§ 250.1519 - What are MMS's requirements for the hands-on simulator and well test?

(a) The training organization must ensure that:

(1) The test simulates a surface BOP (or subsea stack for the subsea option) and the simulator is 3-D with actual gauges and dials.

(2) The instructor runs only one simulator and has a maximum of three students in each team.

(3) The simulator test time allocated to the minimum instruction time is 1 hour per course (i.e., 2 hours for a combination of two basic courses, etc.).

(4) The trainees are able to:

(i) Kill the well before removing the tree;

(ii) Determine slow pump rates;

(iii) Recognize kick warnings signs;

(iv) Shut in a well;

(v) Complete kill sheets;

(vi) Initiate kill procedures;

(vii) Maintain appropriate bottomhole pressure;

(viii) Maintain constant bottomhole pressure;

(ix) Recognize and handle unusual well-control situations;

(x) Control the kick as it reaches the choke line; and

(xi) Determine if kick gas or fluids are removed.

(5) In the subsea option, the trainees are able to:

(i) Determine choke line friction pressures for subsea BOP stacks; and

(ii) Discuss and demonstrate procedures such as circulating the riser and removing trapped gas in a subsea BOP stack.

(6) Offer a retest, when necessary, using different questions of equal difficulty.

(b) A trainee who fails a retest must repeat the training and pass the test to work in the OCS in their job classification.