Roughneck

The ideal of the hard-working, tough roughneck has been adopted by several sports teams who use the phrase as part of their name or logo.

By contrast, a roustabout would perform general labor, such as loading and unloading cargo from crane baskets and assisting welders, mechanics, electricians and other skilled workers.

An oil field roughneck's duties can include anything involved with connecting pipe down the well bore, as well as general work around a rig.

"[non-primary source needed] Johnny Cash wrote and performed a song called "Born to Be a Roughneck".

[non-primary source needed] Stan Rogers's song "Free in the Harbour", about the migration of Atlantic fisherman to the oil industry for work, describes these migrants as "Calgary Roughnecks from Hermitage Bay.