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