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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
- Well Servicing Rig 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
- Wireline 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 “Wireline Operator”
- Maintain and perform safety inspections on equipment and tools.
- 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.
- Select fishing methods or tools for removing obstacles such as liners, broken casing, screens, or drill pipe.
- 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.
- Perforate well casings or sidewalls of boreholes with explosive charges.
- Install pressure-control devices onto wellheads.
- Monitor sound wave generating or detecting mechanisms to determine well fluid levels.
- 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.
- Confer with others to gather information regarding pipe or tool sizes or borehole conditions in wells.
- Close and seal wells no longer in use.
- Operate controls that raise derricks or level rigs.
- 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.
- Insert detection instruments into wells with obstructions.
- Drive truck-mounted units to well sites.
- Prepare reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes.
Related Technology & Tools
- Depth gauges
- Wellhead drives
- Pipe elevators
- Handheld data loggers
- Pipe slips
- Steel measuring tapes
- Diesel motors
- Strain gauges
- Stuck pipe tools
- Claw hammers
- Truck-mounted derricks
- Utility knives
- Pipe tongs
- Hydraulic hoisting equipment
- Chemical casing cutters
- Pipe wrenches
- Laptop computers
- Power drills
- Electric downhole pumps
- Safety gloves
- Safety goggles
- Personal computers
- Well tubing perforation guns
- Pressure indicators
- Desktop computers
- Free point tools
- Jet casing cutters
- Hydraulic pumping systems
- Protective ear muffs
- Chemical pipe cutters
- Wire cutters
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Channel lock pliers
- Pressure control devices
- Straight screwdrivers
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Downhole object retrieval equipment
- Torpedo levels
- Mallets
- Cement pumps
- Mud pumps
- Hoisting equipment
- Sonar equipment
- Ratchet sets
- Jet pipe cutters
- Continuous sucker rods
- Hex wrenches
- Slickline severance tools
- Cement mixers
- Time and attendance software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Inventory tracking software
- Data logger software
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software