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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
Also Known As…
- 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 “Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining”
- 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.
- Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions.
- Monitor sound wave generating or detecting mechanisms to determine well fluid levels.
- Confer with others to gather information regarding pipe or tool sizes or borehole conditions in wells.
- Insert detection instruments into wells with obstructions.
- Perforate well casings or sidewalls of boreholes with explosive charges.
- Operate pumps that circulate water, oil, or other fluids through wells to remove sand or other materials obstructing the free flow of oil.
- Operate controls that raise derricks or level rigs.
- Maintain and perform safety inspections on equipment and tools.
- Examine unserviceable wells to determine actions to be taken to improve well conditions.
- Interpret instrument readings to ascertain the depth of obstruction.
- Install pressure-control devices onto wellheads.
- Close and seal wells no longer in use.
- 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.
- Select fishing methods or tools for removing obstacles such as liners, broken casing, screens, or drill pipe.
- Prepare reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes.
- Operate specialized equipment to remove obstructions by backing-off or severing pipes by chemical or explosive action.
Related Technology & Tools
- Handheld data loggers
- Mud pumps
- Pipe tongs
- Power drills
- Hoisting equipment
- Laptop computers
- Well tubing perforation guns
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Chemical pipe cutters
- Torpedo levels
- Utility knives
- Cement pumps
- Downhole object retrieval equipment
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Jet pipe cutters
- Pressure control devices
- Electric downhole pumps
- Free point tools
- Steel measuring tapes
- Protective ear muffs
- Straight screwdrivers
- Diesel motors
- Jet casing cutters
- Strain gauges
- Hydraulic pumping systems
- Hydraulic hoisting equipment
- Wellhead drives
- Channel lock pliers
- Personal computers
- Cement mixers
- Ratchet sets
- Sonar equipment
- Chemical casing cutters
- Pipe elevators
- Claw hammers
- Pressure indicators
- Safety goggles
- Continuous sucker rods
- Wire cutters
- Safety gloves
- Pipe wrenches
- Pipe slips
- Desktop computers
- Mallets
- Stuck pipe tools
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Depth gauges
- Hex wrenches
- Slickline severance tools
- Truck-mounted derricks
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Microsoft Excel
- Time and attendance software
- Data logger software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Microsoft Office
- Inventory tracking software