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Working As A Relief Driller

  • Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
  • Controlling Machines and Processes
  • Handling and Moving Objects
  • Performing General Physical Activities
  • Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

  • Deal with People

  • Outdoors/walking/standing

  • Unpleasant/Hazardous Environment

  • Stressful

  • Make Decisions

  • Repetitive

  • $78,000

    Average Salary

Example Of What A Relief Driller does

  • Maintain and adjust machinery to ensure proper performance.
  • Dig holes, set forms, and mix and pour concrete, for foundations of steel or wooden derricks.
  • Connect sections of drill pipe, using hand tools and powered wrenches and tongs.
  • Remove core samples during drilling to determine the nature of the strata being drilled.
  • Examine and regulate operation of mud pumps to ensure circulation and consistency of drilling mud in well.
  • Bolt together pump and engine parts, and connect tanks and flow lines.
  • Can operate heavy machinery, extensive forklift experience moving equipment/tubulars/etc.
  • Clean and oil pulleys, blocks, and cables.
  • Work from the ground up floor hand, motor hand, Derrick hand, and Relief Driller on rig 134.
  • Assist rig floor crews to make up test string, tools and equipment.
  • Manage and approve all projects for final production.
  • Train crews, and introduce procedures to make drill work more safe and effective.
  • Monitor fluid levels and adjust accordingly.
  • Directed my crew in daily operations of horizontal, directional and vertical wells.
  • Rig up & Rig down air systems.

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Average Length of Employment
Driller 5.0 years
Well Driller 4.5 years
Relief Driller 4.0 years
Core Driller 2.9 years
Oil Driller 2.7 years
Hand Driller 2.4 years
Driller Helper 1.9 years
Top Careers Before Relief Driller
Derrick Hand 11.7%
Floor Hand 11.7%
Driller 10.0%
Equipment Operator 6.7%
Forklift Operator 6.7%
Derrickman 5.0%
Owner 5.0%
Designer 3.3%
Shift Supervisor 3.3%
Drilling Supervisor 3.3%
Operations Manager 3.3%
Glass Glazier 3.3%
Crew Foreman 3.3%
Heavy Equipment Operator 3.3%
Mechanic 3.3%
Service Rig Operator 3.3%
Truck Driver 3.3%
Drilling Superintendent 3.3%
Melt Down Furnace Operator 3.3%
Roustabout 3.3%
Top Careers After Relief Driller
Driller 20.9%
Truck Driver 6.6%
Directional Driller 6.6%
Field Supervisor 5.5%
Derrickman 5.5%
Owner 5.5%
Drilling Consultant 5.5%
Rig Manager 4.4%
Heavy Equipment Operator 4.4%
Tool Pusher 4.4%
Driver 4.4%
Field Service Technician 4.4%
Welder Fitter 3.3%
Consultant 3.3%
Drilling Superintendent 3.3%
Floor Hand 3.3%
Monitor 2.2%
Derrick Hand 2.2%
Field Operator 2.2%
Welder 2.2%

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Top Skills for A Relief Driller

  1. Rig
  2. Commitment Safety
  3. Flow Lines
You can check out examples of real life uses of top skills on resumes here:
  • Supervised and assisted in the rigging up of BOPE, choke manifold and filled in for the driller as needed.
  • Start and examine operation of slush pumps in order to ensure circulation and consistency of drilling fluid or mud in well.
  • Directed my crew in daily operations of horizontal, directional and vertical wells.

Relief Driller Demographics

Gender

Male

92.4%

Unknown

5.7%

Female

1.9%
Ethnicity

White

64.6%

Hispanic or Latino

18.3%

Black or African American

7.3%

Unknown

5.2%

Asian

4.6%
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Relief Driller Education

Schools

North Dakota State College of Science

9.1%

Argosy University-Phoenix

9.1%

Flint Hills Technical College

4.5%

Utah Valley University

4.5%

Colorado School of Mines

4.5%

Dixie State university

4.5%

Northern Oklahoma College

4.5%

ITT Technical Institute-Houston West

4.5%

Bismarck State College

4.5%

University of Montana

4.5%

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

4.5%

Universal Technical Institute

4.5%

Vincennes University

4.5%

Tulsa Welding School

4.5%

Friends University

4.5%

Texas A&M University

4.5%

Grand Canyon University

4.5%

Butte College

4.5%

Ashworth College

4.5%

Triangle Tech Inc-Dubois

4.5%
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Majors

Electrical Engineering Technology

10.0%

General Studies

10.0%

Automotive Technology

10.0%

Drafting And Design

6.7%

Mechanical Engineering

6.7%

Aviation

6.7%

Engineering

6.7%

Apparel And Textiles

3.3%

Animal Science

3.3%

Political Science

3.3%

Precision Metal Working

3.3%

Finance

3.3%

Fine Arts

3.3%

Petroleum Technology

3.3%

Photography

3.3%

Industrial Technology

3.3%

Information Technology

3.3%

Natural Resources Management

3.3%

Military Applied Sciences

3.3%

Electrical And Power Transmission Installers

3.3%
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Degrees

Other

38.9%

Bachelors

25.0%

Associate

22.2%

Diploma

8.3%

Certificate

5.6%
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