Driller's Assistants

Drillers' Assistants perform routine tasks in setting up, operating and dismantling drilling sites for extraction of oil, gas, mineral ore or water.

What the job involves

• 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