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