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