The most important skills for an oil rig roughneck resume and required skills for an oil rig roughneck to have include:

Below we've compiled a list of the most critical oil rig roughneck skills. We ranked the top skills for oil rig roughnecks based on the percentage of resumes they appeared on. For example, 89.7% of oil rig roughneck resumes contained rig as a skill. Continue reading to find out what skills an oil rig roughneck needs to be successful in the workplace. 

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Oil Rig Roughneck

an Oil Rig Roughneck

An Oil Rig Roughneck

<ul><li>Walk flow lines to locate leaks, using electronic detectors and by making visual inspections, and repair the leaks.</li><li>Worked on service rig on floor and in the derrick.</li><li>Dig drainage ditches around wells and storage tanks.Bolt or nail together wood or steel framework to erect derricks.</li><li>Promoted to Roughneck, and worked on the rig floor the year of 1996.</li><li>Rig hand on an oil rig 
Maintain oil wells 
Operate machinery</li><li>Reinforce safety regulations to ensure safe work practices of the rig .Perform various well calculations.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Oil drilling Operated heavy machinery Team leader Well tester Fluent in techniques in oil filtering</li><li>Certified in HAZ-MAT and HAZ-COM 
 Member of the Global Marine emergency response unit.</li><li>Promoted to Roughneck, and worked on the rig floor the year of 1996.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Worked in a fast-paced environment with excellent customer service relations.</li><li>Imported/exported files in Auto Cad utilizing spread sheets in Excel.</li></ul>

Detailer

<ul><li>Monitored oil flowing into pipelines, Observed oil flow in and out of tanks.</li><li>Perform general repairs and maintenance on major and minor rig components.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Pipe threading, welding, heavy equipment operation.</li><li>Completed oilfield safety training at West Texas Safety Training Center.</li></ul>

Oil Field Worker

<ul><li>Line clearance and tree removal for AEP Electric Co.</li><li>Trim trees out of power lines according to the line clearance qualification standards set forth by OSHA.</li><li>Trim and remove trees for PowerLine clearance.</li><li>Used hand tools or hand-held power tools to cut and trim trees.</li></ul>

Trimmer

<ul><li>lead tongs,back-up tongs motor hand</li><li>Complete rig up and tear down of A Flex 3 rig utilizing third party cranes and trucks.</li><li>Worked as an effective and accomplished team.-work on water/mud pumps</li></ul>

<ul><li>Serviced and maintained vehicles and heavy equipment.</li><li>Participated in daily safety meetings, complete daily Job Safety Analysis worksheets and fire fighting training/drills.</li></ul>

Oil Field Roustabout

<ul><li>Clean and sanitize all silverware used for food products.</li><li>Register handling, Food preparation etc.</li><li>cash handling and customer service.</li><li>Greet customers; take orders; ring register 
 Serve coffee and breakfast sandwiches 
 Clean machines; sweep and mop</li><li>Job included serving customers, food preparation, cleaning, doing dishes, and answering phones.</li><li>Provide great customer service 
- Prepare food products 
- Housekeeping</li></ul>

Crew Member

<ul><li>Operate forklift to handle, sort and move drill tools, pipe, and other materials on location.</li><li>Experience with safety meetings and Job Safety Analysis as per company standard and policies.</li><li>Worked as an effective and accomplished team.-work on water/mud pumps</li><li>Maintain and inspect rig equipment.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Worked as a Rig Hand responsible for keeping the area safe and clean in order to ensure safe drilling.</li><li>Oversee floor hands to insure the job was getting done in a safe and timely manner.</li><li>Rig up and down mobile rig unit and all well control equipment.</li><li>Rigged all pieces of an oil rig in the rig up a d down operations.</li><li>regulated vehicals Saftey training / CPR / First Aid.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Prepared surfaces for coating, maintained sandblasting and spray painting equipment, mixed, blended, and applied coats of paint.</li><li>Worked with sand from green diamond to black beauty.</li><li>Removed old paint using paint remover, needle gun, sander and wire brush.</li><li>Operate and Maintain blasting equipment 
 Work in blast room 
 Maintain positive air pressure system</li><li>Turned valves on equipment to regulate pressure and composition of abrasive mixture that flowed through nozzle and into tumbling barrel.</li></ul>

Sand Blaster

<ul><li>Worked as an effective and accomplished team.-work on water/mud pumps</li><li>up, rigging down and transport of drilling rig and equipment.</li><li>Complete rig up and tear down of A Flex 3 rig utilizing third party cranes and trucks.</li><li>Maintain and inspect rig equipment.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Clean and organize the rig.</li><li>Attended daily safety meetings to ensure and maintain a safe work environment in a neat and orderly condition.</li><li>Attended and facilitated safety meetings.</li><li>Led safety meetings at all critical job tasks.</li></ul>

Roughneck

<ul><li>Disassemble defective electrical equipment, replace defective or worn parts, and reassemble equipment, using hand tools.</li><li>Worked for different factory/warehouse companies Operated variety of machines Drove fork-lifts to move pallets and heavy equipment</li><li>Contract laborer for Great Plains Oilfield Rental).</li><li>Learned how to drives forklifts and bobcats.</li></ul>

Construction Worker

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Rigging includes designing, preparing, or setting up equipment for drilling operations. This skill is one of the main and most important activities in the oil and gas industry, whether it's for onboard operations or port operations. Rigging systems should have parts like master links, shackles, slings, and lifting bags for underwater lifting. Professionals working with rigging systems are responsible for tasks like operating platform lifts, forklifts, and overhead cranes.

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