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