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