Oil and Gas Site Safety Orientation
Orientation to upstream and midstream oil and gas sites for workers, new supervisors, contractors and visitors: the life cycle from exploration and drilling to production, processing, pipelines and reclamation and where hazards concentrate, provincial OHS law, the Canada Labour Code, the Alberta Energy Regulator and its revised Directive 071, the BC Energy Regulator, the Canada Energy Regulator, CSA standards and Energy Safety Canada programs, site access, orientation, journey management and working alone, hydrocarbons, flammable limits, vapour density and ignition sources including pyrophoric iron sulphide, four-gas monitors, bump testing and alarm set points, hydrogen sulphide, tank gauging vapours, sulphur dioxide, benzene and NORM, pressure hazards, stored energy, red zones and verifying zero energy, mechanical, dropped object, fall, power line, cold, wildfire and wildlife hazards, ground disturbance near buried lines and pipelines, prime contractors and contractor management on multi-employer sites, emergency response plans and public safety planning for sour operations, and a capstone pre-job review of a well pad and battery.
HSE-330 12 lessons · 5 h 21 min
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Describe the phases of the oil and gas life cycle, the difference between upstream and midstream sites, and the dominant hazards of each phase, using fatality data and the energy wheel to explain where serious harm occurs.
- Map the Canadian rules for oil and gas sites, including provincial OHS law, the Canada Labour Code for federal undertakings, the Alberta Energy Regulator and its directives, the BC Energy Regulator, Saskatchewan's ministry, the Canada Energy Regulator, CSA standards and Energy Safety Canada programs, and explain who holds which duty.
- Prepare to travel to and enter an oil and gas site safely, including training, PPE, fitness for duty, journey management, lease road driving, arrival and sign-in, site orientation content and controls for working alone.
- Explain the composition of well streams, flammable limits, flash points and vapour density, identify ignition sources and hazardous areas on a lease, and describe the kinds of hydrocarbon fire.
- Use, check and respond to four-gas monitors and other detectors, explaining sensor principles and limits, bump testing and calibration, alarm set points, sampling before entry and fixed detection.
- Describe hydrogen sulphide hazards and the essential H2S rules, and recognize the hazards of tank vapours, sulphur dioxide, benzene, NORM and other toxic exposures, with their controls.
- Explain why compressed gas stores far more energy than liquid, identify how pressure releases injure people, and apply ratings, overpressure protection, red zones, line-of-fire thinking and verification of zero energy.
- Identify and control mechanical, dropped object, fall, overhead power line, noise, temperature, weather, wildfire and wildlife hazards on oil and gas leases.
- Plan ground disturbance near buried lines on leases and pipeline rights-of-way, using locates, operator records and private locates, hand or hydrovac exposure, owner requirements and the correct response to a line strike.
- Explain how Alberta's prime contractor requirement and similar provincial rules assign responsibility on multi-employer sites, and apply contractor management, bridging documents, short-service employee programs, coordination tools and injury statistics.
- Describe the contents of an oil and gas emergency response plan, the incident command system, public safety planning for sour operations, protective actions, medical response at remote sites and each worker's duties when the alarm sounds.
- Conduct a pre-job hazard review of a well pad and battery, rank findings by risk, prepare a site-specific orientation and check emergency arrangements for a job.
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 21 min total · final exam
- 1 The oil and gas life cycle and its hazards 27 min · quiz
- 2 Law, regulators and industry standards 26 min · quiz
- 3 Site access, orientation and journey management 28 min · quiz
- 4 Hydrocarbons and flammable atmospheres 27 min · quiz
- 5 Gas detection and monitoring 26 min · quiz
- 6 Hydrogen sulphide and other toxic exposures 27 min · quiz
- 7 Pressure hazards and stored energy 26 min · quiz
- 8 Mechanical, falling and environmental hazards on sites 28 min · quiz
- 9 Ground disturbance, pipelines and buried hazards 26 min · quiz
- 10 Contractors, prime contractors and multi-employer sites 26 min · quiz
- 11 Emergency response plans 27 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: an orientation and hazard review for a well pad and battery 27 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Orientation to upstream and midstream oil and gas sites for workers, new supervisors, contractors and visitors: the life cycle from exploration and drilling to production, processing, pipelines and reclamation and where hazards concentrate, provincial OHS law, the Canada Labour Code, the Alberta Energy Regulator and its revised Directive 071, the BC Energy Regulator, the Canada Energy Regulator, CSA standards and Energy Safety Canada programs, site access, orientation, journey management and working alone, hydrocarbons, flammable limits, vapour density and ignition sources including pyrophoric iron sulphide, four-gas monitors, bump testing and alarm set points, hydrogen sulphide, tank gauging vapours, sulphur dioxide, benzene and NORM, pressure hazards, stored energy, red zones and verifying zero energy, mechanical, dropped object, fall, power line, cold, wildfire and wildlife hazards, ground disturbance near buried lines and pipelines, prime contractors and contractor management on multi-employer sites, emergency response plans and public safety planning for sour operations, and a capstone pre-job review of a well pad and battery.