Course Details
Course Code:
LAND 031
Calendar Description:
Students will have the opportunity to apply the classroom training from the Reclamation Crew Member course on an actual reclamation site, working along side experienced reclamation practitioners. The intent of this course is to provide an awareness of the reclamation of upstream oil and gas lease sites.
Date First Offered:
2008-05-01
Hours:
Total Hours: 21
Field Experience Hours: 21
This course is offered online:
No
Pre-Requisites:
WFTR 430 Reclamation Crew Member
Non-Course Pre-Requisites:
– Certification for the following safety courses issued within three (3) calendar months prior to course commencement:
Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG)
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
BC Occupational First Aid (OFA) Level 1
BC OFA Transportation Endorsement
H2S Alive (including calibration and bump test of personal detectors)
Co-Requisites:
None
Rearticulation Submission:
No
Course Content:
This three day field module will introduce students to standards which Upstream Oil and Gas facilities are reclaimed to equivalent land-use. This module is subdivided into three one-day segments.
Day 1 – Site Assessment: provides an introduction to health and safety issues relevant to field procedures, site evaluations including toxic gas detection, elements of pre-site reclamation inspection, Electro-magnetic survey (EM) overview, environmental drilling orientation, ground disturbance protocol including field locates and daylighting. The end of Day 1 will include an introduction to groundwater monitoring well installation.
Day 1 – Site Assessment:
• Present overview of expectations and review teamwork skills
• Conduct on-site Health and Safety meeting;
• Demonstration of personal Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) monitor and gas detection procedure;
• Demonstration of a Schedule A Pre-Site Assessment; highlighting the location of well centre, flare pit, drilling sump, onsite pits,
surface staining, tension fractures and associated facility location.
• Demonstration of a Stage 1 Preliminary Site Investigation (PSI) site reconnaissance visit;
• Demonstration of an Electro-Magnetic (EM) survey;
• Review areas of potential environmental concern (APEC);
• Review potential contaminants of concern (PCOC);
• Review Health and Safety meeting highlighting working with drilling equipment;
• Identifying ground disturbance protocol including mock field utility locate and daylighting; and,
• Demonstration of borehole drilling and groundwater well installation.
Day 2 – Site Remediation: provides a review of Day 1, reassesses site safety issues and groundwater monitoring well installation as well as introducing excavation equipment and techniques, basic soil identification and sampling patterns and confirmatory sampling requirements.
Day 2 – Site Remediation:
• Present review of site assessment, review teamwork skills and overview of site remediation;
• Conduct on-site Health and Safety meeting;
• Demonstration of groundwater monitoring, well purging and groundwater sampling techniques;
• Review Health and Safety meeting highlighting test pits and excavations;
• Demonstration of test pitting and basic soil classification; and,
• Demonstration and discussion of remedial excavations and confirmatory sampling.
Day 3 – Site Reclamation: provides a review of Day 2, reassesses site safety issues and provides further detail on basic soil classification and plant identification. A Pre-site Reclamation inspection is conducted and re-contouring and soil replacement techniques are demonstrated. Seeding and vegetation monitoring is reviewed and a Post-site Restoration inspection is conducted.
Day 3 – Site Reclamation:
• Present review of site remediation, review teamwork skills and overview of site reclamation;
• Conduct on-site Health and Safety meeting;
• Review basic soil classification and plant identification;
- Identify soil horizon, textures, Munsell colour values, admixing levels, root morphology and soil restrictions.
- Identify general plant anatomy, different life cycles, species identification and vegetation height and density.
• Demonstration of a Schedule A Pre-site Reclamation Inspection;
• Review Health and Safety meeting highlighting reclamation equipment;
• Demonstration and discussion of site re-contouring and topsoil replacement;
• Discuss seeding and vegetation monitoring; and,
• Demonstration of a Schedule B Restoration Assessment.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- apply Health and Safety requirements that environmental contractors, consultants and industry use on a daily basis
- provide a basic description of upstream oil and gas well sites and basic operating structures, including well centre location, flare pit,
drilling sump, surface staining and associated facility location
- utilize, and calibrate an H2S monitor and gas detector
- define groundwater disturbance protocol and field utility locate procedures including an overview of daylighting procedures
- identify basic components of environmental drilling and reclamation equipment
- describe the importance of groundwater well location and sampling procedures
- describe basic soil formation processes and recognize soil sampling protocols
- describe procedures for remedial excavations with emphasis on sampling grid setup and OH+S protocols regarding excavations
- perform basic soil classification and plant identification required during reclamation
- identify pre-site and reclamation assessment procedures of a reclamation program
- describe equivalent land capability and vegetation principles
Grading System:
Pass/Fail
Passing Grade:
Pass/Fail
Grading Weight:
Field Experience: 60 %
Participation: 40 %
Nature of Participation:
Attendance and active participation in field training activities
Percentage of Individual Work:
15
Percentage of Group Work:
85
Course Offered in Other Programs:
No
Supplies:
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) approved safety toe boots; hard hat, safety glasses and gloves will be required for the field training module.