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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”
- Operate controls that raise derricks or level rigs.
- Prepare reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes.
- Select fishing methods or tools for removing obstacles such as liners, broken casing, screens, or drill pipe.
- Insert detection instruments into wells with obstructions.
- Drive truck-mounted units to well sites.
- Operate pumps that circulate water, oil, or other fluids through wells to remove sand or other materials obstructing the free flow of oil.
- Interpret instrument readings to ascertain the depth of obstruction.
- Confer with others to gather information regarding pipe or tool sizes or borehole conditions in wells.
- Install pressure-control devices onto wellheads.
- Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions.
- Maintain and perform safety inspections on equipment and tools.
- 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.
- Examine unserviceable wells to determine actions to be taken to improve well conditions.
- 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.
- Monitor sound wave generating or detecting mechanisms to determine well fluid levels.
- Perforate well casings or sidewalls of boreholes with explosive charges.
- Direct drilling crews performing activities such as assembling and connecting pipe, applying weights to drill pipes, or drilling around lodged obstacles.
Related Technology & Tools
- Slickline severance tools
- Depth gauges
- Mallets
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Claw hammers
- Hydraulic pumping systems
- Cement pumps
- Pressure indicators
- Safety goggles
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Ratchet sets
- Utility knives
- Mud pumps
- Power drills
- Free point tools
- Jet casing cutters
- Chemical casing cutters
- Electric downhole pumps
- Hydraulic hoisting equipment
- Steel measuring tapes
- Safety gloves
- Chemical pipe cutters
- Diesel motors
- Pipe tongs
- Stuck pipe tools
- Jet pipe cutters
- Continuous sucker rods
- Laptop computers
- Pressure control devices
- Well tubing perforation guns
- Downhole object retrieval equipment
- Wellhead drives
- Pipe elevators
- Protective ear muffs
- Strain gauges
- Wire cutters
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Cement mixers
- Desktop computers
- Hoisting equipment
- Pipe wrenches
- Sonar equipment
- Hex wrenches
- Truck-mounted derricks
- Pipe slips
- Channel lock pliers
- Straight screwdrivers
- Personal computers
- Torpedo levels
- Handheld data loggers
- Microsoft Excel
- Time and attendance software
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Microsoft Office
- Data logger software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Inventory tracking software