The National Occupational Classification (NOC) code 8232 is for Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers
NOC skill type/level: Skill Level B
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Oil and gas well drillers and well servicers require three to six months of formal on-the-job training, college or petroleum industry-approved training courses and four or more years of work experience in subordinate rig crew positions.
- A college diploma in drilling may be required.
- Offshore work requires several years of experience in an equivalent position on land.
- Certificates in first aid, hydrogen sulphide awareness, blowout prevention, well control, workplace hazardous materials information system (WHMIS), transportation of dangerous goods (TDG) and a special oil well operator (boiler) certificate are required.
- Oil and gas well loggers, testers and related workers require three to six months of formal on-the-job training and several years of experience in subordinate logging and testing positions or on drilling and servicing rigs.
- Completion of a college program in electronics or engineering technology may be required for open hole well logging.
- A provincial blaster’s licence, and seismic blaster and oil well blaster certification are required for well perforation services.
- Trade certification for rig technician is compulsory in Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories.
- Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified rig technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
List of Job Titles for NOC 8232 – Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers
- Assistant driller – offshore drilling rig
- Assistant driller – oil and gas well drilling
- Coring operator – oil field services
- Directional driller – oil and gas drilling
- Directional drilling operator
- Directional drilling operator – oil and gas drilling
- Downhole tool operator
- Downhole tool operator – oil and gas drilling
- Drill stem tester
- Drill stem tester – oil and gas drilling
- Driller – offshore drilling rig
- Driller – oil and gas drilling
- Electric line operator
- Electric line operator – oil field services
- E-line operator – oil field services
- Fishing tool operator – oil field services
- Gas tester – oil field services
- Gun perforator – oil field services
- Hydrocarbon mud logger – oil field services
- Logging and perforating operator
- Logging and perforating operator – oil field services
- Offshore driller – oil and gas
- Oil well perforator
- Production testing operator – oil and gas well drilling
- Rig technician – driller
- Service rig operator
- Service rig operator – oil field services
- Sidewall core sampler – oil field services
- Slickline operator
- Slickline operator – oil field services
- Well puller – oil field services
- Well testing operator
- Well testing operator – oil and gas drilling
- Wireline operator
- Wireline operator – oil field services
- Wireline operator trainee
- Workover rig operator – oil field services
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