• August 01, 2023

1. What is the name of your profession? My profession is called underground and workover driller. 2. What is your job and what are your responsibilities? The driller is the shift leader of the workover crew. The main work of the brigade is to work on the repair of oil and gas wells and take measures to increase oil recovery of the productive formation. The driller is obliged, together with the crew, to carry out all operations for lowering into the well and lifting from the well of technological tools and equipment. Perform both drilling and installation of cement bridges. Manage and be directly involved in the processes associated with the repair, development, killing of the well. 3. What education is required to get your position? Official documents say that a driller can be a person who has completed a special course of prof. training, who successfully passed the exams and has at least 3 years of experience as a driller's assistant. In practice, the employer requires the presence of secondary specialized education. 4. Describe your working day? The working day of the KRS watch lasts 12 hours, both in the daytime and at night. The shift takes place at 8.00 and 20.00. The shift begins with the reception and inspection of the working equipment, briefing the members of the watch and receiving the task from the foreman. Depending on the required work, the production process is planned. After the preparation is completed, the work itself begins. At the end of the shift, the equipment is checked and the workplace is handed over to the shift watch. 5. How comfortable are your working conditions? Comfort is minimal, it's hard work done outdoors all year round, in virtually any climate. 6. What do you like most about your job? I like to feel a victorious feeling when a “dead” well, after a repair, begins to produce oil again. 7. What do you dislike most about your job? Insufficient automation of the production process, a lot of physically difficult operations have to be done manually. 8. If it's not a secret, what is your salary level? Salary directly depends on the amount of work performed, in general, decent money. 9. Describe your team, what kind of people work with you? A small but close-knit team works at the well. Difficult working conditions bring people together and develop a sense of comradeship who is always ready to help. 10. What human qualities, in your opinion, are most important in your business? Strength of mind, endurance, readiness to come to the rescue at the first call. 11. Work gives me additional opportunities: By the nature of my work, I constantly travel from place to place, I have visited almost all oil-bearing regions of Russia and neighboring countries. Such trips broaden your horizons and allow you to meet and communicate with a lot of new interesting people. 12. Do you have the opportunity to evaluate your work on a five-point scale, what grade would you give? Definitely the highest score. 13. Why did you choose this job? I was born andgrew up in an area where 80% of the population is employed in the oil and gas industry, my father was an oilman, so there was no question of choosing a profession. 14. What are the opportunities for your career development? There are definitely career opportunities. A driller can become a foreman, technologist, engineer, if there is a desire, the necessary education and experience. 15. What do you think we did not include in the plan and what else would you like to share with us? In my opinion, this is a rather detailed conversation, revealing the main qualities of the profession under discussion. 0