tool pusher (EN)

ISCO 8113 · v1.2.1

Tool pushers assume responsibility over daily drilling operations. They do mostly administrative work. Tool pushers ensure that the oil rig has sufficient materials, spare parts and enough personnel to continue with the daily operations. They conduct drilling activities in accordance with scheduled programme, supervising drilling crew and equipment.

Classification skills are not a measurement of your proficiency or future displaced hours.

Source aliases (EN)

pusher
toolpusher
rig manager
oil and gas rigging technician
toolpushers

Skills and knowledge

Essential (EN) · 11

Optional (EN) · 3

Explore a country and horizon

Country or territoryScenario horizon

Missing research stays explicit. A catalog page is not a risk forecast.

ESCO source

Skill-profile source trace

Copy the exact data reference for a manual error report. Personal constraints are excluded.

Reference for manual reporting

{
  "kind": "data_issue_reference",
  "release_id": "indicative-public-2026-11-05-v3",
  "occupation_id": "esco:5d549551-d94a-4e98-8444-d6608d70c8d8",
  "record_ref": {
    "package_id": "esco-career-skills-1.2.1",
    "package_version": "1.0.0",
    "table": "skill_profiles",
    "id": "skills-5d549551-d94a-4e98-8444-d6608d70c8d8"
  }
}