Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare for operations
- Access, interpret and apply trip casing documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
- Obtain, read, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
- Identify and address potential risks, hazards and environmental issues and implement control measures
- Select the personal protective equipment appropriate for the work activity
- Identify, locate and apply correct personal protective equipment
- Resolve coordination requirements with others at the site prior to commencing, during and on completion of the work activities and ensure briefings/handover details are read/passed on
- Confirm availability and status of necessary permits to work in accordance with operational and legislative requirements
- Confirm availability of necessary third party utilities
- Prepare to trip casing
- Check grade or grades of casing
- Supervise crew in correctly positioning casing on racks
- Measure and record in writing casing
- Identify joint by the numerical order in which it will be run in the hole and its measured length
- Supervise crew to remove thread protectors, rabbit casing, clean and lubricate threads
- Check casing shoe and hanger joints for damage to threads, sealing surfaces and flapper valves where fitted
- Assemble and check operating conditions of casing running equipment, including slips, tongs, elevators, rubber clamp, protectors and tailing ropes
- Line up pumps to fill casing during running operation
- Operate derrick during tripping of casing