Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare for operations
- Access, interpret and apply drilling fluid system 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
- Conform to safe working practices and current legislative and operational requirements
- Resolve coordination requirements with others at the site prior to commencing, during and on completion of the work activities
- Assess geographic layout of the active, reserve and slug pits under work instruction
- Assess operation of mud mixers, dump valves and equalising valves
- Identify and locate mud pump and discharge system
- Establish operational requirements
- Clarify difficulties in carrying out the instructions with the relevant personnel
- Confirm availability and status of necessary permits to work
- Confirm availability of necessary third party utilities
- Confirm availability of required quantities and type of consumables
- Identify errors, omissions and shortages and take appropriate remedial action within functional responsibility
- Select and test equipment
- Prepare drilling fluids
- Confirm availability of sufficient quantities and types of fluids against operational requirements
- Confirm tanks and mixing equipment are clean and free from contamination in accordance with instructions
- Mix and treat fluids to specification
- Obtain, correctly label in writing and store samples
- Identify defects in the equipment and take appropriate remedial action within functional responsibility
- Pump drilling fluids
- Confirm recording and monitoring devices are preset to required parameters
- Operate equipment
- Identify faults and defects accurately and take appropriate remedial action within functional responsibility
- Assist with obtaining samples, weigh, measure viscosity and record details
- Operate pipe in the derrick manually and under supervision
- Grease crown block and identify hanging sheaves
- Record in writing data accurately at appropriate times and frequencies in accordance with operational requirements
- Operate hopper system