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