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