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