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