pipeline worker
Lays transmission lines
A pipeline worker constructs, maintains, or repairs pipelines that transport oil, gas, water, or other substances.
The job involves welding, laying pipe, and operating heavy equipment, often in remote locations or harsh conditions.
Pipeline workers may specialize as welders, operators, or laborers: He spent twenty years as a pipeline worker in Alaska.
- welderOne who fuses metals
- roughneckOil platform laborer
- oil fieldUnderground crude deposit area
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
gas · drilling · hardhat · safety vest · union · blue-collar · union job · trench · excavation · steel · fitting · construction · crew · rig · foreman · wrench · safety · overtime
- desert jobscamel driver, desert guide, Bedouin, nomad, well digger
- field jobssurveyor, rodman, foreman, roughneck, roustabout
- oilfield workersroughneck, roustabout, driller, pumper, company man
- construction workerslaborer, foreman, site foreman, site supervisor, construction manager
- traveling workersseasonal laborer, traveling salesman, traveling nurse, journeyman, roadie
- minersminer, coal miner, gold miner, forty-niner, overman
pipeline workeroffice worker
Indoor professional employee
desk jockey · white-collar worker · telecommuter · knowledge worker · corporate executive
pipeline, worker, pipe, line, work, pipes, piped, piping, lines