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