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Mobilise RC rig 2 to the Blackwater program

You are the senior driller's offsider on RC rig 2.

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The situation

What has happened

Work order WO-2026-121 is a 24 hole reverse circulation drilling program for Blackwater Exploration Group starting 14 September 2026. RC rig 2, the support truck, rods, bits, drilling consumables and the sample equipment must be loaded, restrained and moved from the Toowoomba depot to the tenement, and the first pad set up to the client's site rules. The rod handler pads on RC2 were replaced after a rod slipped and landed near the offsider on 2 September. The Drilling Supervisor wants the mobilisation checklist, the site set-up plan and the load restraint plan by Thursday, and every crew member's authorisations confirmed before departure.

Your brief. Prepare the mobilisation checklist, the load and restraint plan and the first pad set-up plan for RC rig 2, confirm the rig's prestart status and the crew's authorisations in the systems, and update the work order with the mobilisation record.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Load and restraint plan
  • Mobilisation checklist
  • First pad set-up plan
  • Updated Mobile Plant and Prestart Register and work order entries

Documents to use

Systems to use

Project and Drilling Work Orders

Work orders for civil projects and drilling programs with the client, scope, plans and permits attached, crew and progress.

Mobile Plant and Prestart Register

The fleet list with each machine's prestart inspections, defects, service status and whether it is available for operation.

Training and Authorisation Matrix

Each worker's inductions, units of competency, licences, verification of competency and plant authorisations with expiry dates.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package as at 10 September 2026.

RIINHB201ELoad, secure and unload drilling equipment and materials
RIINHB202ESet up and pack up drill sites
RIINHB219EAssist with reverse circulation drilling
RIINHB401EPlan and supervise the mobilisation of equipment, crew and materials

Qualifications

RII20920Certificate II in Drilling Operations
RII31820Certificate III in Drilling Operations
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Look for a restraint plan that matches the loads, a set-up plan with an exclusion zone during rod tripping that reflects the 2 September near miss, environmental controls for cuttings and fuel, and authorisations actually checked against the matrix rather than assumed. The journey management and fatigue controls for the drive must be present.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.