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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
Also Known As…
- Wireline Operator
- 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
- 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 “Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining”
- Examine unserviceable wells to determine actions to be taken to improve well conditions.
- Install pressure-control devices onto wellheads.
- Select fishing methods or tools for removing obstacles such as liners, broken casing, screens, or drill pipe.
- Prepare reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes.
- Maintain and perform safety inspections on equipment and tools.
- Perforate well casings or sidewalls of boreholes with explosive charges.
- Drive truck-mounted units to well sites.
- 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.
- Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions.
- Insert detection instruments into wells with obstructions.
- Monitor sound wave generating or detecting mechanisms to determine well fluid levels.
- Direct drilling crews performing activities such as assembling and connecting pipe, applying weights to drill pipes, or drilling around lodged obstacles.
- Operate controls that raise derricks or level rigs.
- 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.
- 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.
- Thread cables through derrick pulleys, using hand tools.
Related Technology & Tools
- Steel measuring tapes
- Truck-mounted derricks
- Laptop computers
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Cement mixers
- Well tubing perforation guns
- Torpedo levels
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Pressure indicators
- Pipe slips
- Power drills
- Jet pipe cutters
- Electric downhole pumps
- Hydraulic hoisting equipment
- Depth gauges
- Desktop computers
- Downhole object retrieval equipment
- Pipe elevators
- Safety goggles
- Pressure control devices
- Continuous sucker rods
- Personal computers
- Pipe tongs
- Straight screwdrivers
- Mud pumps
- Hoisting equipment
- Handheld data loggers
- Hex wrenches
- Wellhead drives
- Channel lock pliers
- Chemical pipe cutters
- Wire cutters
- Free point tools
- Hydraulic pumping systems
- Pipe wrenches
- Slickline severance tools
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Mallets
- Stuck pipe tools
- Diesel motors
- Jet casing cutters
- Utility knives
- Strain gauges
- Safety gloves
- Claw hammers
- Protective ear muffs
- Cement pumps
- Chemical casing cutters
- Sonar equipment
- Ratchet sets
- Data logger software
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Time and attendance software
- Inventory tracking software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS