Floorhand

September 21, 2026

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The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Sitting, standing, walking, lifting materials, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing stairs, climbing using legs and arms, balancing, stooping, kneeling, repeated bends, crawling, reaching high and low, and repetitive twisting or pressure, involving wrist and hands. Must be able to lift 50-75 pounds for a duration of at least 3 minutes. Hearing, seeing (including depth perception and peripheral vision), ability of rapid mental coordination simultaneously. Must be able to tolerate continuous vibrations and elevated noise levels as well as tolerate wearing personal protective equipment, including, but not limited to, a hard hat, steel toed safety shoes, hearing protection, respirators, safety glasses, goggles and full body harness. Mentally alert for entire regular shift of 8 to 14 hours.

Floorhand: Commonly referred to as a "Roughneck", the floorhand works under the direction of the Driller to maintain the pipe handling and make-up tools in good condition. A Floorhand is a crew member whose primary work station is on the rig floor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Trip pipe (consists of using slips, tongs and elevators), line up choke or kill manifold and make connections while drilling.
- up and down.
Relieve Derrickhand in Derrick, assist in mixing drilling mud or lost circulation material and chemicals, and act as Flag Crane Operator or Driller when Operator cannot see loads.
Shaker duties: Monitor mud weight, viscosity and sand weight while drilling.
Monitor hole fill-ups while pulling out of hole, lining up trip tanks, run air/hydraulic hoist (lowering and lifting), check for leaks on BOP stack, and measure pipe.
Mix sack chemicals, run casing, tag casing, and unhook cables from casing and drill pipes.
Assist with repairs and maintenance of large mud pumps, shale shaker, desander and desilter units.
Responsible for moving joints of casing to the catwalk during casing job. Assist with attaching casing to pick-up lines so casing can be lifted to the rig floor.
Responsible for rolling drill pipe to or from catwalk, attaching or detaching the pick-up lines, and using drill pipe tongs, spinning chain, air spinners, slips, as well as handling drill pipe joints.

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