File Name: Stress – Be Prepared -4-Exam 2013 Full PDF Version Booklet/Checklist 1 TT’s Be Prepared -4- Phil HITCHEN Oilfield TRAINING (PHOT) (Training Tips) IWCF Rotary Drilling Well Control Course... Get ‘A Head’–Study We are sure most of you will know the Checklist 1 instinctively. We also hear you say, „Can’t do a Refresher or 2 day, 3 day course anymore... Got to sit in the class all 4 days...’ We are, however, trying to create for the class in general a better learning atmosphere of Small & Relaxed Classes.. To achieve a happier/higher pass rates plus hopefully enjoy your W/C course... DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST W/C COURSE? „Nobody helped me,‟ we hear you say... Sorry we weren‟t around then. Phil was on the rigs and remembers his W/C courses, the stressful settings. So we are working for you and the rest of the class... 1...Some First-Timers before you come...TT’s; try to know your ‘Calculator with Confidence‟... Not just for working out your pay check from $‟s to £‟s... Or what you have made on your Stocks and Shares... TT’s; At the beginning, when you‟re learning, get used to writing it on a separate piece of paper in long hand... So you can see how the numbers develop... work out... TT’s; Oh... and Double-Check All Your Calculations... 2... If you are... a First-Timers or someone with any learning difficulty or any form of disability... You are not alone... I‟m disabled... One form of my disabilities is dyslexia... I‟m sure you know that Einstein was dyslexic so there is no shame and I have been in your place many times... The stress this can causes... TT’s; Maybe you should read the whole PDF file. We had a dyslexic trainee First -Timer on our first Well Control Course ever run and he scored mid 90‟s... Don‟t worry just you just need a pause... 3... Get ‘A Head’.... TT’s; Ask US for a Phil Hitchen Oilfield Training BE PREPARED-PACK to, state the obvious... Be Prepared; this gives you „a head start‟ so you are not lost on your first day of the W/C Course... TT’s THERE IS NEVER A SILLY QUESTION... Years ago we found out why they invited older students on courses in learning instructions... A friend went on a course amongst all young things... At one point she hadn‟t understood what the teacher had said so asked for the teacher to re-explain. Out of class she asked her young class mates did you understand...? No... Was the reply. TT’s ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU COME TO THE W/C COURSE... 4...There is never a silly question... TT’s; When working with the PHOT Be Prepared-Pack... Ask a Drilling Superviser or Toolpusher, Driller or friend... Someone who knows their stuff... TT’s If they laugh, and don‟t answer, maybe they don‟t know how to answer with confidence... TT’s Carry a Tally Book or Small Note Pad around to jot down answers... When you attend the course ask classmates or Instructors on the course... TT’s For quality time try asking during lunch, before or after class... 5...Please detach your phone from your Ear and turn your phone off before you enter the classroom put it out of sight. TT’s Also turn off your phone before you start to study at home or at your hotel. We don‟t want to be the cause of a divorce... However, Respect the fact that we have created a relaxed environment for you to pass your exam and that your company or even you has paid... Take the opportunity to pass with flying colours and you will be able to respect yourself on Friday...! TT’s PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK... 6...Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit.... Please, no excuses as to why you have not done your homework, unless a catastrophic event has happened!!!...TT’s Please do your homework it‟s a basic and vital part of the course. 7... TT’s Take lot’s of notes during lectures & while studying... Use “Post it Notes” to hi-light points with hi-lighter pens... All this helps to jog your memory when it comes to revising work... Having written copious notes... You may only understand 75% of what you have written, however, usually 90% has sunk in... TT’s Make „Scribe sheets‟... Of formulas you need to remember... Go over and over it. Get it down to one scribe sheet... (NOT ALLOWED IN THE EXAMS...) A „must‟ for revising... Write/type formulae’s off the „Board’ in the classroom IWCF Rounding Rules * over and over again until you know off by heart. You won‟t need the scribe sheet in the exam if you follow these instructions IWCF Rounding Rules 1. Do NOT Round UP -MAX ALLOWABLE MUD WEIGHT (MAMW) 2. Do NOT Round UP –MAASP 3. Do NOT Round DOWN - Kill Mud 4. STROKES/ TIME/CAPACITIES 1% Leeway Either Way 8...TT’s While on PHOT Well Control Course outside of class should be mostly spent studying. Don‟t forget to have a good evening meal... Try group study sessions and do not drink or go out for the evening... Or any other of the things we have heard stories about... You are here because you need to pass your Well Control Exam. Remember; get a good night’s sleep... This helps you relax... Get some more TT’s from Booklet 2... 9...TT’s Exam Day if Uneasy... Take a deep breath let it out slowly to the count of 10... Are you feeling stress as you enter the exam room... Breath deeply... It puts oxygen in your blood. Count in your head/mind. You might knock someone else off their stride if you started counting aloud. Haa ha lol... For Exam TT’s 1. FIRST COMPLETE THE KILL SHEET – Pencil is OK 2. Fill out Exam paper in Pen... NOT in Pencil... Use the scratch Paper Provided 3. Check how many answers required... This Causes Loss of Vital Marks 4. DOUBLE-CHECK before looking at the first question... 5. 5. A large percentage of questions on P&P Papers will come from figures calculated on your Kick Sheet... Be Prepared... for whatever life throws at you... In YOUR Case it’s an exam... 10... If you need any more help with Stress Management/Emotion Control read Booklet/Checklist 2–Or read on... The End of Booklet/Checklist 1 TT’s Full PDF Version Booklet/Checklist 2 – Emotion/Stress Control TT’s (Training Tips) Get ‘A Head’–Study Phil HITCHEN Oilfield TRAINING - Rotary Drilling - Well Control Course... BE PREPARED-4- THE WELL CONTROL EXAM and STRESS... Get A Head... Study... OR WHICH ONE ARE YOU...? Let us know if think you are not one of these... If there is many way we can help you let us know... If the sentence below does not strike you with fear... Good. We still would love you all to read both Booklets/Checklists 1&2 so you can say the sentence without worry, stressed or troubled. ‘I’m afraid I’ll lose my job if don’t pass my Well Control Exam...’ If it does start you worrying just a little read on... We are not making light of this statement by saying, one...‟ We want to create steps towards you being able to say this yourself with Confidence... “I was looking for a job when I found this... You are no good to yourself or your company unless you can say this without FEAR... The steps will help with your Stress/Out of Control Emotions... What you need to do is deal with the words such as... Worry, Fear, Guilt and Panic... These create BAD FEELINGS on the „outcomes‟ of passing your exam... We need to replace with calming positive words & feelings such as... Self-Control, Confident, Upbeat, Positive Thinking and Self-assured... This Is for You the Person who knows that it is Stressful Passing Exams. This exam is more usually stressful for (1) First-Timers / Subsea or Completions Candidates /Non Drilling Personnel... Who haven‟t taken the IWCF Rotary Drilling Well Control course before... (2) Someone... who hasn‟t taken an exam since leaving school, and maybe didn‟t do well there either... (3) Someone...who learning difficulties... In my case Kerin Hitchen MSc am dyslexic... It didn‟t stop me becoming an American Bar Paralegal in Houston was two a week for 6 months having to get 70% past rate on all... Also left school with below average pass rates... The beauty of age is that you can ask that Phil and I know there is no stupid question... Just remember TT’s There Are No Stupid Questions... So the first question you ask is, ‘Can I Have My Phil Hitchen Oilfield Training Be Prepared – Pack Please’... When you receive it get started... Until then read on... You are the person who would like to, maybe, improve your scores... And maybe receive Amazon vouchers from us, for the extra effort of higher scores... We have received a Congratulations Letter from IWCF for the way we run our classes. This is the first time IWCF has done this... We are giving out Amazon Vouchers for scores anything over 95%... We have also given Amazon Vouchers to First-Timers who scores of over 80%... The Old Timers... (Phil Hitchen is counted here in this sector...) Someone who finds it harder to achieve very high scores..