Drilling Contractors and Supervisors
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Job description
They supervise and coordinate the activities of other workers. They may work with oil and gas drillers and service-rig operators. They also supervise personnel in oil and gas extraction services.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Hazardous chemical
- Odours
- Hazardous workplaces
- Noise
Main tasks
- Supervise, coordinate, and plan the work of workers.
- Establish work methods to meet deadlines and coordinate work with other sections.
- Order materials and supplies.
- Resolve work-related problems and recommend measures to increase productivity.
- Manage staff and ensure their training.
- Ensure compliance with workplace safety standards.
- Draft reports.
- Install machinery and equipment as required.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
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Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
Less than 50
All of Québec
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Gender distribution
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Job types
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Yearly wage
All of Québec
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All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- Not available.
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- Not available.
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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Training and requirements
Formation
DCS in petroleum engineering technology (not offered in Québec)
Also required
- Obtaining the following certificates:
- First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Sensitization to hydrogen sulphide
- Eruption prevention
- Well control
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- Transportation of dangerous goods
- Successful completion of courses approved by the petroleum industry.
- Extensive experience in the type of position supervised.
Sometimes required
- Knowledge of the existing computerized system is often required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Coordination
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Oral expression
- Reading comprehension
- Human resource management
- Time management
- Result evaluation
- Social perception
- Persuasion
- Quality control analysis
- Active learning
- Teaching
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
- Information processing
- Written expression
- Negotiation
- Service oriented
- Equipment selection
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Awareness of issues
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Written comprehension
- Written expression
- Speech recognition
- Visualization
- Selective attention
- Speech clarity
- Classification
- Distance vision
- Limb coordination
- Manual dexterity
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Time sharing
- Colour perception and distinction
- Control accuracy
- Perception speed
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to develop and maintain business relations
- Leadership
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Autonomy
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Capacity to work in a team
- Capacity to delegate
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Respect standards and regulations
- Knowledge of buildings and construction
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Develop and exploit natural resources
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 82021
Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services
Job titles
- Oil and natural gas well servicing foreman/woman
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- Toolpusher
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- Fracturing supervisor
- Assistant toolpusher - offshore drilling rig
- Rig manager
- Oil and gas drilling foreman/woman
- Production coordinator - energy
- Oil and gas contractor
- Consultant - oil and gas drilling
- Well site consultant - oil and gas
- Oil field consultant
- Directional drilling consultant - oil and gas
- Multi-service operator - oil field services
- Well services crew supervisor - oil and gas drilling
- Oil field consultant supervisor
- Assistant offshore drilling rig superintendent
- Assistant platform superintendent
- Offshore drilling rig superintendent
- Oil well services field supervisor
- Wireline field supervisor - oil field services
Skill type
Natural resources, agriculture and related production
Last update: January 29, 2026
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