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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 “Service Operator”
- Insert detection instruments into wells with obstructions.
- Thread cables through derrick pulleys, using hand tools.
- Drive truck-mounted units to well sites.
- Examine unserviceable wells to determine actions to be taken to improve well conditions.
- Operate controls that raise derricks or level rigs.
- Monitor sound wave generating or detecting mechanisms to determine well fluid levels.
- Prepare reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes.
- Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions.
- Maintain and perform safety inspections on equipment and tools.
- Select fishing methods or tools for removing obstacles such as liners, broken casing, screens, or drill pipe.
- Install pressure-control devices onto wellheads.
- Confer with others to gather information regarding pipe or tool sizes or borehole conditions in wells.
- Operate specialized equipment to remove obstructions by backing-off or severing pipes by chemical or explosive action.
- Interpret instrument readings to ascertain the depth of obstruction.
- Perforate well casings or sidewalls of boreholes with explosive charges.
- Operate pumps that circulate water, oil, or other fluids through wells to remove sand or other materials obstructing the free flow of oil.
- 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.
- Apply green technologies or techniques such as the use of coiled tubing, slim-hole drilling, horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, or gas lift systems.
Related Technology & Tools
- Wellhead drives
- Well tubing perforation guns
- Power drills
- Cement mixers
- Truck-mounted derricks
- Safety gloves
- Wire cutters
- Jet casing cutters
- Safety goggles
- Chemical casing cutters
- Downhole object retrieval equipment
- Steel measuring tapes
- Jet pipe cutters
- Pipe elevators
- Chemical pipe cutters
- Torpedo levels
- Strain gauges
- Desktop computers
- Pipe slips
- Pressure indicators
- Personal computers
- Pipe tongs
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Hex wrenches
- Depth gauges
- Hydraulic hoisting equipment
- Cement pumps
- Ratchet sets
- Straight screwdrivers
- Hydraulic pumping systems
- Mud pumps
- Pressure control devices
- Protective ear muffs
- Claw hammers
- Utility knives
- Free point tools
- Electric downhole pumps
- Hoisting equipment
- Laptop computers
- Diesel motors
- Continuous sucker rods
- Mallets
- Channel lock pliers
- Pipe wrenches
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Stuck pipe tools
- Sonar equipment
- Slickline severance tools
- Handheld data loggers
- Inventory tracking software
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Data logger software
- Microsoft Excel
- Time and attendance software
- Microsoft Office