This course will provide valuable information that will help you better understand the equipment you work with and give you greater confidence as a supervisor of junior crewmembers.

Alberta law requires that motorhands, derrickhands and drillers working in the province be trained as an apprentice or hold a journeyperson certificate. The Alberta government recognizes the BC Rig Technician trade as equivalent to the Alberta trade. In both provinces, apprentices who fail to register for Technical Training (and therefore are unable to progress to the next level of their trade) risk having their apprenticeship registration revoked.

You must be a British Columbia registered Rig Technician apprentice to be eligible for this course. Drilling rig employees are eligible to participate in the rig technician trade once they begin working as a motorman with a drilling rig contractor.

To be eligible for the Rig Technician Program you must have experience at the floorhand position. The three levels of Rig Technician are for the motorman position (Level 1), the derrickman position (Level 2) and Driller position (Level 3).

Candidates wishing to pursue an apprenticeship for this program must first submit a completed Apprenticeship and Sponsor Registration Form to BC's Industry Training Authority (ITA) for approval. Application forms are available from the ITA website www.itabc.ca or from your company sponsor. Upon acceptance as a Registered Apprentice, the candidate must register for the course and examination by filling out the Enform course registration form (located below).  

Additional information on the Rig Technician trade is available at the Industry Training Authority's website www.itabc.ca

Note: 

• Upon successful completion of all three levels of this course, the practical skills assessments and the Industry Training Authority's written examinations, candidates will receive the Rig Technician Journeyman Certificate. After receiving your Journeyman Certificate, you are also eligible to write the interprovincial exam and obtain your Interprovincial Red Seal Certificate.

• Communications and Leadership (31 hrs, including six Individual Learning Modules)
• Drilling Fluids (47 hrs, including eleven Individual Learning Modules)
• First Line Blowout Prevention (30 hrs,including five Individual Learning Modules)
• Derrick (12 hrs, including four Individual Learning Modules)