He worked as a roughneck, a carnival barker and a lumberjack. Rubbermaid has used the name "Roughneck" for trash containers and storage totes since the mid-1970s. Prior to "American Idol", Sarver worked as a roughneck on an oil rig. He joined his father as a pipeliner and roughneck in the oil and gas fields. Duranautic, Princecraft/Springbok, Suncruiser, Lowe, Sea Nymph, Grumman, and Roughneck. In Canada on land-based rigs, the term "roughneck" refers to the floorhand. In 1983, Jamis launched the Dakota, Jamis Lightfoot and Jamis Roughneck. "Little Miss Roughneck" (1938), and "The Little Adventuress" (1938). He also appeared in the motion picture "Roughneck". Johnny Cash wrote and performed a song called "Born to Be a Roughneck". He rushed for 3,048 his senior year as a White Oak Roughneck in 1949. The black roughneck is a medium to large monitor. Roughneck is a term for a person whose occupation is hard manual labor. It is sometimes known simply as the roughneck monitor. The brown roughneck, also called the Dumeril's monitor is in comparison a specialized shellfish feeder.