Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
Construction and ExtractionAI Impact Assessment
This job is relatively safe from AI automation and may even benefit from AI tools.
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas with an AI automation risk score of 1%. Analysis includes 20 core tasks.
Why This Score?
- Work environment requires human interaction and presence
Responsibilities and Abilities
Key Responsibilities
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Required Abilities
- Problem Sensitivity
- Control Precision
- Near Vision
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Manual Dexterity
Key Tasks
Monitor progress of drilling operations, and select and change drill bits according to the nature of strata, using hand tools.
Start and examine operation of slush pumps to ensure circulation and consistency of drilling fluid or mud in well.
Repair or replace defective parts of machinery, such as rotary drill rigs, water trucks, air compressors, and pumps, using hand tools.
Train crews, and introduce procedures to make drill work more safe and effective.
Line drilled holes with pipes, and install all necessary hardware, to prepare new wells.
Observe pressure gauge and move throttles and levers to control the speed of rotary tables, and to regulate pressure of tools at bottoms of boreholes.
Count sections of drill rod to determine depths of boreholes.
Push levers and brake pedals to control gasoline, diesel, electric, or steam draw works that lower and raise drill pipes and casings in and out of wells.
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Data Sources
Analysis based on O*NET data