Drilling Safety and Well Site Preparation
Safety With Well Control

 

• Components and activities associated with well control
  
• Evaluate possible hazards
  
• Well Control Components
  
• Blowout Prevention Program
  
• Blowout Prevention Program Solutions
  
• Maintaining and Monitoring the Mud System
  
• ​Testing Accumulators, Choke Manifold, and BOPsHazards Associated With Surface Control System Maintenance​

Safety For Well Site Servicing
and Completion
Safety With Well Completion

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• well completion activities and the safety precautions
  
• Casing installation and cementing
  
• Christmas Tree
  
• Drill stem tests
  
• Setting production casing
  
• Production tubing installation
  
• Beginning production flow
  
• Hydraulic fracturingBeam pumping units​
  

Safety With Well Completion 

Safety With Well Control

Course length (approx):     6 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Safety With General Services

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Safety With Casing Operations

​Drilling Safety and Well Site Preparation
Safety With Casing Operations

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• Explain casing operations
  
• When Does Casing Occur?
  
• Casing Process
  
• Installation of Casing Running Tools
  
• Hazards Associated With Casing Running Tools
  
• Potential Solutions For Casing Hazards
  
• Casing Accessory Installation
  
• Circulating and Cementing Casing
  

Job-Specific Accidents

Becoming Aware of Gas and Oil Hazards
Job-Specific Accidents

• Derrick, Hoist and Crane Hazards
  
• Hazards Associated with Materials Handling
  
• Injuries Caused by Overexertion
  
• Crush Injuries
  
• Injuries Caused by a Fall
  
• Striking Objects
  
• ​Caught Injuries
  
• Contact Injuries
  
• Unforeseen Starts and Stops
  
• Trips, Falls and Slips
  
• Eye Injuries
  
• Catastrophic Incidents
  
• Blowouts
  
• Derrick Collapse
  
• Accidents Caused by Hydrogen Sulfide​
  

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Focus on a Culture of Safety

Drilling Operation Injuries

Becoming Aware of Gas and Oil Hazards
Drilling Operation Injuries

 

• Injury Severity
  
• Accidents that happen during drilling jobs
  
• Accidents that occur during derrick jobs
  
• Accidents that occur when handling certain materials
  
• Operations Involving Drilling
  
• Slip Hazards
  
• Tong Hazards
  
• Safety lines
  
• Elevator Hazards
  
• Catline Hazards
  
• Safety precautions
  
• Working Surface Hazards​
  

Rig Safety

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We deliver targeted short duration online e-courses to the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors, offering over 1,000 hours of online training and hundreds of courses. Our online course curriculum focus includes introductory to advanced training and certification in key areas including:

Oil, Gas and Energy Sector Management
Focus on a Culture of Safety

 

• Establish an effective safety management system and culture
• An effective Safety Management System (SMS)
  
• What is a Safety Culture?
  
• Real Safety Commitment
  
• Effective Safety Leadership
  
• Accountability for Safety
  
• Writing Safety Goals and Objectives
  
• examples of operational safety objectives
  
• Writing Safety Policies
  
• Responsibilities
  
• Supervisor’s Safety Responsibilities
  
• Continuous Improvement
  

Course length (approx):     3 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

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SEMS II
Offshore Oil and Gas
Introduction to SEMS II
Offshore Oil and Gas Safety-Part 1
Offshore Oil and Gas Safety-Part II

Short duration online Oil & Gas e-course certifications!

Oil and Gas Safety Management
Oil and Gas Industry:  Hazard Awareness
Well Site Preparation & Drilling Safety
Well Site Completion and Servicing Safety
Oil and Gas Well Inspection
Oil Spill Cleanup

other course categories

OSHA
General
Equipment Safety
Hazards
Rig Operations
Rig Safety

Safety With Drilling Ahead II

Safety For Rigging Up II

Responding to Emergencies II

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Drilling Safety and Well Site Preparation
Safety With Drilling Ahead II

 

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• Closer look at hazards and their potential solutions
  
• Break Out Pipe Preparation
  
• Breaking Out Pipe
  
• Possible Hazards With Breaking Out Pipe
  
• Making Up Pipe in the Mousehole
  
• Raising the New Joint and Kelly
  
• The Addition of Pipe to the String
  
• Rotary table working area
  
• Resuming Drilling Process
  
• Coring
  
• Hazards Associated With Coring
  

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Safety Measures For Site Preparation

Drilling Safety and Well Site Preparation
Safety Measures For Site Preparation

• Site preparation safety
  
• Prepping For Drilling
  
• Site Leveling
  
• Trenching and Excavating
  
• Rathole, Conductor Hole, and Mousehole
  
• Conductor Hole and Pipe
  
• Mousehole
  
• Equipment Transportation to the Site
  
• Drill Site Unloading​
  

Safety For Rigging Up

Drilling Safety and Well Site Preparation
Safety For Rigging Up

 

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• Hazards and solutions that several rig designs share
  
• Keep conditions safe on the rig
  
• What is rigging up?
  
• Rigging Up
  
• Substructure
  
• Possible Hazards With Substructure
  
• Possible Solutions to Substructure Hazards
  
• Rig Floor and Mast or Derrick Set Up
  
• Possible hazards with the rig floor
  

​Inspecting the Oil and Gas Well
Responding to Emergencies II

• Proper emergency plan components
  
• Fire Extinguishers
  
• Storage for fire extinguishers
  
• Extinguisher yearly inspection tag
  
• The fire extinguisher’s condition
  
• Eye Wash Stations
  
• First Aid Kits​
  

Course length (approx):     5 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Becoming Aware of Gas and Oil Hazards
Gas and Oil Safety

 

• General information on gas and oil safety techniques
  
• Hazardous Conditions and Health Dangers
  
• Drilling Site Jobs
  
• The Tool Pusher
  
• The Driller
  
• The Derrickman
  
• Rotary Helpers
  
• Motorman
  
• Electrician
  
• Injury-Causing Hazards
  
• The Significance of Training
  
• Retraining
  
• Motivation
  

Course length (approx):     3 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Safety For Well Site Servicing
and Completion
Safety With General Services

• Maintenance tasks that workers face when working on a well
  
• Maintenance tasks that workers face when working on a well
  
• Horsehead Removal
  
• Hazards Associated With Horsehead Removal
  
• Wellhead Removal
  
• Hazards Associated With Wellhead Removal
  
• Rods That Need to Be Pulled and RunRod Hazards
  

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Safety With Drilling Ahead

Drilling Safety and Well Site Preparation
Safety With Drilling Ahead

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• Tasks/hazards associated with the drilling process
  
• Steps While Handling Tubulars
  
• Possible Hazards Associated With Tubulars
  
• Possible Solutions Associated With Tubular Hazards
  
• Drilling Fluid Preparation
  
• Possible Hazards Associated With Drilling Fluid
  
• Beginning the Drilling Process
  
• Hazards Associated With Starting the Drilling Process

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Safety Involvement For All

​Oil, Gas and Energy Sector Management
Safety Involvement For All

 

• Commitment to health and safety
  
• Health and safety management systems
  
• Employee and management collaboration
  
• Communicating and implementing action
  
• Safety and Health Issue Response
  
• Employee Participation
  
• Ergonomic Injury Prevention
  
• Safety Inspections
  
• Programs For Safety Recognition
  
• The Gas and Oil Safety Committee
  
• Suggestion Program
  
• Employee Communication Rights
  

Course length (approx):     7 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Drilling Safety and Well Site Preparation
Safety For Rigging Up II

• Hazards and solutions
• Guardrails Hazards
  
• Handrails Hazards
  
• Walkways Hazards
  
• Stairs Hazards
  
• Ladders Hazards
  
• Power system Hazards
  
• Circulating system Hazards
  
• Auxiliary equipment Hazards
  
• Power System Installation
  
• How to Rig Up the Circulating System
  
• Auxiliary Equipment Installation
  
• Rig Inspection
  
• Possible Hazards Associated With Inspecting the Rig
  
• Rigging Down
  

Course length (approx):     3 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Responding to Emergencies

Inspecting the Oil and Gas Well
Responding to Emergencies

• Proper emergency plan
• The Emergency Response Plan (ERP)
  
• Medical emergency protocol
  
• How to handle a rig fire
  
• Dealing with gas release
  
• How to handle well control loss
  
• What to do in the event of a security breach
  
• ERP Locations
  
• Equipment for Emergencies
  
• Man Basket
  
• Bloodborne Pathogen Kit
  
• Fire Blankets
  
• Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)
  
• Trauma Kit
  
• Alarms​

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Unemployed Worker Retraining Program
Provides grant for new career training​

Gas and Oil Safety

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES