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