Description

Delivery

• Duration: Typically 3–4 days (minimum 20 hours for classroom course)

• Mode: In-person, instructor-led classroom or self-paced e-learning (online learning available, but assessment is proctored at an accredited center)

• Schedule: Consecutive modules, ending with written assessments

• Requirement: IWCF Candidate Registration (CR) Number

• Certificate Validity: 5 years upon successful completion and passing all assessments

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Method

• Curriculum: Official IWCF Well Intervention Pressure Control Level 2 syllabus, aligned with industry best practices and IOGP recommendations

• Instruction: Interactive lectures, animations, group discussions, videos, instructor demonstrations, and classroom workbook exercises

• Practical Training: Scenario-based exercises on barrier management, influx detection, and safe well control actions tailored to coiled tubing, snubbing, and wireline

• Assessment:

  • Written exams in both Completion Operations and Completion Equipment (compulsory)

  • At least one optional module: Coiled Tubing, Snubbing, or Wireline (minimum 70% pass mark per section)

  • Multiple choice and direct answer questions on fundamental pressure control topics

• Learning Resources: Workbooks, handouts, self-study and exam-prep materials, personal feedback

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Course Overview

The IWCF Level 2 Well Intervention Pressure Control course provides junior and entry-level field personnel with an introduction to well intervention operations (coiled tubing, snubbing, wireline). The course covers:

• Basic well control and barrier concepts

• Completion equipment and pressure control tools

• Introduction to well control procedures, shut-in, and contingency planning

• Early warning signs and safety protocols during intervention

• Simple well control calculations (hydrostatic, surface pressure)
  The program aims to establish a foundation in well intervention safety practices, pressure management, and hazard recognition prior to taking on Level 3 responsibilities.

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Training Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the purpose and types of well interventions (coiled tubing, snubbing, wireline)

• Identify causes and early warning signs of well control problems during intervention

• Understand basic pressure control concepts and the role of barriers in well integrity

• Assist in routine rig-up, pressure testing, and operation of completion and well control equipment

• Describe and follow fundamental shut-in and contingency procedures for each intervention method

• Perform basic pressure calculations and recognize the importance of correct values for safety

• Demonstrate awareness of critical safety practices and the importance of adherence to standard procedures

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Designed For

• Level 2 (Introductory): Assistant Operators (wireline, coiled tubing, snubbing), entry-level field techs, and other staff whose work may contribute to the detection/control of a well influx but are not yet responsible for independent well shut-in

• Prerequisites: No previous IWCF certificate required; field role and basic operational awareness are assumed