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