Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

derrickhandtoroughneck

A derrickhand already meets 32% of what the roughneck role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From derrickhand
32%
Overlap1
To roughneck
7 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
60.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.3/ 100

1 Share of the roughneck role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the derrickhand profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A roughneck role treats 3 of its required skills as things a derrickhand already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • guide drill pipes
  • mechanics
  • react to events in time-critical environments

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A roughneck role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a derrickhand background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held monitor drilling fluid constructing
  • already held guide drill pipes constructing
  • already held connect equipment to wellheads working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held react to events in time-critical environments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the roughneck role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cooperate with colleagues required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • optional, not held troubleshoot optional
02 constructing 2 required
  • required, not held connect oil well heads required
  • required, not held maintain drilling equipment required
03 handling and moving 2 required
  • required, not held assemble metal parts required
  • required, not held collect samples required
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure health and safety in manufacturing required
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held make time-critical decisions required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain oil field machinery required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a roughneck role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held guide drill pipes skill
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held react to events in time-critical environments skill
  • already held chemistry knowledge
  • already held connect equipment to wellheads skill
  • already held monitor drilling fluid skill
  • already held train employees skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held troubleshoot optional
11 held skills the roughneck role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role add chemicals to drilling fluid skill
  • not needed by the target role control flow of oils skill
  • not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect pipelines skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain circulation system skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain mechanical equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanical tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role rigging terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use rigging equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role work in drilling teams skill
Index

Other moves recorded from derrickhand

Full index of moves from derrickhand

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.