The Collar360

Drill operator

Other names

oil rig driller, rig driller, rig drill operator

Oil and gas

They lead a team that sets up and drills wells, watch what happens in the well, and act quickly in an emergency.

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  1. 1

    Supervise a team during rigging and drilling work.

  2. 2

    Watch what is happening in the well.

  3. 3

    Act quickly when an emergency happens.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
foreur chef de poste/foreuse chef de poste
español
operador de perforación/operadora de perforación
العربية
مشغل الحفر / مشغلة الحفر
português
Operador de perfuração/Operadora de perfuração
Deutsch
Bohrmeister/Bohrmeisterin
italiano
capotrivellatore

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