RIIOGD501F — Manage rig operations
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What an assessment for RIIOGD501F must cover
57 assessable components: 3 elements (22 performance criteria), 17 performance evidence and 16 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1. Plan and prepare for managing rig operations
- 1.1Obtain, interpret and confirm work requirements
- 1.2Access, interpret and apply rig operations documentation and confirm work activity is compliant
- 1.3Identify and minimise environmental issues and potential hazards, and assess and address risks within scope of own role and according to workplace procedures
- 1.4Select and wear personal protective equipment required to the work activities
- 1.5Confirm personnel coordination requirements at the site are met prior to commencement of work activities
- 1.6Obtain copy of well program for next well prior to moving on to lease
- 1.7Read and interpret well program and check all necessary contractor-supplied equipment availability and rectify anomalies
- 1.8Check for casing discrepancies and obvious mistakes and take corrective action
- 1.9Verbally communicate with company representative if changes are required to program
- 1.10Inform others of all required or possible changes to program
2. Establish lease
- 2.1Obtain lease details and locate and inspect lease
- 2.2Inform construction company of lease details including all infrastructure arrangements
- 2.3Make contact with owners and statutory bodies and confirm compliance with regulations
- 2.4Establish, check and communicate directions to lease
- 2.5Establish right-of-way to lease, identify and rectify potential problems and communicate to appropriate personnel, third parties and regulators
- 2.6Establish camp location, check infrastructure and safety arrangements and rectify issues identified
- 2.7Check and adjust supply sources and expendables to meet current requirements
- 2.8Establish and monitor rubbish and waste arrangements for disposal according to environmental requirements
3. Communicate and report outcomes
- 3.1Confirm lease establishment information with appropriate personnel, third parties and regulators and submit written reports
- 3.2Review, update and implement contract information for pre-well preparation
- 3.3Report new lease data to appropriate officers using correct reporting strategies
- 3.4Review and amend shutdown procedures and communicate activity to relevant parties
Performance evidence
- manage rig operations on at least two occasions, including:
- establishing camp location and infrastructure
- identifying issues, exploring options to resolve identified issues and implementing best solutions that resolve issues with rig operations
- organising supplies and expendable requirements to maintain the life of the planned work activity
- solving logistical problems to maintain access to supplies and resources for rig operations and employee welfare
- establishing and reporting on new lease arrangements.
- locate and apply required legislation, documentation, policies and procedures for managing rig operations
- implement the requirements, procedures and techniques for the management of rig operations, including:
- identifying, addressing and reporting potential hazards and risks
- implementing emergency response plan and procedures
- identifying, addressing and reporting environmental issues
- checking all contractor-supplied equipment
- work with others to coordinate activities and resolve issues for rig operation to meet required outcomes, including:
- preparing for and organising work activities to meet task requirements
- communicating 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
- using written and verbal communications to convey all activities and outcomes for rig operations to others.
Knowledge evidence
- key policies, procedures and established requirements for managing rig operations, including those for:
- setting up for rig operations, including:
- planning
- programming
- preparing
- identifying and managing risks
- environmental issues
- site preparation and organisation
- work health and safety
- resource and supply requirements
- camp planning and set-up
- communication techniques relevant to work activities
- carrying out rig loading
- load spotting
- rig up and shut down
- lease arrangements and requirements.
Foundation skills
- Reading: Identifies critical information from the organisational plan, work programs and lease details
- Writing: Produces and completes workplace reports, including organisational procedures and using appropriate vocabulary, grammatical structures and conventions
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