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Job Description
Operate equipment to increase oil flow from producing wells or to remove stuck pipe, casing, tools, or other obstructions from drilling wells. May also perform similar services in mining exploration operations. Includes fishing-tool technicians.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-5013.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 53,520.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 25.00
- Currently, there are 42,890 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining”.
Also Known As…
- Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining
- Wireline Operator
- Well Servicing Rig Operator
- Tool Pusher
- Service Rig Operator
- Service Operator
- Rig Operator
- Reverse Unit Operator-Fisherman
- Pulling Unit Operator
- Operator
- Fisherman
- Work Over Rig Operator
- Wireline Supervisor
- Well Services Operator
- Well Service Pump Equipment Operator
- Well Cleaner
- Tar Processing Technician
- Swabber
- Spray Rig Operator
- Shale Processing Technician
- Service Unit Operator
- Reverse Unit Operator
- Oil Well Service Unit Operator
- Oil Well Service Operator
- Oil Well Fishing-Tool Technician
- Oil Well Fishing Tool Technician
- Oil Processing Technician
- Oil and Shale and Tar Processing Technician
- Oil and Gas Field Technician
- Fishing Tool Supervisor
- Coiled Tubing Supervisor
- Coiled Tubing Operator
Tasks for “Fishing Tool Operator”
- Apply green technologies or techniques such as the use of coiled tubing, slim-hole drilling, horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, or gas lift systems.
- Direct drilling crews performing activities such as assembling and connecting pipe, applying weights to drill pipes, or drilling around lodged obstacles.
- Close and seal wells no longer in use.
- Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions.
- Examine unserviceable wells to determine actions to be taken to improve well conditions.
- Monitor sound wave generating or detecting mechanisms to determine well fluid levels.
- Prepare reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes.
- Perforate well casings or sidewalls of boreholes with explosive charges.
- Operate specialized equipment to remove obstructions by backing-off or severing pipes by chemical or explosive action.
- Maintain and perform safety inspections on equipment and tools.
- Insert detection instruments into wells with obstructions.
- Operate controls that raise derricks or level rigs.
- Select fishing methods or tools for removing obstacles such as liners, broken casing, screens, or drill pipe.
- Interpret instrument readings to ascertain the depth of obstruction.
- Confer with others to gather information regarding pipe or tool sizes or borehole conditions in wells.
- Thread cables through derrick pulleys, using hand tools.
- Operate pumps that circulate water, oil, or other fluids through wells to remove sand or other materials obstructing the free flow of oil.
- Install pressure-control devices onto wellheads.
- Drive truck-mounted units to well sites.
Related Technology & Tools
- Free point tools
- Jet casing cutters
- Hydraulic hoisting equipment
- Wellhead drives
- Ratchet sets
- Continuous sucker rods
- Truck-mounted derricks
- Desktop computers
- Pipe tongs
- Torpedo levels
- Safety gloves
- Well tubing perforation guns
- Chemical pipe cutters
- Hydraulic pumping systems
- Safety goggles
- Mallets
- Stuck pipe tools
- Cement pumps
- Diesel motors
- Chemical casing cutters
- Pipe elevators
- Hex wrenches
- Handheld data loggers
- Pressure control devices
- Pressure indicators
- Utility knives
- Pipe wrenches
- Personal computers
- Sonar equipment
- Wire cutters
- Slickline severance tools
- Channel lock pliers
- Jet pipe cutters
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Pipe slips
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Protective ear muffs
- Power drills
- Depth gauges
- Steel measuring tapes
- Straight screwdrivers
- Electric downhole pumps
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Claw hammers
- Laptop computers
- Mud pumps
- Downhole object retrieval equipment
- Hoisting equipment
- Cement mixers
- Strain gauges
- Microsoft Excel
- Data logger software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Inventory tracking software
- Time and attendance software
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Microsoft Office