Petroleum Technology Well Control and Drilling Certificates I-V
Description
This Certificate Program is designed to provide training and education in petroleum technology specific to well control and drilling. The certificate options are designed to provide training and knowledge in oilfield blow-out prevention, offshore drilling operations, well control, drilling, and coiled tubing. Each certificate option is built upon one another. Therefore, students may earn one or all five of the certificate options offered. Some of the classes in the Program are offered in partnership with our WESTEC (Westside Energy Services and Education Center) location. Please note: This links to an external website.
Potential Earnings
If you continue your studies and earn an Associate Degree in Energy Technology, that degree offers you the salary potential of $48,193 two years after graduation from Taft College, with expected increases by five years, based on five-year studies of graduates by California Community Colleges. These do not reflect salaries with a four-year degree.1
1 California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. Salary Surfer. 2021. https://salarysurfer.cccco.edu. Accessed 19 April 2023.
Program Requirements
Petroleum Technology Well Control and Drilling Certificates I-V overview and course requirements links. Please note: This link and all links for courses, below, go to the Taft College Catalog, an external website. Plan to return to the Taft College website. The five Certificates are detailed below.
Certificate Offerings
- Petroleum Technology Well Control and Drilling Certificate I: Certificate (Locally
Approved Certificate)
This beginning level certificate program is designed to provide skills to perform safe work practices to prevent blow-outs at drilling locations.
Required Courses
- PETC 1100: Introductory Well Control (0.25 credit hours)
- PETC 1102: Basic Drilling and Workover Surface (1.25 credit hours)
Total Credit Hours: 1.5
- Petroleum Technology Well Control and Drilling Certificate II: Certificate (Locally Approved Certificate)
- Petroleum Technology Well Control and Drilling Certificate III: Certificate (Locally Approved Certificate)
- Petroleum Technology Well Control and Drilling Certificate IV: Certificate (Locally Approved Certificate)
- Petroleum Technology Well Control and Drilling Certificate V: Certificate (Locally
Approved Certificate)
This certificate program is designed to provide advanced training and knowledge about the petroleum industry and the associated operations of well control and drilling production.
Required Courses
- PETC 1100: Introductory Well Control (0.25 credit hours)
- PETC 1102: Basic Drilling and Workover Surface (1.25 credit hours)
- PETC 1103: Basic Drilling Surface Stack (1.00 credit hours)
- PETC 1104: Basic Drilling and Workover Sub-sea (1.50 credit hours)
- PETC 1105: Coiled Tubing for Supervisors (1.25 credit hours)
- MGMT 1510: Values and Ethics (0.50 credit hours)
- MGMT 1515: Communication (0.50 credit hours)
- MGMT 1520: Team Building (0.50 credit hours)
- MGMT 1530: Conflict Resolution (0.50 credit hours)
Total Credit Hours: 11.75