NOC 2021 · 83101 · TEER 3
Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers
Unit group 83101 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Oil and gas well drillers and well servicers control the operation of drilling and hoisting equipment on drilling and service rigs, and direct the activities of the rig crew under supervision of the rig manager. Oil and gas well loggers, testers and related workers operate specialized mechanical or electronic equipment, tools or instruments to provide services in conjunction with well drilling, completion or servicing. They are employed by drilling and well service contractors, petroleum producing companies and well logging or testing companies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- assistant driller - offshore drilling rig
- assistant driller - oil and gas well drilling
- coring operator - oil field services
- directional driller - oil and gas drilling
- directional drilling operator
- directional drilling operator - oil and gas drilling
- downhole tool operator
- downhole tool operator - oil and gas drilling
- drill stem tester
- drill stem tester - oil and gas drilling
- driller - offshore drilling rig
- driller - oil and gas drilling
- electric line operator
- electric line operator - oil field services
- e-line operator - oil field services
- fishing tool operator - oil field services
- gas tester - oil field services
- gun perforator - oil field services
- hydrocarbon mud logger - oil field services
- logging and perforating operator
- logging and perforating operator - oil field services
- offshore driller - oil and gas
- oil well perforator
- production testing operator - oil and gas well drilling
- rig technician - driller
- service rig operator
- service rig operator - oil field services
- sidewall core sampler - oil field services
- slickline operator
- slickline operator - oil field services
- well puller - oil field services
- well testing operator
- well testing operator - oil and gas drilling
- wireline operator
- wireline operator - oil field services
- wireline operator trainee
- workover rig operator - oil field services
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.