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