train and supervise floorhands, assistants and helpers
Oil and Gas Well Drilling Worker Specific Skills
- Record mud flows and volumes and take samples
- Operate and maintain drilling mud systems and pumps
- Operate and maintain drilling rig diesel motors, transmissions and other mechanical equipment
- Assist in setting up, taking down and transporting drilling and service rigs
- Align and manipulate sections of pipe or drill stem from a platform on the rig derrick
Work Setting
- Drilling and well service contractor
Oil and Gas Well Services Operator Specific Skills
- Read gauges to interpret conditions and adjust pumping procedure
- Drive well services truck to well site
- Attach pumps and hoses to wellhead