All about the profession

What is the essence of the work of the conductor, milling machine operator or courier understood by most people. But there are much more “mysterious” areas of activity that are very important. It becomes quite clear if you find out all about the profession of a driver of PPDU.

It is appropriate to start a conversation about who the operator of the PPDU is by deciphering this obscure abbreviation. It means operator of a steam mobile dewaxing plant. It is worth noting that this is not about the paraffin used for the production of candles. A special unit purifies oil and oil products from the so-called normal paraffin hydrocarbons.

As with any other profession, it is most convenient to characterize the duties, starting from ETKS. This specialist:

• prepares its mobile installation for work at the facility;
• It is engaged in the dewaxing of oil wells themselves and flow lines (in other words, field oil pipelines);
• It is engaged in dewaxing of oil gathering installations, heats water conduits;
• paves the lines along which steam or hot oil will be supplied;
• installs and dismantles the necessary equipment;
• monitors the operation of boilers and other heating appliances;
• controls the indicators that give out measuring systems;
• maintains the necessary technical documentation.

For a more complete description of such work it is necessary to take into account the requirements of professional standards. There are such additional duties like:

• external inspection of the PDPD to assess its performance;
• binding units with oil and oil and gas wells, with other necessary components;
• output setting to normal operating mode;
• auxiliary works on washing and steam cleaning of pipes, technological machines and tanks;
• minor operational repairs that do not require dismantling or disassembling mechanisms;
• maintaining logs of accounting of work of ПППУ;
• chemical water treatment.

With this, everything is simple:

• specialists 3 categories Work under the direct and constant supervision of more experienced employees
• self-servicing self-propelled dewaxing unit with a working pressure of up to 10 MPa inclusive must have 5th category;
• only operators can be involved in work with installations where the pressure exceeds 10 MPa 6th category.

It is not necessary to go to technical schools or colleges in order to obtain the profession of an engineer in a steam mobile dewaxing plant. You can undergo the necessary training, for example, in the diversified center "Phoenix". They are waiting for all adult citizens of the Russian Federation who do not have health problems. Training is conducted both in full-time and in remote mode. The center also offers continuing education services for working drivers.

The same vocational training is also conducted at ANO "UMTS DPO". This organization immediately focuses on the choice of a specific skill level. Pupils can choose 3, 5, or 6 grade training. It is worth noting that over 40% of the training time is devoted to purely practical training. A similar profession can be obtained in:

• SRO "StroyBusinessConsult";
• Academy training center (operating in more than 20 cities of Russia);
• Academic Plus training center (operates in Tyumen and Volgograd);
• Center for Continuing Education “Hellas” (Samara).

PPDU driver works not only in oil and gas fields. In the extraction of natural gas also can not do without it. Moreover, it is necessary to purify paraffin not only from raw materials extracted from the bowels, but also technological equipment and product pipelines. Therefore, sometimes it is required to travel long distances in order to complete the task clearly and on time. This work poses serious risks to people.

Hazards may be associated with:

• heated, high-pressure steam;
• noise
• vibration
• high humidity;
• pneumatic systems containing compressed air;
• temperature differences;
• high probability of injury.

The installation can drive up to the wellhead by a maximum of 25 m. At the same time, the distance to other equipment should not be less than 10 m. It is strictly forbidden to stop and park the control panel under electric lines - not only power lines, but also used for lighting. All steam pipelines and steam hoses are thoroughly checked before starting work, their joints are also subject to verification.