Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare for planning drilling program
- Access, interpret and apply drilling planning documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
- Define and confirm precise scope of work expected by client and other relevant parties
- Communicate with all parties clearly and concisely to ensure that priorities and special requirements are understood and acted upon
- Negotiate an achievable and acceptable contract with the client within the scope of the driller’s legal requirements and legal responsibilities
- Achieve and document agreement on the drilling plan, by communicating and clarifying intended objectives and contract requirements with all relevant parties
- Develop, in consultation, a time schedule for all operations
- Inspect/research site for accessibility, services, hazards, legal and environmental problems
- Establish size and nature of intended drill sites and designated routes to reach them
- Assess topographical and geological features and identify preferred drilling sites
- Locate and interpret specific relevant information from maps, diagrams or from other data
- Identify legal and environmental limitations, and hazards applying to site and take appropriate action
- Identify and honour locations of socially or environmentally sensitive areas according to the site agreement
- Check availability and distance of water and/or other local supplies
- Select appropriate drilling method
- Prepare cost estimates, quotes and tenders
- Arrange permits and licences
- Design and organise drilling program
- Establish action plan to ensure completion of program to client satisfaction, within quality, time and cost parameters
- Communicate scope of work to crew involved in drilling program
- Prepare fieldwork instructions, detailing: project location, access, water supply, aims of project and detailed instructions
- Note variations to scope of work/contractual requirements on log
- Select appropriate and available crew and other resources for the job
- Communicate, clearly and concisely, with crew(s) about job requirements, working conditions and role and responsibilities
- Establish size and nature of intended drill rig sites, and routes for reaching them
- Specify any access track, clearing or bench construction sizes and compaction required to support rigs and equipment
- Clarify availability of site amenities and back up support
- Decide upon methods of controlling flow off site, disposing of wastes and restoring the site after the operations
- Prepare WHS plan for site
- Prepare plan to eliminate/mitigate hazards to designated level
- Ensure signs, hazards and warnings are observed and consequences understood
- Determine and acquire required safety equipment
- Incorporate safety rules and regulations, legislation and specific site instructions
- Obtain sign-off on commitment to work health and safety (WHS) plan from crew