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

oil rig motorhandtorigging supervisor

A oil rig motorhand already meets 26% of what the rigging supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From oil rig motorhand
26%
Overlap1
To rigging supervisor
7 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
67.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.3/ 100

1 Share of the rigging supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the oil rig motorhand 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 rigging supervisor role treats 3 of its required skills as things a oil rig motorhand already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • direct rigging equipment operators
  • mechanics
  • rigging terminology

What stands in the way is 11 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 rigging supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a oil rig motorhand background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held direct rigging equipment operators communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held move rigging equipment handling and moving
  • already held set up drilling rigs working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held transport drilling rigs working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held rigging terminology services
  • already held electricity engineering, manufacturing and construction

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 missing skills fall into 8 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 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held understand rigging work orders required
  • required, not held interpret 2D plans required
  • required, not held interpret 3D plans required
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
02 management skills 3 required
  • required, not held provide rigging plans required
  • required, not held evaluate employees work required
  • required, not held plan schedule required
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights required
  • required, not held work ergonomically required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held react to events in time-critical environments required
  • optional, not held train employees optional
05 services 1 required
  • required, not held crane load charts required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held use measurement instruments required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a rigging supervisor 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 direct rigging equipment operators skill
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held rigging terminology knowledge
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held move rigging equipment skill
  • already held set up drilling rigs skill
  • already held transport drilling rigs skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held rig loads optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use remote control equipment optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
  • optional, not held rig loads optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
  • optional, not held use remote control equipment optional
11 held skills the rigging supervisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role connect equipment to wellheads skill
  • not needed by the target role guide cranes skill
  • not needed by the target role guide drill pipes skill
  • not needed by the target role lead drilling crews skill
  • not needed by the target role lift heavy weights 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 operate rig motors skill
  • not needed by the target role train crew members skill
  • not needed by the target role use rigging equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role work in drilling teams skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held crane load charts required
Index
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.