Week 1 — Site Vocabulary and Describing Your Role
On a multinational site, clearly describing your role and crew avoids confusion during handovers and briefings.
Example: "I'm the shift supervisor for the drilling crew, days rotation. I'm responsible for the safety briefing and sign-off on the permit-to-work."
Learn your site's core vocabulary first — rig, crew, shift — since these appear in almost every conversation on site.
Vocabulary
Tap to fliprig
the structure and equipment used for drilling
Tap to flipcrew
the team working a shift together
Tap to flipshift
a scheduled period of work, e.g. days or nights
Quick check
Why learn core site vocabulary first?