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