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