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In general, read the NASA workmanship standards guides for wiring/crimps, and failure analysis documentation like tin-whiskers/shock/vibration/ignition. When w

In general, read the NASA workmanship standards guides for wiring/crimps, and failure analysis documentation like tin-whiskers/shock/vibration/ignition. When working in an industrial setting priorities need to shift away from cost optimized garbage people obsess over like chatGPT, and understand when you mess up people may get seriously injured or dead. Understand shell-offshore standards compliance rules, and explosion rated equipment certification process. Also, integrate the safety procedures in place so when accidents do happen people know the steps to enter safe-mode, and who to phone etc. There are a lot of unspoken rules, and corruption is commonplace in many places. To be honest, understand most petroleum related work will be a knock off of Kongsberg and or Rockwell Automation products. There are also dangerous crazies insisting they know something by skimming stolen CVs etc. Consider the clowns that accidentally cut someones arm off naively touching a hydraulic control-system under maintenance (true story.) Inherent safety is the #1 skill you need to work on, catch the worst case failure modes with sanity checks, and user interaction logging for accountability. YMMV, and no I don't work for free... Have a great day, =3

hinkley 2y ago
So they don’t have lockout systems on oil rig equipment yet?
- Joel_Mckay 2y ago
  I can't discuss client specific internals, but some equipment takes 3 days to bring up online. People are fragile, maintenance/inspections need done, and team communication is more important than any lock with a post-it note. People mess up, and other people bear the consequences. The "figure it out as we go crowd" is not welcome... =3
  - hinkley 2y ago
    I'm just learning about lockout systems from convos on the internet, but the idea is you have a device that locks the equipment in shutdown mode. Apparently fairly common in power generation. The hasp (the part the shackle goes into) has multiple holes, and everyone doing maintenance has their own lock, which they all put on while they're in the danger zone. You're supposed to remove your lock when you finish up, but it sounds like sometimes angry phone calls have to be made.
    - Joel_Mckay 2y ago
      In general, one will often be able to lock a panel for wiring changes, but many people eventually face "working live"/EEWP in a career. Study the old engineers that still have all their body parts, and never feel pressured to do something silly. Best of luck, =3

hinkley 2y ago

So they don’t have lockout systems on oil rig equipment yet?

Joel_Mckay 2y ago
I can't discuss client specific internals, but some equipment takes 3 days to bring up online. People are fragile, maintenance/inspections need done, and team communication is more important than any lock with a post-it note. People mess up, and other people bear the consequences. The "figure it out as we go crowd" is not welcome... =3
- hinkley 2y ago
  I'm just learning about lockout systems from convos on the internet, but the idea is you have a device that locks the equipment in shutdown mode. Apparently fairly common in power generation. The hasp (the part the shackle goes into) has multiple holes, and everyone doing maintenance has their own lock, which they all put on while they're in the danger zone. You're supposed to remove your lock when you finish up, but it sounds like sometimes angry phone calls have to be made.
  - Joel_Mckay 2y ago
    In general, one will often be able to lock a panel for wiring changes, but many people eventually face "working live"/EEWP in a career. Study the old engineers that still have all their body parts, and never feel pressured to do something silly. Best of luck, =3