All About Drilling Service Fitter

The oil industry is one of the most important, if not in the modern world, then in Russia. And therefore it is very important to know who exactly works in this area. Let's talk about the features of the profession and the duties of a rig maintenance fitter.

This employee at the level of 4 or 5 categories should be ready to work with:

• drilling systems in general and their individual units;
• sets of mechanisms that lower and raise the tool;
• blowout control devices and their installation systems;
• pneumatic control systems, their blockers;
• drilling automatic keys;
• winches;
• cranes of various systems;
• Instrumentation devices.

Also they need clearly represent the optimal sequence of technological manipulations and the organization of the work process during various operations. In addition, you will have to study:

• basic standards for the operation of drilling equipment;
• the composition used for the repair of materials, parts and tools;
• ways to identify worn parts;
• principles of static and dynamic balancing of various systems;
• methods of dealing with wear and tear of equipment;
• basic information on oil and gas drilling technologies, as well as on mixed oil and gas fields;
• goals, practical procedure and technology of current repair;
• the purpose and main types of lubricating oils used by drillers;
• principles of rational organization of labor;
• current methods and techniques of work;
• consumption standards for various materials;
• requirements for work performed;
• main types of marriage and the reasons for its appearance;
• rejection methods;
• fire safety standards;
• environmental standards.

Drilling Fitter directly participates in the descent of casing strings and other systems at the wellhead. His attract to the assembly and installation of wellhead, fountain devices. Installation and dismantling of the rig itself will not do without a locksmith. His responsibilities will also be:

• maintaining the workplace in perfect order;
• saving electricity and fuel;
• application of the most appropriate working methods;
• compliance with labor protection standards, electrical and fire safety standards;
• compliance with the requirements of industrial sanitation and labor hygiene.

More specifically, the requirements are prescribed in job descriptions. They indicate that locksmiths in the drilling industry may be involved in individual work overtime. These specialists are required when commissioning new or repaired equipment.

Work as a fitter for maintenance of drilling and equipment on them presents a number of specific requirements for employees. They should be as accurate, careful and accurate as possible. Also play a huge role quality of hearing and vision. But since the locksmith is also physical work, such a person must be strong and hardy.

Good professional:

• resourceful and initiative;
• different accurate eye
• possesses a technical mentality;
• has a developed spatial imagination.

At the same time, high demands are made on the health of candidates. They will not accept the position of a drilling rig maintenance person with:

• impaired musculoskeletal function;
• neuropsychiatric abnormalities;
• pathologies that can cause loss of consciousness;
• low level of vision and hearing;
• respiratory abnormalities;
• digestive and hormonal ailments.

You can get a document certifying the authority of a fitter for servicing drilling category 6 at various educational institutions. Training in this specialization includes a fairly extensive theoretical and practical program. The course in many places is built individually, taking into account the knowledge of the candidate. You can study at:

• ANO DPO "Comprehensive training center for retraining";
• Academy training center (operating in many cities of the country);
• training center "StroyBusinessConsult" (also having many branches);
• training center "Profdirect" (Omsk);
• diversified center "Phoenix";
• ANO DPO training center "Gas-Oil".

It is also worth paying attention to:

• Oil College of Nizhnevartovsk;
• multidisciplinary college of an industrial university (Tyumen);
• Orenburg Oil Exploration College.

Drilling rig maintenance fitter finds a job mainly in firms engaged in oil and gas production. But with a good level of training and solid experience, he will also be hired by individual industrial enterprises. True, in many cases retraining or even retraining of a specialist is needed. It is worth considering that most of these specialists nevertheless associate themselves with the oil and gas industry. And they have to work mainly on a rotational basis.

Locksmiths are also waiting for drilling on:

• thermal waters;
• iodine-bromine waters;
• exploration;
• ordinary drinking water;
• hydrogen;
• some other minerals;
• research sites.