The Australian Drilling Industry Training Committee (ADITC) is an expert in this area for the drilling industry and can help with advice and simple information on obtaining national qualifications for appropriate specific levels of work and experience.
Australian national qualifications are based on determining competence against a set of standards (units of competence).
They are recognised internationally.
There are six levels of qualification for the drilling industry:
- Certificate I (=1) – a very basic introductory level (say delivered at school, and not common in the industry)
- Certificate II (=2) for people who have achieved the skills and understanding that a driller’s assistant needs to work in industry
- Certificate III (=3) – A driller – the trade qualification level.
- Certificate IV (=4) – A senior driller who is an experienced technical person with a range of experience.
- Diploma – A drill supervisor responsible for site operations.
- Advanced Diploma – the manager of a drilling business. May be an owner-operator.
There are qualifications for:
Oil and gas drilling
- Onshore
- Offshore
- Well workover.
Drilling operations
This qualification has a core of units which are required by all sectors, and then electives to allow for specialization.
It includes the following sectors:
- blast hole drilling
- environmental drilling
- foundation/ construction drilling (including piling)
- geotechnical drilling
- horizontal directional drilling
- mineral exploration (including coal seam gas drilling)
- mineral production (including raise boring)
- seismic
- trenchless technology
- waterwell drilling
You can get qualifications by either;
- Proving that your existing skills and experience meet the required standards for the level of qualification, or
- Successfully taking a training course in drilling (including in-company) and having your applied skills assessed.
At Certificate II and III levels, site assessment of skills is required for the award of the qualification.
You can choose to do this at Certificate IV too.
At Certificate IV to Advanced Diploma, a qualification may be gained by providing a portfolio of evidence which is audited.
Where do we train and assess?
ADITC has a specific distance learning course for HDD which provides all the knowledge you need to back up your practical experience.
ADITC Ltd does not carry out training or assessing in its office.
In accord with the requirements of the drilling industry and the national competency standards for the drilling industry, most of our training and assessments are carried out on-site.
Often it is done in co-operation with other employees at your work (such as the senior driller or drill supervisor who have technical expertise).
ADITC provides a structured training course that can be used in-company.
An assessor may come to site to assist your company to ensure that people meet the requirements of the industry’s standards.
The assessor will be required to collect evidence as well as see work in progress.
ADITC can refer you to registered assessors.
VOCs, Licences and industry training courses
VOCs (verification of competence), licences and short courses, such as confined space training, provide skills and training which becomes part of your bank of evidence.
They alone do not provide a qualification by themselves.
Contact ADITC office@aditc.com.au or +61 2 9428 3444 for further information, or to see how your experience would contribute to a qualification.
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