14Licence endorsements

14 Licence endorsements

(1)  For the definition of endorsement in section 136 of the Act, the following endorsements are prescribed:

(a) cable tool endorsement;

(b) auger endorsement;

(c) rotary air endorsement;

(d) rotary mud endorsement;

(e) non-drilling rig endorsement;

(f) sonic endorsement.

(2)  A cable tool endorsement authorises cable tool or cable percussion-drilling methods.

(3)  An auger endorsement authorises bucket auger, hollow-stem auger or solid-stem auger drilling methods.

(4)  A rotary air endorsement authorises rotary drilling methods with air as the drilling fluid.

(5)  A rotary mud endorsement authorises rotary drilling methods with water as either the drilling fluid or as the base for the drilling fluid.

(6)  A non-drilling rig endorsement authorises non-drilling rig methods, including –

(a) spear point construction; and

(b) hand digging, or the use of excavators or back-hoes, for the construction of wells, excavations and galleries.

(7)  A sonic endorsement authorises sonic drilling methods with an abrasive slurry that is made to vibrate at sonic frequencies.