Adviser
- a position that exerts programme direction, will accept kudos but definitely
no responsibility when it hits the fan, usually a verbally adept
person.
Camp
Manager - see Manager, usually a poor
underpaid & overworked ex-kiap.
Chief
Pilot - similar to a Manager, that is,
not necessarily a position of great authority or influence or remuneration but
definitely a person who can be held responsible for a stuff up.
Consultant - same as an
Adviser but paid a lot more.
Contractor - a person who
visits the field from time to time ostensibly to visit his staff, troubleshoot
and touch base with project management but whose underlying motive is to chase
up unpaid invoices, often characterised by promising to or sparingly handing
out corporate promotional material of dubious quality.
Driller - a Kiwi.
Drilling Mechanic -
(editor: words fail me).
Expeditor - see
Manager, usually a poor underpaid & overworked
ex-kiap who has not as yet asked his employer for a pay rise.
Geophysicist - sub
surface spin doctor.
Labour Manager - see
Manager, usually a poor underpaid & overworked
ex-kiap.
Line Preparation Manager - see
Manager, usually a poor underpaid & overworked
ex-kiap.
Logistics Manager - see
Manager, usually a poor underpaid & overworked
ex-kiap.
Manager
- (1) not necessarily a position of great authority or influence or remuneration
but definitely a person who can be held responsible for a stuff up, also a group
responsibility in that a Manager in one discipline can be held responsible for a
stuff ups of a Manager in another (2) usually a title bestowed upon
a person in lieu of a pay increase by the employing Contractor
Party Chief -
(thinking, thinking ...)
Permitting Manager
- see Manager, usually a poor underpaid &
overworked ex-kiap.
Pilot - similar to a
Supervisor in that he can also pass the buck onto the
Chief Pilot.
Project Co-ordinator -
(can't think of a smart arse comment
yet)
Project Manager -
(can think of a smart arse comment but not game
to print it)
SS - senior surveyor,
seismic surveyor, shop steward, stirrer.
Supervisor - similar to a
Manager in that he can be blamed for
a stuff up but has the benefit of being able to pass the buck onto his
Manager.