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