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Hoist Operator Salary
in Chennai, India

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INR 470,262

Average Salary

INR 226/hr

Average Hourly

INR 7,383

Average Bonus

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Hoist Operator is INR 470,262 a year and INR 226 an hour in Chennai, India. The average salary range for a Hoist Operator is between INR 348,934 and INR 556,320. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Chennai, India.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
INR 609,967
5 Year Change:
30 %

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Chennai Cost of Living Score:

Description: Chennai ( , Tamil: [ˈt͡ɕenːaɪ̯], IAST: Cennaī), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is the state's primate city and is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in India and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. Incorporated in 1688, the Greater Chennai Corporation is the oldest municipal corporation of India and the second oldest in the world after London. Historically, the region was part of the Chola, Pandya, Pallava and Vijayanagara kingdoms during...
Description:
  • Operates truck-mounted hoist to lower and raise instruments and tools into and out of oil or gas wells on electric conductor cable, used to perform well services and surveys, such as directional drilling, electric well logging, perforating, sidewall sample taking, and free-point shooting: signals and assists other workers in loading and unloading truck; assembling and connecting instruments and tools to conductor cable, using wrenches and special handtools; and in attaching cable pulley to hoist block of drilling rig or to special pulley-mount placed in position over borehole (rigging up).
  • Operates hoist to lower and raise instruments and tools in well hoisting engineer, observing signals of engineering personnel.
  • Loads log recorder with film to prepare for logging of oil or gas well boreholes.
  • Observes indicator to verify depth of instruments in borehole.
  • Drives truck to and from well site when working as member of crew.
  • Repairs and maintains truck and other mobile equipment.
  • May repair cables and hoisting equipment.
  • May load explosive charges in such tools as gun or jet perforators.

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The average pay for a Hoist Operator is INR 470,262 a year and INR 226 an hour in Chennai, India. The average salary range for a Hoist Operator is between INR 348,934 and INR 556,320. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Chennai, India.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Chennai Cost of Living Score:

Description: Chennai ( , Tamil: [ˈt͡ɕenːaɪ̯], IAST: Cennaī), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is the state's primate city and is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in India and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. Incorporated in 1688, the Greater Chennai Corporation is the oldest municipal corporation of India and the second oldest in the world after London. Historically, the region was part of the Chola, Pandya, Pallava and Vijayanagara kingdoms during...
Description:
  • Operates truck-mounted hoist to lower and raise instruments and tools into and out of oil or gas wells on electric conductor cable, used to perform well services and surveys, such as directional drilling, electric well logging, perforating, sidewall sample taking, and free-point shooting: signals and assists other workers in loading and unloading truck; assembling and connecting instruments and tools to conductor cable, using wrenches and special handtools; and in attaching cable pulley to hoist block of drilling rig or to special pulley-mount placed in position over borehole (rigging up).
  • Operates hoist to lower and raise instruments and tools in well hoisting engineer, observing signals of engineering personnel.
  • Loads log recorder with film to prepare for logging of oil or gas well boreholes.
  • Observes indicator to verify depth of instruments in borehole.
  • Drives truck to and from well site when working as member of crew.
  • Repairs and maintains truck and other mobile equipment.
  • May repair cables and hoisting equipment.
  • May load explosive charges in such tools as gun or jet perforators.
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