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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
- 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 “Work Over Rig Operator”
- Perforate well casings or sidewalls of boreholes with explosive charges.
- Insert detection instruments into wells with obstructions.
- Drive truck-mounted units to well sites.
- Close and seal wells no longer in use.
- Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Confer with others to gather information regarding pipe or tool sizes or borehole conditions in wells.
- Prepare reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes.
- Operate controls that raise derricks or level rigs.
- Operate pumps that circulate water, oil, or other fluids through wells to remove sand or other materials obstructing the free flow of oil.
- Maintain and perform safety inspections on equipment and tools.
Related Technology & Tools
- Chemical pipe cutters
- Sonar equipment
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Depth gauges
- Pipe tongs
- Cement mixers
- Diesel motors
- Straight screwdrivers
- Continuous sucker rods
- Free point tools
- Mud pumps
- Protective ear muffs
- Pipe wrenches
- Mallets
- Chemical casing cutters
- Slickline severance tools
- Wire cutters
- Desktop computers
- Electric downhole pumps
- Torpedo levels
- Well tubing perforation guns
- Pressure indicators
- Pipe slips
- Wellhead drives
- Jet casing cutters
- Hex wrenches
- Ratchet sets
- Channel lock pliers
- Handheld data loggers
- Jet pipe cutters
- Truck-mounted derricks
- Safety gloves
- Cement pumps
- Downhole object retrieval equipment
- Personal computers
- Utility knives
- Hydraulic pumping systems
- Strain gauges
- Claw hammers
- Hoisting equipment
- Safety goggles
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Power drills
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Pressure control devices
- Hydraulic hoisting equipment
- Laptop computers
- Steel measuring tapes
- Stuck pipe tools
- Pipe elevators
- Microsoft Office
- Data logger software
- Inventory tracking software
- Time and attendance software
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Microsoft Excel
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS