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