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Course Description
This five-day course focuses on symbols, schematics, troubleshooting and reporting. With the knowledge presented in this course, you will learn to read schematics and use them to help identify problems and to also include them in reporting rig control problems.
Course Objectives
Learn or refresh your ability to read and understand drawings, schematics and symbols. You will also learn to use drawings and schematics to diagnose and rectify equipment faults, and create a simple schematic of your own using a computer-aided drawing (CAD) system.
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Rig supervisors, company men and others working in the drilling industry who would benefit from a refresher course in drawings, schematics and/or control systems. As you probably know, a large part of the downtime experienced in drilling is associated with control. |
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Rig mechanics, subsea engineers, and senior subsea engineers that are involved in troubleshooting control system problems. This training will improve your ability to diagnose and resolve problems in this area. |
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Rig floor and deck hands that want to improve the above skills. |
Provider/Delivery Method
Engineer-led/40% classroom with PowerPoint presentations and 60% lab exercises. |
Instructor Conley Perry points out subsea control circuits to students |
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Prerequisites
None |
About this WEST Training Course
This course features a mix of classroom instruction and lab exercises. During lab sessions, the classroom training is reinforced by practicing techniques on actual drilling equipment, including a subsea control unit. This course provides more practical experience than typical university-level courses.
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As an added benefit, students will receive reference materials to take with them after the course for their own use. During the lab sessions the student will work with actual components found on drilling rigs. Students will be taught to work with a CAD system known as SMARTDRAW to create schematic drawings of simple hydraulic subsystems. Students will be tested for subject knowledge at entry and exit from the course. To demonstrate competence, students will be required to use a BOP control system schematic to troubleshoot a simulated control system problem.
Classes are limited to a maximum size of 15 students. Lab exercises are done in groups with maximum of 5 students each, to ensure that each student has time with the equipment.
Students will be required to provide their own steel-toed work boots and coveralls. WEST will supply any additional PPE required, such as safety glasses, face shields, and ear plugs, in addition to all tools and training materials.
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Symbols, Schematics and Troubleshooting |
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CAD |
| • Introduction to SMARTDRAW CAD system |
Fluid Control System Symbols |
| •Discuss process for developing pneumatic and hydraulic control system drawings |
•Review symbols for fluid control and P&ID drawings |
• Lab – Develop diagram for fluid process and schematic for fluid control process
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Fluid Power System Symbols |
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Contrast fluid power and fluid control processes
• Review Symbols for fluid power drawings with valves and controls |
• Review fluid power cylinders and force calculations |
• Lab – Calculate cylinder forces, develop fluid power schematic, and block diagram for control circuit
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Fluid Power System Schematics |
| • Introduction to fluid power control subsystems in subsea BOP control system. |
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Review control system subsystems
• Troubleshooting using schematics |
• Lab – Trace control circuit through schematic, trace BOP controls through schematic |
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