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