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