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