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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare for operations
   • Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
   • Identify, obtain and wear personal protective equipment
   • Obtain, read, confirm and apply work instructions
   • Identify, manage and report all potential hazards
   • Select and use/wear personal protective equipment and protective clothing
   • Resolve coordination requirements with others at the site prior to commencing and during 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 in accordance with operational requirements
2. Prepare to trip tubulars
   • Check grade/s of tubing
   • Supervise crew in correctly positioning tubing on racks
   • Accurately measure and record tubing
   • 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, drift tubing, clean and lubricate threads
   • Check for damage to joints, threads and sealing surfaces
   • Assemble and check operating conditions of tubing running equipment, including slips, tongs, elevators, dog collar, protectors and tailing ropes
   • Line up pumps to fill casing/take fluid during tripping operation
   • Prepare pipe racking system to stand back, run in, lay down or pick-up pipe, where applicable
3. Trip tubulars and operate racking system
   • Visually check the elevator latch, identify faults and report
   • Release pipe from elevators and rack in proper position and secure when pulling out of the hole
   • Latch elevators onto tubulars and stabilise while stabbed

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 legislation, documentation, policies and procedures

works effectively with others to undertake and complete the well servicing trip production tubing / work string tasks that meets all of the required outcomes including:

supervises and train subordinates to provided standards

works as directed in a timely and efficient manner

supervises crew in correctly positioning pipe on pipe racks

demonstrates completion of well servicing trip production tubing/work string that safely, effectively and efficiently meets all of the required outcomes on more than one (1) occasion including:

removing thread protectors, drift, clean and lubricate threads

checking joints for damage to threads, sealing surfaces and flapper valves where fitted

assembling and checking operating condition of running equipment, including slips, tongs, elevators, rubber clamp, protectors

lining up pumps to fill during running operations

working derrick correctly during tripping

steadying the pipe during stabbing

releases pick-up elevators when directed

correctly align pipe for make-up

correctly latch side door or slip type elevators

checks grades of pipe

measuring and recording pipe in the numerical order in which it will be run into the hole

recognising and reporting equipment malfunction or failure

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of well servicing trip production tubing/work string through:

accessing, interpreting and applying the organisation and site requirements and procedures

carrying out rig maintenance

identifying types and characteristics of discharges including liquids, gases and solids

identifying types and characteristics of hazardous materials

carrying out inspection, fault finding and reporting requirements and procedures

identifying thread identifications, pipe size and grade

identifying pipe torque parameters

carrying out non-routine operations

determining and responding to roles and responsibilities

personnel management

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