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