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164 Hour Occupational Safety and Health Supervisor for Oil and Gas Industry

Level 3 of the Oil and Gas safety career ladder. 100% online, at your own pace.

Built for oil and gas operations Employer-verifiable credentials Open-book online exam
164 Hour Occupational Safety and Health Supervisor for Oil and Gas Industry
Certificate · Transcript · Wallet card Verifiable at amiosp.com
Duration
164hoursMinimum instructional hours
Modules
17modules12 core · 5 specialised
Completion
~1monthTypical, fully self-paced
Delivery
100%onlineMicrosoft Teams + LMS
Career level
3of 5Supervisor on the career ladder
LEVEL 3 PROGRAM 164-Hr OSH Supervisor
Program overview

What is the 164 Hour Occupational Safety and Health Supervisor for Oil and Gas Industry?

The 164 Hour Occupational Safety and Health Supervisor for Oil and Gas Industry program from the American Institute of Safety Professionals is a supervisor-level certification that develops the operational enforcement, permit-to-work management, and field-level leadership competencies required to supervise safety compliance across the most hazardous operating environments in the petroleum industry: drilling rigs, production wellsites, offshore platforms, refineries during normal operations and turnarounds, petrochemical plants, gas processing facilities, pipeline construction and integrity operations, and tank farms. At 164 hours, this programme combines the technical oil-and-gas safety knowledge of the 155 Hour Specialist with the hands-on supervisory enforcement skills that determine whether safety procedures are actually followed in the field.

Oil and gas safety supervision operates at an intensity level that no other industry approaches. On a drilling rig, the supervisor must enforce H2S contingency compliance, verify well control equipment readiness, manage simultaneous operations between drilling and service company crews, and authorise every permit-to-work before high-risk activities proceed. On an offshore platform, the supervisor manages a permit-to-work system that may process 50 or more active permits simultaneously across production, maintenance, construction, and diving operations. In a refinery turnaround, the supervisor oversees thousands of contractor workers performing hot work, confined space entry, energy isolation, and scaffold erection in close proximity to process units containing hydrocarbons. In every scenario, the consequences of supervisory failure are not injuries but fatalities, explosions, and environmental disasters.

The programme delivers 120 hours of mandatory core modules covering oil and gas permit-to-work system supervision, daily inspection and enforcement for upstream, midstream, and downstream operations, PSM operational compliance enforcement, H2S zone supervision and contingency enforcement, wellsite safety supervision, offshore safety supervision, contractor workforce accountability, incident response leadership, SIMOPS (Simultaneous Operations) safety coordination, and turnaround and shutdown safety supervision. An additional 44 hours of specialised modules cover advanced permit-to-work management, offshore emergency leadership, pipeline construction supervision, tank and vessel entry supervision, and regulatory inspection management for oil and gas facilities.

All training is delivered 100 percent online through Microsoft Teams and the American Institute of Safety Professionals Learning Management System (LMS). Upon completion, graduates receive an American Institute of Safety Professionals certificate, professional wallet card, and official transcript, all employer-verifiable at amiosp.com/student-verifications.

Learning outcomes

What you'll be able to do
  1. 01 Manage comprehensive oil and gas permit-to-work systems covering confined space entry in process vessels (29 CFR 1910.146), hot work in hydrocarbon atmospheres, energy isolation of process equipment, working at heights on process structures, excavation near buried pipelines, simultaneous operations coordination, and crane lifts over live process equipment, verifying all permit conditions before authorising each high-risk activity.
  2. 02 Conduct daily safety inspections of oil and gas operations: drilling rig floor inspections, production wellsite walkthroughs, offshore platform area inspections, refinery process unit inspections, and pipeline construction site inspections using operation-specific checklists aligned with OSHA, API, and operator standards.
  3. 03 Enforce PSM operational compliance at the supervisor level: verifying that operators follow written operating procedures, confirming that management-of-change approvals are completed before process modifications proceed, ensuring pre-startup safety reviews are signed off before equipment restart, and monitoring mechanical integrity inspection completion.
  4. 04 Supervise H2S zone operations: verifying H2S monitor functionality and calibration, confirming wind sock and safe briefing area readiness, enforcing personnel accountability within H2S zones, managing SCBA deployment and serviceability, and leading H2S emergency escape drills.
  5. 05 Enforce contractor safety compliance across oilfield service companies, drilling contractors, well service crews, and turnaround contractors: conducting pre-job safety orientations, monitoring onsite compliance, issuing safety notices, exercising stop-work authority, and documenting contractor safety performance.
  6. 06 Lead pre-job safety meetings (toolbox talks, JSA reviews, last-minute risk assessments) for rig crews, production teams, maintenance crews, and contractor workforces, ensuring hazards are identified and controls are confirmed before every task begins.
  7. 07 Respond to oil and gas emergencies as the first-line supervisor: H2S alarm response, well control incidents (kick indicators, shut-in procedures), hydrocarbon releases (gas detection, evacuation triggers, emergency shutdown), fires, offshore emergencies (muster, abandon-platform), and pipeline ruptures.
  8. 08 Hold workers and contractors accountable for safety compliance in the oil and gas operating environment: coaching, verbal warnings, written notices, work suspension, and site removal, applying consequences consistently across operator employees, drilling crews, and service company personnel.
WHO IT'S FOR

Who should take this program?

Prerequisite: Oil and gas industry experience is essential. The 155 Hour Specialist or 70 Hour Trainer provide excellent foundations. The 30 Hour General Industry programme provides the OSHA regulatory base.

  • Rig HSE supervisors and wellsite safety supervisors for drilling, completion, and workover operations
  • Offshore HSE supervisors and platform safety officers
  • Refinery and petrochemical plant safety supervisors, including turnaround safety supervisors
  • Pipeline safety supervisors for construction and integrity operations
  • Production facility safety supervisors for oil and gas production, gas processing, and compression operations
  • Oilfield service company safety supervisors responsible for crew safety across multiple operator locations
  • Safety specialists transitioning into supervisory enforcement roles in oil and gas operations

Entry requirements

Upon completion, graduates receive an American Institute of Safety Professionals certificate, wallet card, and transcript. All credentials are employer-verifiable at amiosp.com/student-verifications.
1 Oil and gas industry experience is essential for this programme
2 The 155 Hour Specialist or 70 Hour Trainer provide excellent preparatory foundations
3 3 or more years of practical oil and gas safety experience is recommended
4 No formal academic degree is required
5 All instruction is delivered in English; professional proficiency is required
Curriculum

What will you study?

17 modules in two parts: 12 core modules and 5 specialised modules.

How your 164 hours are split
120 hrs12 core modules
44 hrs5 specialised

Core modules

12 modules · 120 hours
01

Core module 1 Oil and Gas Permit-to-Work System Supervision

15 hrs

PTW system architecture for petroleum operations.

  • Permit types: cold work
  • hot work
  • confined space entry
  • energy isolation
  • excavation
  • working at heights
  • lifting and crane
  • simultaneous operations
02

Core module 2 Permit close-out and area handback verification. PTW system audit participation. Daily Inspection and Enforcement for Oil and Gas Operations

12 hrs

Upstream inspections: drilling rig floor, cellar, BOP area, mud tanks, pipe racks, wellhead area, flowlines.

  • Production inspections: wellhead equipment
  • separators
  • treaters
  • tank batteries
  • compressor stations. Midstream: pipeline ROW
  • pump stations
  • metering stations. Downstream: process units
  • tank farms
03

Core module 3 Operation-specific checklists aligned with OSHA, API, and operator requirements. PSM Operational Compliance Enforcement

10 hrs

Supervisor’s role in PSM compliance: verifying adherence to written operating procedures during normal operations, startups, shutdowns, and emergencies.

  • Monitoring MOC compliance: ensuring no process changes proceed without completed MOC review. PSSR enforcement: verifying pre-startup checklist completion before equipment restart. Mechanical integrity verification: confirming that overdue inspection items are flagged
  • equipment is not operated beyond inspection deadlines. Incident reporting compliance: ensuring near-misses
  • process safety events are reported per PSM requirements
04

Core module 4 Incident reporting compliance: ensuring near-misses and process safety events are reported per PSM requirements. H2S Zone Supervision and Contingency Enforcement

8 hrs

Daily H2S zone readiness verification: monitor functionality, alarm set points, wind sock condition, safe briefing area readiness.

  • Personnel accountability within H2S zones: headcount systems
  • buddy system enforcement
  • communication protocols. SCBA deployment readiness: equipment locations
  • inspection status
  • breathing air supply. H2S escape drill leadership. Enforcement of H2S zone entry restrictions. Managing H2S during well testing
  • flow-back operations
05

Core module 5 H2S escape drill leadership. Enforcement of H2S zone entry restrictions. Managing H2S during well testing and flow-back operations. Wellsite Safety Supervision

10 hrs

Supervising drilling operations: rig floor safety during tripping, connections, and casing running.

  • High-pressure operations: pressure testing
  • well control equipment checks
  • BOP function tests. Service company supervision: wireline
  • coiled tubing
  • cement
  • stimulation crews. Wellsite crane operations supervision. Rig move safety supervision. Production wellsite supervision: routine maintenance
  • chemical treatments
  • well servicing. Wellsite housekeeping
06

Core module 6 Production wellsite supervision: routine maintenance, chemical treatments, well servicing. Wellsite housekeeping and environmental compliance. Offshore Safety Supervision

10 hrs

Platform daily inspection routines.

  • Offshore PTW system management: managing 30-50+ active permits simultaneously. Crane operations supervision: supply vessel offloading
  • personnel transfers
  • heavy lifts. Working over water supervision: fall protection
  • man-overboard response equipment readiness. Helideck operations supervision. Offshore housekeeping
  • dropped object prevention. Living quarters safety. Offshore SIMOPS management
07

Core module 7 Helideck operations supervision. Offshore housekeeping and dropped object prevention. Living quarters safety. Offshore SIMOPS management. Contractor Workforce Accountability

8 hrs

Pre-job orientation for oilfield service companies and contractors.

  • Monitoring contractor compliance during operations.
  • Cross-company safety coordination: operator + drilling contractor + service companies on wellsites.
  • Issuing safety notices and stop-work orders.
  • Documenting contractor safety performance.
  • Escalation procedures.
  • Managing contractor pushback in high-pressure operational environments.
08

Core module 8 Escalation procedures. Managing contractor pushback in high-pressure operational environments. Incident Response Leadership for Oil and Gas

10 hrs

H2S alarm response: escape, muster, headcount, rescue authorisation.

  • Well control incident response: kick recognition
  • shut-in procedures coordination
  • well kill monitoring. Hydrocarbon release response: gas detection
  • evacuation triggers
  • ignition source control
  • ESD activation
  • fire department coordination. Fire response: fire types in O&G (pool, jet, flash)
  • extinguishing systems activation. Offshore emergencies: general alarm
09

Core module 9 Pipeline release response: isolation, evacuation, notification. Post-incident scene preservation and preliminary investigation. SIMOPS Safety Coordination

8 hrs

Identifying SIMOPS conflicts: drilling while completing, production while maintenance, turnaround adjacent to operating units, construction near live process.

  • SIMOPS risk assessment methodology.
  • SIMOPS permit coordination: cross-referencing active permits for interaction hazards.
  • SIMOPS communication protocols.
  • SIMOPS escalation: when to halt one operation to protect another.
  • Case studies of SIMOPS incidents.
10

Core module 10 when to halt one operation to protect another. Case studies of SIMOPS incidents. Turnaround and Shutdown Safety Supervision

12 hrs

Pre-turnaround safety planning: scope review, contractor mobilisation safety, temporary facility safety.

  • Peak activity supervision: managing hundreds of simultaneous hot work
  • confined space
  • energy isolation permits. Scaffold erection
  • dismantling supervision in process areas. Hydrocarbon freeing
  • purging verification. Blind list management. Piping reinstatement
  • leak testing supervision. Pre-startup safety review participation. Post-turnaround lessons learned
11

Core module 11 Pre-startup safety review participation. Post-turnaround lessons learned. Worker Accountability and Safety Leadership in Oil and Gas

8 hrs

Safety leadership in high-consequence environments.

  • Progressive discipline across operator
  • contractor
  • service company personnel. Managing the production-versus-safety tension. Stop-work authority in cost-sensitive operations. Building reporting culture with transient workforces. Recognition
  • positive reinforcement. Modelling safety behaviour at the wellsite
  • on the platform
12

Core module 12 Recognition and positive reinforcement. Modelling safety behaviour at the wellsite and on the platform. Safety Performance Monitoring for Oil and Gas Supervisors

9 hrs

Tracking operational safety metrics: permit compliance rates, H2S drill participation, inspection completion, near-miss reporting, contractor safety scores.

  • API RP 754 process safety event tier classification awareness.
  • Weekly and monthly reporting to HSE management.
  • Trend analysis at the facility/rig level.

Specialised modules

5 modules · 44 hours
01

Specialised module 1 Advanced Permit-to-Work Management

8 hrs

PTW system design and optimisation.

  • Electronic PTW system management. PTW key performance indicators: permit processing time
  • overdue permits
  • permit quality scores. PTW audit methodology. Managing PTW during high-activity periods (turnarounds, SIMOPS). Continuous improvement of PTW processes
02

Specialised module 2 PTW audit methodology. Managing PTW during high-activity periods (turnarounds, SIMOPS). Continuous improvement of PTW processes. Offshore Emergency Leadership

8 hrs

OIM (Offshore Installation Manager) emergency duties awareness.

  • Emergency command structure on offshore installations. Temporary refuge management. Evacuation decision-making: sea conditions
  • helicopter availability
  • lifeboat launch criteria. Communication with shore-based emergency response. Post-emergency debrief
  • investigation. Offshore emergency drill design
  • evaluation
03

Specialised module 3 Post-emergency debrief and investigation. Offshore emergency drill design and evaluation. Pipeline Construction and Integrity Supervision

8 hrs

Pipeline spread supervision: ROW clearing, trenching, welding, coating, lowering-in, backfill, hydrotesting, tie-ins.

  • Hot tap and in-service welding supervision. Pipeline integrity activities: intelligent pigging launcher/receiver operations
  • anomaly dig supervision
  • repair supervision. Pipeline emergency response: leak identification
  • isolation
  • third-party damage
04

Specialised module 4 Pipeline emergency response: leak identification, isolation, third-party damage. Tank and Vessel Entry Supervision

10 hrs

Tank cleaning supervision: gas-freeing verification, sludge removal, ventilation management.

  • Vessel entry supervision for process vessels (columns, reactors, heat exchangers): atmospheric verification
  • isolation confirmation
  • rescue readiness
  • continuous monitoring. Managing multiple simultaneous vessel entries during turnarounds. Entry rescue supervision: rescue team readiness
  • mechanical retrieval systems
  • confined space rescue coordination
05

Specialised module 5 Entry rescue supervision: rescue team readiness, mechanical retrieval systems, confined space rescue coordination. Regulatory Inspection Management for Oil and Gas

10 hrs

OSHA inspection management at the supervisor level for oil and gas facilities.

  • BSEE inspection management for offshore operations awareness.
  • State regulatory inspection management (TRRC, NDIC, COGCC awareness).
  • Preparing for operator and client audits.
  • Supervisor’s role during regulatory walkaround.
  • Documentation management during inspections.
  • Post-inspection corrective action coordination.
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Standards and frameworks you'll work with

Official sources, linked for reference
How it works

How is the program assessed?

One online, open-book exam at the end of the program, taken through your assigned student portal. Score 70% or higher to pass — your result is emailed to you straight after the exam.

  1. 1
    Enrol and get access Join live sessions on Microsoft Teams and study in the Institute's learning portal (LMS).
  2. 2
    Study 17 modules 12 core and 5 specialised modules at your own pace — most learners finish within a month.
  3. 3
    Take the exam One online, open-book exam through your assigned student portal.
  4. 4
    Get your result Your result is emailed to you as soon as you finish. 70% or higher to pass.
  5. Get certified and verified Receive your certificate, transcript and wallet card, verifiable online.
70% to pass The pass mark for the final online exam
Open-book Use your course materials during the exam — it tests application, not memory
Up to 3 retakes Didn't pass? Take a month to review the materials, then retake up to three more times
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Career path

Where does this program sit in your career?

It is Level 3 of the Institute's Oil and Gas safety career ladder. Each level builds on the one before, from training delivery to organisation-wide safety leadership.

Oil and Gas safety career ladder 5 levels
  1. 1 70-Hour OSH Trainer Training delivery
  2. 2 155-Hour OSH Specialist Technical expertise
  3. 3 164-Hour OSH Supervisor for Oil and Gas Daily enforcement YOU ARE HERE
  4. 4 192-Hour OSH Manager Program leadership
  5. 5 233-Hour OSH Professional for Oil and Gas  Organisation-wide safety leadership
What comes next International Diplomas Go further with a 480-hour International Diploma for multi-industry, diploma-level depth. Explore diplomas
Also consider CHSM · RSM · RSP Professional certifications for broader, multi-industry credentials. View certifications
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Why choose us

Why study with us?

A complete oil and gas safety education from the American Institute of Safety Professionals — online, self-paced and built for working professionals.

A focused oil and gas program 164 instructional hours across 17 modules.
Standards you can apply at work OSHA standards, taught so you can use it on the job.
Fast and flexible Fully online and self-paced. Most learners finish within one month.
Fair, open-book assessment One online exam with a 70% pass mark, and up to three retakes if you need them.
Employer-verifiable credentials Certificate, transcript and wallet card, verifiable at amiosp.com/student-verifications.
A clear path forward Level 3 of a five-level career ladder, with a direct route to International Diplomas.
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What is the 164 Hour Occupational Safety and Health Supervisor for Oil and Gas Industry?

The 164 Hour Occupational Safety and Health Supervisor for Oil and Gas Industry program from the American Institute of Safety Professionals is a supervisor-level certification that develops the operational enforcement, permit-to-work management, and field-level leadership competencies required to supervise safety compliance across the most hazardous operating environments in the petroleum industry: drilling rigs, production wellsites, offshore platforms, refineries during normal operations and turnarounds, petrochemical plants, gas processing facilities, pipeline construction and integrity operations, and tank farms. At 164 hours, this programme combines the technical oil-and-gas safety knowledge of the 155 Hour Specialist with the hands-on supervisory enforcement skills that determine whether safety procedures are actually followed in the field.

Who is this for?

Prerequisite: Oil and gas industry experience is essential. The 155 Hour Specialist or 70 Hour Trainer provide excellent foundations. The 30 Hour General Industry programme provides the OSHA regulatory base.

How long does it take?

The program is designed to offer flexible online learning with a minimum instructional contact time of 164 hours. Most learners successfully complete the course within one month, allowing them to progress at their own pace while balancing professional commitments.

How is it assessed?

Candidates can take this exam through an assigned portal from the American Institute of Safety Professionals, A passing score is 70% or higher, and exam results are provided right after by email to the address provided. The exam is open-book, allowing candidates to validate their answers. Any candidates who do not pass have 1 month after their exam to go through the training materials and can take the exam 3 additional times.

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