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