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