Overview
Drillers' Assistants perform routine tasks in setting up, operating and dismantling drilling sites for extraction of oil, gas, mineral ore or water.
Day-to-day
- working with an experienced driller sets up rig and drilling equipment
- directs assembly and disassembly of pipes, casings and drill headings and controls speed and force of drilling
- examines cores and cuttings to ascertain nature of strata
- caps well or regulates valves which control outflow of gas or oil
- attaches and detaches lifting equipment to lower or raise sections of drill pipe into or out of bore hole
- controls pumps which circulate mud through drilling equipment
- services pumps.
Considerations
- Physically demanding
- Requires driving
- Working outdoors
To become a Driller's Assistant
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You can work as a Driller's Assistant without formal qualifications, however, a certificate II or III in drilling operations, drilling offshore (oil or gas) or well servicing may be useful.
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