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