oil field safety!!!!!!!?

can anyone tell me if if I can get h2s and safeland and any other certs online and will companys accept it , or will they help you get them ? if so how long do they usually take ? im just doing apps and getting ready to go to n.d. . im a long time experienced driver but have never worked the oilfields , any advice is appreciated . also what kind of gear like cloths and boots are best. thamks.

 

Some of the sites in production phase make some interesting smells. Anyway, H2S is identifiable long before the concentration is high enough to deaden the sense of smell. .0047 ppm is the "rotten egg smell", while eye irritation starts closer to 10-15 ppm. My meter alarms at 5 ppm and goes berserk at 15, according to company training docs. It's heavier than air, so more likely to be found around pits, cellars or inside frac tanks (you were told not to hold your face over the hatches on those, right?). All of which, incidentally, is my working area, picking up brine/flowback and residual waste water.

 

Safety Unlimited Inc. website will get you h2s certified for $19.95 or 24.95 if you want the wallet card. I took that one and took about an hour to complete. ou can punch out the certificate on a .pdf file right away, and the card comes in the mail.

They have all the safeland and other stuff on there too.

 

Most companies will still want you to take it as part of their training I believe. I already had it as a contract hand and just recertified. Makes it easier for their safety department if everyone has the same training.

 

thanks for the advise , I have a little idle time right now so I thought I might get them done if they will work , any advise on company's whats unacceptable when im looking for a job and what about my own ppe I know they will probably have it but I figured some guys get theyre own nomex and hard . Anyway hope to be up there in about three or four weeks if I get some final offers . ready to be back in the u.s. .

 

Don't waste time or money on online certs.

 

Huh? The company I went with wanted me to go to Safety Unlimited. They sent me the link.

 

Any company worth working for is going to have their own program and certification plan that doesn't involve you having to do it yourself.