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