Roustabout:

The head roustabout is very often the crane operator.

A worker who assists the foreman in the general work around a producing oilwell, usually on the property of the oil company.

A helper on a well servicing unit.

Terms Related to Roustabout

• Change house

  A small building, or doghouse, in which members of a drilling rig or roustabout crew change clothes, store personal belongs, and so on.

• Rotary helper

  A worker on a drilling or workover rig, subordinate to the driller, whose primary work station is on the rig floor. On rotary drilling rigs, ...

• Modular-spaced workover rig

  Workover equipment designed in equipment packages or modules that are light enough to be lifted onto an offshore platform by a platform crane. In most ...

• Operator

  The person or company, either proprietor or lessee, actually operating an oilwell or lease. Generally, the oil company by whom the drilling contractor is engaged.

• Company man

  The representative of the oil company or operator on a drilling location. For land operations, the company man is responsible for operational issues on the location, ...

• Hand

  A worker in the oil industry, especially one in the field.

• Make a hand

  To become a good worker.