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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare for drilling operations
   • Access, interpret and apply drilling operations documentation and ensure compliance the work activity is compliant
   • Obtain, read, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
   • Identify, address and report potential hazards, risks and environmental issues and implement control measures
   • Select and wear personal protective equipment appropriate to the work activities
   • Communicate emergency response and work health and safety requirements, including the possibility of wellbore influx and well control, to crew members
   • Resolve and maintain coordination requirements with others at the site prior to commencing, during, and on completion of work activities
   • Check, clean and lubricate equipment, including mud riser/conductor/connections and rectify and report faults
   • Check tool requirements and assembled in wellhead area
2. Commence drilling operations
   • Identify, obtain, interpret and clarify drilling program requirements
   • Undertake surface hole drilling
   • Commence intermediate and main hole drilling operations
   • Monitor, maintain and record drilling parameters in line with drilling program
   • Calculate and maintain kill sheet requirements and carry out and record integrity tests
   • Maintain accurate tubular tallies
   • Inspect and prepare casing running tools and casing for operation
3. Maintain drilling operations
   • Undertake cementing preparations
   • Run casing and prepare for cementing
   • Undertake preparations, and give assistance in drilling stem tests and logging and coring operations
   • Instruct crew on safe core recovery procedures
   • Put arrangements in place for nippling-up and drilling out
4. Drill intermediate and/or main holes
   • Obtain, read, clarify and confirm drilling program/timing schedule
   • Check equipment and tools for sizing and integrity and rectify or report faults
   • Maintain hole within deviation limits
   • Adhere to sound drilling and safety practices during nippling-up and pressure testing operations
5. Prepare for hole abandonment
   • Confirm program for completion or abandonment
   • Check tools/equipment for integrity and rectify or report faults
   • Complete written reports
6. Conduct housekeeping activities
   • Clean, check, maintain and store plant, tools and equipment
   • Report issues identified with plant, tools and equipment

Performance Evidence

Evidence is required to be collected that demonstrates a candidate’s competency in this unit. Evidence must be relevant to the roles within this sector’s work operations and satisfy all of the requirements of the performance criteria of this unit and include evidence that the candidate:

locates and applies relevant documentation, policies and procedures

implements the requirements, procedures and techniques for the safe, effective and efficient completion of drilling operations including:

identifying, addressing and reporting potential hazards and risks

controlling identified hazards

carrying out emergency response

identifying, addressing and reporting environmental issues

preparing written records and reports

rectifying and/or reporting faults and malfunctions

works effectively with others to undertake and complete drilling operations including:

preparing for and organising work activities to meet all task requirements

communicating clearly and concisely with others to receive and clarify work instructions

using a range of communication techniques and aids to advise others of work activity and exclusion zones

demonstrates completion of the construction of drilling operations that safely, effectively and efficiently meets all of the required outcomes on more than one (1) occasion including:

undertaking surface and main hole drilling

carrying out cementing procedures

maintaining drill hole

preparing the hole for abandonment

troubleshooting and problem solving, including rise in rotary torque and mud pressure

performing calculations including:

quantities up-hole calculations

velocity specific calculations

gravity volumes calculations

capacities pressure calculations

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge in applying effective drilling operations through:

accessing, interpreting and applying legislative, organization and site requirements and procedures for:

setting up work activity

site isolation, signage and erecting barriers

work health and safety

selecting and checking for faults, all plant, tools and equipment to carry out tasks

carrying out work to specifications

maintaining tubular tallies

applying effective techniques for drilling operations

standard working practices and procedures for drilling operations

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