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