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