Drill Controller / Drill Control Supervisor

Autonomous Drilling Systems - Remote & Autonomous Drill Control

This training provides the full pathway to becoming a certified Drill Controller or Supervisor, covering safety, control systems, and all autonomous training materials from basic to advanced levels.

Enrollment in this course is by invitation only

Role Pathway - Autonomous Drilling Systems - P30-Remote & Autonomous Drill Control; has been specifically structured to provide training for the mining site roles including Drill Controller & Drill Control Supervisor.

This training introduces the Safety Control, management, and all other technicalities needed to be a trusted and certified Drill Controller, as well as supervisor.

This pathway includes all autonomous training materials available in the package. Starting from the very beginning to more advanced monitoring and management.

ADS10 Autonomous Drilling System - Induction

ADS10.1 – Induction

This is the ADS drill bench preparation and sign-off module. It will provide you with the fundamentals of drill bench preparation and acceptance criteria.  

ADS20 Autonomous Drilling System - Fundamentals

ADS20.1 – Drill Bench Preperation

This is the ADS drill bench preparation and sign-off module. It will provide you with the fundamentals of drill bench preparation and acceptance criteria.  

ADS20.2 – Drill Plan Design

This module will provide you with the fundamentals of Drill Plan Design. 

ADS20.3 – New Roles and Responsibilities

This module will provide you with an understanding of the new roles and responsibilities required for Autonomous Drilling directed from Remote Control rooms.

ADS30 Autonomous Drilling System - Safety Systems & Components

ADS30.1 – Safety Systems

This training introduces the Safety Control, management, and all other technicalities needed to be a trusted and certified Drill Controller, as well as supervisor. This pathway includes all autonomous training materials available in the package. Starting from the very beginning to more advanced monitoring and management.

ADS30.2 – Hardware Components

This module will detail the rig and Control Room components required for Autonomous Drilling.

ADS30.3 – Onboard Cameras

This module will provide you with an understanding of the new roles and responsibilities required for Autonomous Drilling directed from Remote Control rooms.

ADS40.4 – Pit Viper Guard

This module describes the capabilities and operation of the Pit Viper Guard obstacle and void detection system.  

ADS40 Autonomous Drilling System - Safe to Board

ADS40.1 – Safe to Board Lightning

This module explain the Safe to Board process, which is a best practices guideline for accessing and interacting in a Blasthole Drilling Pattern or Autonomous Drilling Area.

ADS40.2 – Safe to Board Process

In this module  you will learn how to apply your knowledge of Safe to Board lighting configurations and communicate with Drill Control to safely access a Blasthole Drilling Pattern or Autonomous Drilling Area and board a drill.

ADS50 Autonomous Drilling System - Drill Plan Management

ADS50.1 – Surface Manager Overview

This module describes the features and functions of the Surface Manager application.

ADS50.2 – Widgets

This module describes the features and functions of the Surface Manager widgets.

ADS50.3 – Drill Plan Management

This module describes the first three of six main process steps for preparing a Drill Plan for Teleremote or Autonomously Operating Drill Rigs.

ADS50.4 – Hole Sequencing & Approach Angles

It will describe how to manage Drill Plans and drill planning using Surface Manager.

ADS50.5 – Tools & Object Management

This module explores the features and functions of the Tools and Object Management menus.

ADS60 Autonomous Drilling System - Remote Operations & Automated Functions

ADS60.1 – RCS Introduction

This module describes the Epiroc Rig Control System.

ADS60.2 – Teleremote Intro

This module describes the components and functions of the Teleremote Operator Station.

ADS60.3 – Allocation & Pre-Start

This module describes how to perform pre-job routines from a remote location.   

ADS60.4 – RCS Drill Plans

This module describes how to utilise the RCS for Drill Plan management.  

ADS60.5 – RCS5 TUM

This module describes the RCS TUM code system.  

ADS60.6 – GPS Hole Navigation System

This module explores the features and functions of the HP GPS.  

ADS60.7 – Auto Level Operations

This module explores the features of the RCS Auto Level function.  

ADS60.8 – Auto Drill Operations

This module describes how Auto Drill for RCS functions and the Drill Controller responsibilities with regard to drilling efficiency.  

ADS70 Autonomous Drilling System - Autonomous Operations

ADS70.1 – ADPE

This module describes the Auto Drill Plan Execution (or ADPE) function and processes. 

ADS70.2 – Auto Tower Angle

This module describes the SAMS Client fleet monitoring platform in all contexts of operations. 

ADS70.3 – SAMS Client

This module describes Auto Tower Angle sequences for ADPE and as a standalone auto function.  

ADS70.4 – Fleet Monitoring

This module describes how to prioritise and address issues across multiple machines simultaneously to maintain continuity in Autonomous Operations.