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