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