Horizontal Directional Driller Employment Contract UK
Set controlled trenchless drilling duties from launch to pullback, including live locating, utility separation and response to profile or fluid-return departures.
This contract includes Set up and operate the drilling rig within verified HDD competence. Confirm the approved bore profile, utilities, launch and reception areas. Coordinate continuously with the locator and supporting crew. Preview before payment PDF and editable DOCX files after checkoutBuilt for UK employers
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When to use this contract
Deliver bores completed to approved alignment, coordinate controlled drilling-fluid operations, and deliver installed and identified product pipe.
Workplace context: Construction sites, project offices, client sites and approved work locations.
What makes this role different
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering plant and locator competence. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering buried-service control. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering drilling-fluid containment. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering bore traceability. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering site rules.
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Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The driller may steer within the approved profile and operating limits. Service conflicts, loss of returns, profile departure and product change require supervisor or engineering approval. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
What to prepare before you issue it
the rig types, bore sizes, products and ground settings covered
the sites, region, shifts and travel arrangements
the rig, locating, mixing and lifting competence required
the utility-survey, permit and separation controls
the plant, locator, communication, fluid and containment equipment provided
the authority for route, profile, fluid and product changes
Day-to-day operating brief
What Horizontal Directional Driller work looks like in practice
A horizontal directional driller installs buried ducts or pipes along a planned bore path using locating equipment and drilling fluid. The role needs clear limits around utility information, launch and reception areas, fluid returns, steering tolerances and stop-work decisions.
Responsibilities reflected in the contract
Set up and operate the drilling rig within verified HDD competence.
Confirm the approved bore profile, utilities, launch and reception areas.
Coordinate continuously with the locator and supporting crew.
Monitor steering, depth, position, torque, pressure and drilling-fluid behaviour.
Prepare reaming and product pullback under the authorised sequence.
Record bore data, fluid use, returns, deviations and completion.
A realistic working scenario
The locator reports an unexpected depth change near a mapped service and drilling fluid appears at the surface. The operator stops, contains the return and seeks the drilling supervisor's revised plan.
Outputs to agree
bores completed to approved alignment
controlled drilling-fluid operations
installed and identified product pipe
Records and evidence
Bore profile and utility plan.
Locator readings.
Fluid use and returns.
Pullback and completion log.
Work records.
Handover notes.
Reporting relationship
Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.
Authority and escalation
The driller may steer within the approved profile and operating limits. Service conflicts, loss of returns, profile departure and product change require supervisor or engineering approval.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
Tools and systems
Site records.
Project systems.
Risk assessment records.
Workplace context
Construction sites, project offices, client sites and approved work locations.
Training and certification
Complete employer-required health and safety training.
Contract priorities
plant and locator competence
buried-service control
drilling-fluid containment
bore traceability
Information the employer should prepare
the rig types, bore sizes, products and ground settings covered
the sites, region, shifts and travel arrangements
the rig, locating, mixing and lifting competence required
the utility-survey, permit and separation controls
the plant, locator, communication, fluid and containment equipment provided
the authority for route, profile, fluid and product changes
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Work setting
Construction sites, project offices, client sites and approved work locations.
Primary duties
Set up and operate the drilling rig within verified HDD competence.
Confirm the approved bore profile, utilities, launch and reception areas.
Coordinate continuously with the locator and supporting crew.
Monitor steering, depth, position, torque, pressure and drilling-fluid behaviour.
Tools and training to confirm
Site records.
Project systems.
Risk assessment records.
Complete employer-required health and safety training.
Governance focus
HSE context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering plant and locator competence. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering buried-service control. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering drilling-fluid containment.
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Horizontal Directional Driller duties
Deliver bores completed to approved alignment, coordinate controlled drilling-fluid operations, and deliver installed and identified product pipe.
Set up and operate the drilling rig within verified HDD competence. Confirm the approved bore profile, utilities, launch and reception areas. Coordinate continuously with the locator and supporting crew. Monitor steering, depth, position, torque, pressure and drilling-fluid behaviour. Prepare reaming and product pullback under the authorised sequence.
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The driller may steer within the approved profile and operating limits. Service conflicts, loss of returns, profile departure and product change require supervisor or engineering approval.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering plant and locator competence.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering buried-service control.
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Only after utilities, clearances, entry geometry and design consequences have been checked and approved.
What happens if drilling fluid surfaces?
Stop or control the operation under the response plan, contain the fluid and report the location and quantity.
Can an HDD operator steer closer to a utility to avoid poor ground?
Not without authorised review of verified utility position, required separation, bore geometry and revised risk controls before the profile changes.
Who decides how to respond to loss of drilling-fluid returns?
Use the approved response plan and notify the drilling supervisor or environmental authority, recording volumes and locations before resuming.
May the locator and driller work without continuous communication?
No where the method relies on coordinated readings and steering; stop safely if reliable communication is lost or readings become uncertain.
How should a bore-profile departure be recorded?
Capture the drill position, depth, heading, readings, ground response and action, then obtain the required engineering or supervisor disposition.
Can the product pipe be changed before pullback?
Only after design, capacity, joining, bend, pulling and client requirements are checked and a controlled revised instruction is issued.
What records support an HDD completion handover?
Provide the as-drilled profile, locator readings, utility information, tooling, fluids, reaming, pull force or events, product identity and abnormal returns.
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