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