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