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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
- 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
- Fishing Tool Operator
- Coiled Tubing Supervisor
- Coiled Tubing Operator
Tasks for “Tar Processing Technician”
- Confer with others to gather information regarding pipe or tool sizes or borehole conditions in wells.
- Direct drilling crews performing activities such as assembling and connecting pipe, applying weights to drill pipes, or drilling around lodged obstacles.
- Thread cables through derrick pulleys, using hand tools.
- Perforate well casings or sidewalls of boreholes with explosive charges.
- Examine unserviceable wells to determine actions to be taken to improve well conditions.
- 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.
- Close and seal wells no longer in use.
- Prepare reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes.
- 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.
- Operate controls that raise derricks or level rigs.
- Operate specialized equipment to remove obstructions by backing-off or severing pipes by chemical or explosive action.
- Monitor sound wave generating or detecting mechanisms to determine well fluid levels.
- Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions.
- Maintain and perform safety inspections on equipment and tools.
- Insert detection instruments into wells with obstructions.
- Drive truck-mounted units to well sites.
- Apply green technologies or techniques such as the use of coiled tubing, slim-hole drilling, horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, or gas lift systems.
Related Technology & Tools
- Power drills
- Handheld data loggers
- Personal computers
- Laptop computers
- Wire cutters
- Sonar equipment
- Hydraulic hoisting equipment
- Strain gauges
- Safety goggles
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Utility knives
- Slickline severance tools
- Mud pumps
- Free point tools
- Desktop computers
- Ratchet sets
- Hoisting equipment
- Straight screwdrivers
- Jet pipe cutters
- Depth gauges
- Pressure control devices
- Truck-mounted derricks
- Channel lock pliers
- Chemical casing cutters
- Hydraulic pumping systems
- Protective ear muffs
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Mallets
- Cement pumps
- Stuck pipe tools
- Well tubing perforation guns
- Chemical pipe cutters
- Safety gloves
- Steel measuring tapes
- Hex wrenches
- Jet casing cutters
- Electric downhole pumps
- Torpedo levels
- Claw hammers
- Cement mixers
- Downhole object retrieval equipment
- Pipe wrenches
- Pressure indicators
- Pipe slips
- Pipe elevators
- Pipe tongs
- Diesel motors
- Wellhead drives
- Continuous sucker rods
- Data logger software
- Time and attendance software
- Microsoft Office
- Inventory tracking software
- Microsoft Excel
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software