gastruckIntroduction to Natural Gas Technology with CDL A  View Course Outline HERE

The certification program (Certified Gas Well Tending with CDL Class "A") at Jefferson County DuBois Area Vocational-Technical School, is a 6 ­week course covering 24 specialized modules regarding various aspects of the natural gas industry and state certified preparation and examination for a Class A Commercial Driver’s License.
 
Included in the curriculum are four groups of study: General Knowledge, Safety, Gas Well Tending and CDL Class "A” Instruction. In addition, industry regulations pertinent to each area of study are discussed and reviewed. As scheduling permits, industry experts offer their personal insight into the industry and their particular field of expertise.
 
This program is the first of its kind in the country to utilize a shorter training period so that it may help recently displaced or unemployed workers find a new career path in the natural gas industry. The course is structured to provide a diversification of information in a broad field of study so that the student can receive a sufficient base of knowledge to prepare him or her for a variety of job descriptions.
 
Upon successful completion students will have their Class A CDL, and the knowledge and ability to work in the gas industry.  We will then help place you into a job working in this industry. The average starting wage when working for a gas company is $70,000 to $80,000 a year.  There are full benefits, and will take care of you and your family for a long time to come.  We are only scratching the surface of Marcellus Shale and there are many years of jobs and work ahead of us. By the year of 2014 there are more than 250,000 jobs projected to be available in Pennsylvania alone.

The course is approved by the State of Pennsylvania, and has been created with the assistance of PIOGA and leaders of the natural gas and oil industries.

Mailing Address
Marcellus Shale Gas Training
576 Vo-Tech Rd.
Reynoldsville, PA 15851

Phone:
(814) 653-8265 ext. 178

CERTIFIED GAS WELL TENDING with CDL “A”  :  COURSE OUTLINE

COL Preparation (Classroom)

  • Drug Testing and MVR Physical +DMV COL Written Examination Preparation
  • Endorsements +Mapping +Log Books

 

Maintaining/Operating Gas Field Piping Systems

  • Operating/Maintaining Control Valves
  • Pipeline Heaters
  • Freeze Conditions in Piping System
  • Gas Conditioning Equipment
  • Procedures Basic to Pigging Pipelines
  • Procedures Basic to Purging Pipelines
  • Glycol Dehydration Units
Maintaining/ Operating M&R Equipment
  • Regulating Gas Pressure in Piping Systems
  • High-Pressure Relief Valves
  • Monitoring/Maintaining Gas Well and Pipeline FaciUties
  • Patrolling Pipeline Facilities for Public Safety +Safe Use of Hand Operated Equipment

Abnormal Operating Conditions Associated with Well Drilling Operations

  • Personal Safety Equipment (PPE)
  • Communication and Emergency Planning +Well Drilling Operations Related Injury Situations
  • Responding to Emergency Conditions +Associated Atmospheric Hazards Associated with Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)

Technologies Basic to Delivery of Natural Gas

  • Procedures/Processing Basic to Producing, Transporting and Distributing Natural Gas
  • Basic Properties of Fuel Gases
  • Gas Handling Facilities and Site Maintenance

 

Preventing / Controlling Worksite Incidents

  • Controlling / Preventing fires fueled by Natural Gas
  • Maintaining a Safe Working Environment
  • Preventing Accidental Ignition

 

Pipeline Construction Safety

  • Safe Working Environment While Excavating
  • Confined Spaces and Controlling Hazardous Energy
  • Potential Hazards in the Workplace

 

Identifying Information and Procedures Basic to Gas Well Tending

  • Physical Structures and Well Completion
  • Procedures Fundamentals of Well Operations
  • Duties and Responsibilities of Well Tenders
  • Detecting the Presence of Gas
  • Locating Buried Metal Piping

 

Maintaining/Operating Gas Wells

  • Operating/Maintaining Gas Well Equipment
  • Monitoring/Testing Gas Well Operating Conditions

 

SafeLand / Safe Gulf Certification

 

 

CDL Class "A" Training

  • Pad Training/ Slow Speed Maneuvers
  • Road Training / Highway, Rural, City

 

Course Highlights

  • Technologies Basic to the Delivery of Natural Gas
  • Monitoring / Maintaning Gas Well and Pipeline Facilities
  • Preventing / controlling worksite incidents                                                 
  • Maintaining / Operating Gas Field Piping Systems
  • Pipeline Construction Safety                                                                                   
  • Reacting to Abnormal Operating Conditions Associated with Well Drilling Operations 
  • Identifying Information and Procedures                                                      
  • CDL “A” Permit Preparation  Basic to Gas Well Tending
  • Pad and Road Training