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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”
- Direct drilling crews performing activities such as assembling and connecting pipe, applying weights to drill pipes, or drilling around lodged obstacles.
- Drive truck-mounted units to well sites.
- Insert detection instruments into wells with obstructions.
- Operate specialized equipment to remove obstructions by backing-off or severing pipes by chemical or explosive action.
- Interpret instrument readings to ascertain the depth of obstruction.
- 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.
- 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 controls that raise derricks or level rigs.
- Perforate well casings or sidewalls of boreholes with explosive charges.
- Confer with others to gather information regarding pipe or tool sizes or borehole conditions in wells.
- Thread cables through derrick pulleys, using hand tools.
- 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.
- Examine unserviceable wells to determine actions to be taken to improve 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.
- Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions.
- Install pressure-control devices onto wellheads.
Related Technology & Tools
- Downhole object retrieval equipment
- Pipe tongs
- Laptop computers
- Hydraulic pumping systems
- Ratchet sets
- Safety gloves
- Slickline severance tools
- Cement pumps
- Personal computers
- Sonar equipment
- Channel lock pliers
- Wellhead drives
- Pressure control devices
- Electric downhole pumps
- Free point tools
- Hoisting equipment
- Steel measuring tapes
- Pipe wrenches
- Utility knives
- Protective ear muffs
- Jet pipe cutters
- Mud pumps
- Stuck pipe tools
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Pipe elevators
- Desktop computers
- Jet casing cutters
- Claw hammers
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Hex wrenches
- Pressure indicators
- Truck-mounted derricks
- Wire cutters
- Chemical casing cutters
- Diesel motors
- Handheld data loggers
- Strain gauges
- Depth gauges
- Hydraulic hoisting equipment
- Cement mixers
- Well tubing perforation guns
- Safety goggles
- Pipe slips
- Straight screwdrivers
- Power drills
- Chemical pipe cutters
- Torpedo levels
- Mallets
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Continuous sucker rods
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Time and attendance software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Data logger software
- Inventory tracking software