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