82021 Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services

What this occupation covers

Contractors and supervisors in oil and gas drilling and services supervise and coordinate the activities in drilling for oil or gas, operating service rigs, or providing oil and gas well services. They are employed by drilling and well service contracting companies and petroleum producing companies. Contractors may be self-employed.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 10 main duties for this code.

• Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of workers who drill for oil and gas, operate service rigs or provide oil and gas well services
• Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other departments
• Requisition and procure materials and supplies
• Ensure appropriate control measures are in place to protect the health and safety of workers
• Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve productivity and safety
• Train workers in job duties, safety procedures and company policies
• Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions
• Review, audit and approve workers' paperwork and complete proper documentation
• Prepare production and other reports
• May set up machines and equipment.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 10 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 22101 Geological and mineral technologists and technicians
• 80010 Managers in natural resources production and fishing
• 83101 Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers
• 84101 Oil and gas well drilling and related workers and services operators

Excluded from this code

• Geological and mineral technologists and technicians (See 22101 Geological and mineral technologists and technicians)
• Managers in natural resources production and fishing (See 80010 Managers in natural resources production and fishing)
• Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers (See 83101 Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers)
• Oil and gas well drilling and related workers and services operators (See 84101 Oil and gas well drilling and related workers and services operators)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

assistant offshore drilling rig superintendent · assistant platform superintendent · assistant toolpusher - offshore drilling rig · consultant - gas well drilling · consultant - oil and gas drilling · directional drilling consultant - oil and gas · fracturing supervisor · multi-service operator - oil field services · offshore drilling rig superintendent · oil and gas contractor · oil and gas drilling foreman/woman · oil and natural gas well servicing foreman/woman · oil field consultant · oil field consultant supervisor · oil field contractor · oil well services field supervisor · platform superintendent - oil and gas drilling · production coordinator - energy · rig manager · rig manager - oil and gas drilling · toolpusher · toolpusher - oil and gas well drilling and offshore drilling · well services crew supervisor - oil and gas drilling · well services crew supervisor - oil field services

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• Completion of college or petroleum industry approved training courses is required.
• Extensive experience in the occupations supervised is required.
• A two-year college diploma in petroleum engineering technology may be required.
• Certificates in first aid, hydrogen sulphide awareness, blowout prevention, well control, workplace hazardous materials information system (WHMIS), transportation of dangerous goods (TDG) or other safety and technical subjects are required and are obtained by completing short courses.