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Supervising and coordinating activities of workers engaged in drilling activities
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Ensuring strict health and safety standards are followed by all staff
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Directing workers to erect, dismantle and move drilling rigs and drilling crews in setting up and operating power units, draw works and other drilling equipment
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Planning delivery of drilling tools, fuel, water and other supplies for use at drill site
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Ordering various types of drilling bits to be used, according to type of strata encountered
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Directs workers in mixing drilling mud and circulating mud in borehole, and in use of special drilling mud to prevent blowouts from gas pressure
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Ordering installation of control head (valve device) to control flow of oil
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Supervising operations at wells to maintain and regulate flow of oil
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Mentoring junior staff