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