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Offshore Oil & Gas Safety Officer. How to become One!
Safety Officers (With Red triangle mark on their Safety Helmet) Jamjuri & Guri Giving Safety Talk During Toolbox Meeting.
Toolbox meeting is part of daily routine for Offshore Oil & Gas Workers. Main reason is to identify hazard and to ensure all safety pre-cautions are in place before and during execution of works. Safety officer is also another interesting jobs. For those who are interested to become one, below are the safety officer roles, responsibilities and qualifications.
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Assist Management in developing and implementing their HSE plans and advise on operatinal safety matters related to the works.
- Co-ordinate and conduct inspections/audits of facilities and activities to ensure compliance to safe and good work practices in accordance to statutory requirement of the Factories and Machinery ACT and all safety Procedures.
- Have the ability to communicate in written and spoken English & Local language.
- Give safety presenation with the objective to enhance the Health, safety and Environment awareness of all workers.
- Assist in accident investigation, reporting and monitor their follo up in accordance to safety procedures.
- Qualifications
- Must have 5 years working experience in Supervisory position in the related field of oil and gas industry.
- Must possess a recognized Diploma in an engineering discipline or a recognized Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) or completed training and assessment by National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) and have a minimum of 3 years experience working in OSH or minimum 10 years working experience in OSH.
- Must have attended the following local safety courses conducted by Safety Training Institution:
- Supervisory Safety
- Accident Investigation Skill
- First Aider
- Basic Fire Fighting and BA
- Must have attended the following local courses relevant to their operation:
- Sea Survival.
- Crane & lifting operation.
- Scaffolding inspection
- Permit to Work System
- Authorized Gas Tester Certification Course.
- Helicopter Landing Officer (HLO)
- Must posses knowledge and skill on:
- Hazard and effect Management Process/Risk Management
- HSE cases
- Emergency response
- Law, Regulation & Permits
- HSE Auditing
Hemm.. quite a long list of requirement yeaaa…
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Kepada semua safety officer, Jadilah, safety officer yg berjaya! Pastikan semua kerja selamat. Sedikit sebanyak anda bertanggungjawab dengan keselamatan semua pekerja, Termasuk la Saya Sendiri….
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Welder & Their Foreman : They Weld Everything but Broken Heart
Welder, welding jacket seafastening braces.
Welder is another profession that becomes the backbone for offshore oil & gas construction works. As far as I know, there is no special ‘certification’ required to become a welder. The only thing for sure is you pass the WPQT (Welding Procedure Qualification Test) conducted by CLIENT. Anyway here is some guidelines for those who are willing to become an offshore installation welder.
- 3 years experience as a fabrication welder.
- 18 years old (Minimum Age)
- Pass the CLIENT WPQT (Welder Qualification Test)
- ‘Good relationship with welder foreman‘ he he he he
Ok.. now lets talk about WELDER FOREMAN! Oh ya, before we start, see the picture below!. The one with ‘DIN’ on his helmet is the welder foreman (left in red coverall with ‘Misai like Datuk K’.
- Welding Foreman Description
- The welding foreman shall work under the direction of the Barge Foreman in charge of executing a task of work.
- Roles and Resposibilities
- Supervise all welding and marking-off activities.
- Ensure his crew adhere to established safety rules, codes, practices and requlations in accordance to the procedures.
- Ensure all his crew have the required tools and safety equipment, and that such items are maintained in a good and safe condtion.
- Read drawings and specifications, and be familiar with the work programmes to progress the work as necessary for the timely and proper execution of tasks.
- Report immediately to the Barge Foreman or Barge Superintendent any discrepancies, or material shortage he may discover.
- Discipline members of his crew if required, and request a change out of unacceptable individuals after liaison with the QA/QC supervisor.
- Qualification
- The welding foreman shall he an experienced welder of 8 years experience and shall have been enggaged in offshore work in the petroleum industry for a minimum 5 years and have experience of coordinating and supervising welding activities offshore on all offshore platforms, and onboard construction barges for a minimum 2 years.
- He must have served a recognized apprenticeship as a welder and be qualified to technician level with City and Guilds (or equivalent) qualification. He must have a minimum 5 years experience with at least 5 years in the oil industry and 2 years at a supervisory level.
- He must be familiar with the international welding codes API 1104, ASME IX and AWS and other related specifications. He must also be familiar with the various grades of steel used in the oil industry and the welding procedures required for the various steels including pre and post heat treatment. In addition he is required to be fully familiar with all pipework fittings and pressure classifications used in the oil industry.
- He must be a qualified piping and structural welder.
- In addition he must also be familiar with the hazardous area calssifications and requirement.
Welder removing the Module (Topside) Tie-down.
Topside ready to be lifted by Derrick Barge
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Muka-muka yang biasa kita lihat di Offshore. Ada sesiapa mengenali mereka?
Attention : FATALITY case at ready rack during pipelay (Investigation Report)
This in the official investigation report from my previous post regarding the above fatality case.
- Type of Incident: Fatality
- Business Unit: Offshore Installation
- Date of Incident: 11th June 2006
- Brief Account of Incident:
- The incident took place when a Rigger was buffing piping the end of a pipe at the ready rack (at junction of longitudinal and transverse conveyor) ready in preparation for welding, when another pipe was advanced from a longitudinal conveyor post end-prep operations.
- The Rigger was caught between the pipe moving to the transverse conveyor and one that was already positioned on the transverse conveyor.
- This area contained hatch markings painted on the floor indicating that this was a hazardous area. Hatch markings were visible, but worn.
- An audible and visible alarm was working and operable warning personnel of moving pipe, but would not have been effective to prevent the fatality as it was behind the rigger and with the noise of the buffer and hearing protection would not have been heard.
- Furthermore this area was considered by barge supervision to be a pinch point area and not a regular place to perform buffing, however the practice was tolerated as it was considered by the Riggers as “normal†practice†to buff pipe in this location.
- What went wrong?
- Immediate / Direct Causes:
- Personnel should not have been buffing pipe the area demarcated with hatch markings.
- Conveyor operators must check the path of travel of any pipes and ensure personnel are well clear before moving them on conveyor systems.
- Barriers and hatch markings must be installed and clearly identified in any possible pinch point areas
- Basic / Underlying Causes:
- There were several contributing causes to this incident:-
- Training of operators involved in the pipe lay process does not clearly out line the production process and quality standards.
- Level II work instructions do not describe the pipe preparation process, work tasks contained within the process, roles and responsibilities etc.
- Barge supervision and other employees were aware that the immediate accident site was a hazardous area but failed to stop employees buffing in the hazard area.
- System Failure
- Inadequate standards and specifications – walk/work areas not maintained
- Inadequate work instructions
- Barge management / supervisory support of HSE systems
- Inadequate initial / refresher training
- Recommended Action:
- Corrective Action (short term):
- Task Risk Assessment to specify exact pinch points that can be encountered.
- Check and repaint all hatch markings and warning chevrons and include location & inspection regime in planned maintenance system.
- Highlight the purpose and definition of hatch markings and warning chevrons to crew.
- Install physical barrier and warning sign at junction of two conveyors.
- Barge management and supervision to make regular inspections and visits to operating areas focussing on unsafe behaviours and correcting such behaviours.
- Install limit switches to prevent movement of pipe from longitudinal to transverse conveyor when transverse conveyor is full.
- Develop a competency standard and assessment tool for pipeline conveyor operators
- Move the audible and visual alarm to eyesight level and label its purpose.
- Consider disciplinary action for individuals involved in incident and also those that do not report incidents affecting quality and near-miss incidents.
- Assign a Team Leader / Leaderman in each process area to monitor unsafe behaviour; foster team work and caution educate employees on unsafe behaviours.
- Preventative Action (long term):
- Monitor compliance to all TRA’s
- Conduct pinch point survey and ensure all pinch points are delineated or guarded and their location and inspection and maintenance criteria added to the PM system.
- Write a Level 3 Work Instruction that includes: identification of hazards of the pipe process areas, the required competencies of the personnel involved in the process and job rotation schedules.
- Barge management / supervision to record in their daily logs results of visits and inspections and document their findings complete with corrective actions.
- Implement disciplinary action process for those employees and supervision that tolerate / condone at risk behaviours or un-safe conditions.
I Myself as an offshoreman would like to remind others to put extra vigilant to similar activity with potential pinching points. And for those who are willing to be part of the oil gas jobs industry, be prepared to face all the challenges in WORK itself, in safety & in MIND!
How to become an Offshore Construction Diver ?
Air diver cleaning riser using water jet.
Diving is another unique, challeging & one of the highly paid career in the oil & gas industry. for those who are interested and want to know more how to become a diver, please follow the link below.
Overview of Subsea pipeline Installation
Overview of Subsea pipeline Installation
Yea… this pictures shows most of the activities before pipe is sent to ready rack/beadstall. Ok… how i’m gonna start … hemm…
- The Activities.
- Lifting of linepipe from material barge to barge deck. (See the two man standing with sling coming down from barge big rig) They are picking up the linepipe from material barge alongside at Main work barge portside.
- Focus on the man standing on top of linepipe (center of picture). This is a linepipe stacking activities. Just in case of bad weather where the material barge have to cast off, then they will continue laying with linepipe stored on barge deck.
- Line pipe will be transfered to Ready rack by conveyor. see on the bottom left of the picture. Line pipe will be transfered to this conveyor one by one and fed to ready rack. (ill write about activities in ready-rack/beadstall in other post)
- The Equipment.
- The overall picture were taken from helideck of the Main Work barge (Pipelay Barge)
- Big blue crane is the Big Rig of this barge rated around 700Mt located on barge stern (behind section of barge)
- Pipeline transportation barge -picture right- (mainly 250 class ) alongside at portside (Left side of the barge)
- Bottom right. Machineries in red color. its a crawler crane!
- Things in white shacks. It is bitumen mastic. the Infill for pipeline field joint.
- Black drums. Sweetener for mastic.
wah… so many. I cant write all. May be you can help me list all sort of activities and equipment shows in the above pictures…
Anchor foreman - The work, the Requirement, the Responsibilities & the Man
Geofrey The Anchor Foreman.
Now lets talk about another unique career offshore oil & gas, The Anchor Foreman. The above picture show Mr. Geofrey, one of the Anchor Foreman i’ve been worked with. Good Man, Precise and Alert! & GOOD PAY!!! If you like to build your career like him, below are tips that i can share with you.
- Description
- Roles & Responsibilites
- He will be requried to liase with the Anchor Handling Tug from the barge deck during anchor handling operations.
- He will be required to assist the Barge Master and Barge foreman to direct all marine operations and to ensure all marine related equipment are in acceptable working conditions.
- He shall ensure that the correct marine related equipment is in place and these include anchore wires, shackles, sockets, anchors, penant wires, buoys, spring buoys, snatch blocks and fairleads.
- He shall liase with the surveyour onboard on anchor patterns and positions to ensure safe anchoring operations.
- Qualifications & Man Requirements
- He shall have minimum of 5 years experience at sea
- He shall have the same skilss equivalent to a Rigger Foreman.
- He must have good knoledge and experience of marine operational matters.
- He must be fully aware of the anchor handling procedures.
So if you are within the above requirement, than better go and develop your career as an Anchor Foreman! The Pay Is so D*MN GOOD!
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