And yet these are no radical roustabouts from the loony left or the rabid right.
A total of 217 people have gone through the roustabout training programme operated by the offshore petroleum industry training board.
Sofie tries to leave her fortuneteller life behind by becoming a roustabout.
An oil field roustabout will also do all things that an oil field pumper would have to do.
Roustabout is also an official classification of natural gas and oil rig personnel.
After a few days, these injuries usually became infected, causing one or more of the young roustabouts to visit the company doctor.
Nowadays the shearing board may be of a curved and/or raised style to save the roustabout extra walking and bending.
The shearer begins by removing the belly wool, which is separated from the main fleece by a roustabout, while the sheep is still being shorn.