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