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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare for managing drilling operations
   • Access, interpret and apply documentation for managing drilling operations and ensure the work activity is compliant
   • Obtain, read, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
   • Identify and address potential hazards, risks and environmental issues and implement control measures
   • Select and wear personal protective equipment appropriate to the work activities
   • Resolve coordination requirements with others at the site prior to commencing, during and on completion of work activities
2. Implement drill management strategies
   • Obtain and check copies of contract and well program, design implementation strategies and communicate to relevant personnel
   • Prepare daily drilling written reports and tour sheets
   • Undertake inspections of operating site and camp, record and report
   • Establish communication strategies and confirm with operator’s representative
   • Review, interpret and confirm company requirements
   • Implement and communicate reporting procedures
   • Establish and communicate rig maintenance arrangements
3. Manage work health and safety obligations
   • Implement and conduct crew meetings, record minutes and communicate to relevant personnel
   • Establish, implement, monitor, record and report safety inspection strategies
   • Induct new employees into site operations and establish monitoring strategies
   • Establish, implement, monitor and documentpermit-to-work procedures
   • Identify and implement emergency response arrangements
   • Identify, implement, monitor and document environmental and company requirements
   • Identify, rectify and report variances to relevant personnel
4. Oversee drilling operations
   • Obtain, confirm and clarify drill program
   • Select and access drilling plant, tools and equipment, ensure fit-for-service and report/repair any faults
   • Establish and monitor reporting mechanisms
   • Implement, maintain and monitor well control and blowout prevention strategies and report
   • Identify and investigate non-conformances,report and implement corrective strategies
   • Carry out and monitor appropriate tests and report
5. Oversee 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 applicable documentation, policies and procedures

implements the requirements, procedures and techniques for the safe, effective and efficient management 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 the managing of drilling operations to meet all required outcomes including:

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

preparing for and organising work activities to meet all task requirements

establishing and maintaining coordination with others relating to the work activity

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

undertaking routine inspections

identifying, rectifying and reporting non-conformances

inducting new employees into site operations

assessing safe work practices and adherence to drilling instructions

monitoring and reporting all drilling operations activity

carry out numerical calculations including:

addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

relate normal pressure to temperature

using calculator if required

using estimated skills (e.g. mental arithmetic, visualisation of size and quantity)

basic geometry (e.g. interpreting depth, direction)

use of metric and imperials and conversion between the two

interpreting of gauges, graphs etc

calculations relating to pressure (hydrostatic, surface, downhole, circulating), density, volume (fluid, air, gas), height, velocity, length, weight

measurements (penetration rate, rotary torque, rpm, pump pressure

budget and monitor operating costs

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge in the management of drilling operations through:

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

identifying and managing risks

identifying, addressing and reporting environmental issues

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

â—¦standard working practices and procedures

applying correct methods to control identified hazards

applying technical solutions to drilling operations

well control

downhole problems and solutions

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