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