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Oil rig motorhand jobs in Finland

Oil rig motorhands assume responsibility for the engines powering the drilling equipment. They ensure that all other rig equipment operates correctly.

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Oil rig motorhand – how much is the pay in Finland?

What the trade paid in 2024

Hourly earnings in Finland 2024 — occupation group 8113 Well drillers and borers and related workers, Statistics Finland table 15az, CC BY 4.0.
Median22.64 €/h
Bottom tenth16.65 €/h
Top tenth34.30 €/h
Employees785

Oil rig motorhand - Which skills are essential?

Provide guidance to rigging equipment operator; provide assistance during setting up and removing rigging equipment.

Understand machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Set up rolling and lifting equipment required to lift and move objects e.g. with a crane or block and tackle system.

Operate, maintain and repair rig motors.

Terms for lifting equipment, lifting accessories, slings, shackles, wires, ropes, chains, cables and nets.

Move and relocate drilling rigs from one site to another with a specialised transportation truck.

Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect malfunction. Service, repair, adjust, and test machines, parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical principles. Maintain and repair vehicles meant for cargo, passengers, farming and landscaping.

Lift heavy weights and apply ergonomic lifting techniques to avoid damaging the body.

Build up the drilling rig and prepare it for use after selecting an appropriate drilling location. Dismantle the drilling rig after the operations have finished.

Understand the principles of electricity and electrical power circuits, as well as the associated risks.

Transport rigging materials and equipment to work locations; set up work site.

Ability to work confidently within a drilling team on a drilling rig or oil platform with each doing a part but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole.

Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.

Oil rig motorhand - Which skills are useful but not essential?

Guide drill pipe in and out of elevators.

Train new crew members on the job; plan daily job assignments.

Guide a crane operator in operating the crane. Stay in contact with the operator visually, vocally, or using communication equipment to make sure the crane operation is completed in a safe and efficient manner.

Collaborate and guide members of a drilling crew by specifying their mining objectives, actions, and expectations required from them.

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Sources

Wage data: Statistics Finland, wage structure statistics, table 15az, year 2024. Read 2.10.2026. Licence CC BY 4.0.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

How we calculated these figures